Specialist in Establishing Agricultural Data Systems

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Job Description

The incumbent will carry out the activities in support of the national technical services that are partners of the project, and the national expert will support the capacity building activities of these partners.
He/she will work in close collaboration with the FAO technical team, under the supervision of the regional project coordinator of STAT SANOI based at the FAO representation in Madagascar.

Technical Focus:

FAO is recruiting a national specialist to support the implementation of the Stat SANOI project activities in Seychelles.
The national incumbent will coordinate and facilitate all the project’s activities at the country level that involve the national stakeholders. The objective is to guarantee constant key stakeholder engagement for an effective progress.

Tasks and responsibilities:

The incumbent will perform the following activities:

Follow up on the initiated dialogues with the national institutions to build a strong and trustful relationship with the Stat SANOI project;
Support the coordination and guarantee the dynamism of the national task force members, including the participation in regular meetings, and facilitation of meetings, preparation of minutes.
Supervise the formalization and effectiveness of the data sharing agreements, following up on the official requests from FAO.
Support the identification of capacity-building needs of the Task Force members.
Contribute to the planning, preparation and on-field support of technical missions from FAO regional project team members.
Contribute to the identification of sustainable institutional mechanisms for the collection of information and statistical data at the level of partner structures for their inclusion in the national platform
The expert will participate in the bi-monthly coordination meetings of STAT SANOI to monitor the progress of the activities in Seychelles with the project team.
Other related tasks as needed.

Candidates Will Be Assessed Against The Following:

Minimum Requirements:

University degree preferably in Public Administration/agro-economics/socio-economics
A minimum of eight years of relevant experience in institutional support and public policy formulation in the field of economic development, agriculture, FNS or climate change or disaster risk reduction
Working knowledge of English (level C) and limited knowledge of French (level B).
Nationality of Seychelles or resident in the country with a regular work permit.

Source: https://jobs.fao.org/careersection/fao_external/jobdetail.ftl?job=2400138&tz=GMT%2B05%3A30&tzname=Asia%2FCalcutta

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