Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Careers - Field Monitoring Assistant

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Job Title: Field Monitoring Assistant

Organisation: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Duty Station: Moroto and Kotido, Uganda

Job Number: FRUGA/03/2014

Reports to: Programme Monitoring Officer

About FAO:

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is an agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy. The global mandate of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is to improve nutrition, increase agricultural productivity, raise the standard of living in rural populations and contribute to global economic growth. Achieving food security for all is at the heart of FAO’s efforts - to make sure people have regular access to enough high quality food to lead active, healthy lives. 

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Offer support to FAO field offices to follow-up and monitor project input deliveries, activities and compliance by suppliers, implementing partners and consultants, and generate feedback and verification reports to enable timely oversight by the relevant technical and administrative officers;
• Under the supervision of the Monitoring and Evaluation Unit and the head of office measure the performance of DFID project against targeted outcome/outputs, indicators and all key bench marks,
• Provide liaison support and trouble-shooting to the project Implementing Partners in all process monitoring data collection, processing and reporting, including FFS tracking and mapping;
• Actively participate in all field research activities, including remote sensing, ground-truthing, and action research, PET, watershed mapping, food security/needs assessments (including HEA baseline and seasonal assessments);
• Work in close collaboration with the Information, Communication and Reporting officers, support the collection, collation and compilation of beneficiary success stories, photos and other communication material on a regular and timely basis;
• Offer technical support to the coordination of the Food Security Sector Working Group through soliciting and compilation of data on the activities/interventions of the different actors (Government departments, UN, NGOs, farmer groups/ associations and private sector).
• Perform any other relevant duties requested

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

• The prospective Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) should hold a University degree, preferably in Agriculture, Rural Development, Economics or Social Sciences.
• At least a year to two years’ professional experience in socioeconomic, agricultural and livelihood statistical data collection, processing and interpretation.
• Excellent command of  both spoken and written English
• Possess the ability to communicate in the most common local languages.
• Significant knowledge on project cycle management, monitoring and evaluation;
• In-depth knowledge and experience in designing, conducting or participating in project monitoring processes;
• Broad range of skills in collecting, managing and analyzing data from rural socio-economic, food security and livelihood studies;
• Proven ability and/or willingness to interact and work among rural communities in remote and hard-to-reach areas like Karamoja, and with a wide cross-section of partners: Government, NGOs, communities, media and international donors;
• Demonstrated mature judgment combined with a proactive, energetic approach to problem solving; excellent interpersonal and communication skills (ability to communicate clearly and concisely both in writing and orally);
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team and with problem solving skills.

How to Apply: 

All suitably qualified Ugandan nationals who meet the above requirements above are requested to submit applications together with a Personal History Form to be found under www.fao.org, Click Here to Download, and copies of certificates in a sealed envelope, quoting Vacancy Announcement: FRUGA/03/2014 Field Monitoring Assistant, addressed to Chairman, Recruitment Committee, Food and Agriculture Organization. All the envelopes should be registered at reception and placed in the box at reception of the FAO offices at Plot 88 Buganda Road, Wandegeya, Kampala. Uganda. 

NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Deadline: 31^st March 2014 by 5PM