Project Specialist

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The National Project Specialist will work in close collaboration with the SWIOFC NC PP 2 Regional Project Management Unit and United Republic of Tanzania government counterparts (National Project Focal Points in Tanzania mainland and Zanzibar), and will be reporting to the SWIOFC NC PP 2 Chief Technical Adviser based with the SWIOFC Secretariat in Mozambique, the Lead Technical Officer for the project based at FAO SFS, the assistant FAOR (Programme) FAO Tanzania, under the overall responsibility of the FAO Representative in Tanzania.

Technical Focus:

The incumbent will:

Supervise the finalization of the inception phase for SWIOFC NC PP2 including the baseline studies and contextualized workplans.
Organize and participate in field missions, meetings, and committees according to the coordination structure agreed for the project and the contextualized workplans.
Provide and update the data for the project monitoring, mid-year, and annual reports.

Tasks and responsibilities:

Organize and coordinate all project activities in United Republic of Tanzania through the supervision, assistance, and monitoring of collaboration with the relevant institutions and partners.
Day-to-day management and assistance for the implementation of project activities.
Identify and develop relations with existing and potential project partners and technical experts to maximise project delivery and impact.
Develop, follow up and adapt project work plans, proactively identifying and addressing risks, opportunities, and synergies with related initiatives.
Coordinate and follow up on the activities of project personnel and delivery partners. Participate when relevant in field missions, workshop/meetings, and committees according to the coordination structure agreed for the project and the contextualized workplans.
In close collaboration with the FAO project units (country representations and Sub regional Office for Southern Africa), facilitate trainings/workshops and field activities for the project.
Contribute to the development of ToRs, recruitment, and management of project consultants.
Establish and manage contracts with national delivery partners and contractors for the implementation and visibility of project.
Contribute to the development and implementation of the project communications and gender strategies.
Stay updated with latest developments in the technical field and develop relations, related initiatives for knowledge exchange and identification of synergies and funding opportunities.
Collect and make available to project personnel relevant documents and information concerning artisanal fisheries and other topics relevant to the delivery of the project.
Technically review and quality assure outputs and reports from national delivery partners.
Implement the project M&E framework for Tanzania, keep project management tools and repositories updated.
Prepare reports of project activities and other relevant areas.
Perform other related duties as required

Candidates Will Be Assessed Against The Following:

Minimum Requirements:

University degree in Environmental, Fisheries or other area relevant to the technical focus of the project
At least 5 years of working experience relevant to the technical focus of the project (coastal fisheries and environment, sustainable development, rural livelihoods), preferably both on policy and operational levels.
Working knowledge of English
Working knowledge of Swahili is an asset.
National of the country

Source: https://jobs.fao.org/careersection/fao_external/jobdetail.ftl?job=2400342&tz=GMT%2B05%3A30&tzname=Asia%2FCalcutta

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