National Technical Advisor Job at FAO Lesotho

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Professional Vacancy Announcement No:
Issued on: 08/10/2015
Deadline for applications: 22/10/2015
Position Title: National Technical Advisor (NTA)
Duty Station: Maseru
Organizational Unit: FAO Lesotho
Duration: Three years
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Under the overall supervision of the National Project Coordinator (NPC) and the FAOR and the technical supervision of the Lead Technical Office (LTO)/ Lead Technical Unit (LTU), and in close collaboration with the relevant agencies of the Ministry of Forestry and Range and Soil Conservation (MFRSC) and other project partners, the national expert will conduct the following major tasks at national and local levels;
• Provide overall implementation support to the National Project Coordinator (NPC) and provide technical coordination support for smooth implementation of the project;
• Assist NPC in organizing project meetings, workshops and training programmes at national, district and local levels;
• Facilitate the work of the national and international experts, project partners, subcontractors in carrying out their situation assessment, training need assessment, documentation of climate change adaptation practices;
• Assist the Project Steering Committee members through the NPC in preparation of relevant documents and organization of periodical steering committee meetings;
• Conduct a series of brainstorming sessions with a range of key stakeholders to discuss the future role and the comparative advantage of the agriculture sector in Climate Change Adaptation and collect the expectations from other agencies vis à vis the role of agriculture sector in general and MFRSC in particular in CCA at national and local level;
• Analyse the institutional aspects and policy requirements to better link the agriculture sector into Climate change policies and plans in Lesotho and monitor mainstreaming of CC priorities into relevant policies and plans;
• Building on the lesson learned from project implementation process and pilot interventions in selected districts, facilitate a discussion process within MFRSC at all levels to better integrate agricultural perspectives;
• Assess institutional and policy requirements to better link the current and longer term climate change adaptation at district and local levels;
• Prepare a field demonstration plan at the beginning of each season and assist the NPC in organizing the demonstrations through subcontracted organizations and district technical coordinators;
• Assist the NPC in organizing workshops, training programmes, study tours and exchange visits;
• Participate in the project wide workshops and training programmes organized by MFRSC in association with the subcontracted organizations;
• Assist the subcontracted organizations in setting up of climate information networks within MFRSC and at the district levels;
• Assist district level officers and community mobilizers in preparing the community level range management plans and to implement the priorities;
• Assist NPC and FAO to prepare periodical reports (workshop reports, inception, mid-term and evaluation and monitoring reports);
• Submit a substantive technical report at the end of the assignment;
• Any other duty required to support a successful implementation of the project.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Candidates should meet the following:
Advanced degree in agriculture and related subjects together with long standing field experience at local and national level on planning, implementation and monitoring of climate change adaptation programmes in Lesotho.
Send your application to:
FAO Lesotho
1st Floor UN House
E-mail: FAO-LS@fao.org