Field Project Specialist

The Field Project Specialist supports the implementation of FAO emergency, food security and livelihood interventions at field level in Sudan. The role involves ensuring effective delivery, monitoring and coordination of project activities across different states, working closely with FAO technical teams, implementing partners, government authorities and other actors to achieve project results and strengthen coordination.

Responsibilities

• Support the gender assessment, base line survey and other related assessments and studies carried out by the project.
• Lead the selection process of implementing partners (IPs) in consultation with other FAO staff in Khartoum.
• Ensure timely delivery of the different projects’ inputs to IPs as per the Letter of Agreement (LoAs).
• Lead the preparation and implementation of the project monitoring plan for each signed LoA in consultation with the respective IPs/SP and submit regular reports.
• Lead the implementation of the project monitoring tools in consultation with the FAO M&E officers and the Project Coordinator in FAO Khartoum.
• Liaise with other organizations that provide livestock support and women empowerment in the state to exchange experiences and avoid overlapping.
• Lead preparation of a comprehensive evidence-based monitoring report for each completed LoA, indicating impacts on families, children, women, men, elders and persons with disabilities in the targeted community.
• Co-lead the Food Security and Livelihood (FSL) sector at state level and share relevant information with members, state level authorities and FAO Khartoum.
• Participate in inter-agency needs assessments and/or food security and livelihoods assessments conducted by line ministries and/or FSL Sector Partners.
• Regularly collect, analyze and update relevant information about key issues related to agriculture, horticulture, livestock, environment, natural resource management, land and water, markets and food security in White Nile State.
• Perform any other related tasks as requested.

Requirements

• University degree in Agriculture, Livestock, Natural Resource Management, Development Studies, Social Sciences, Economics, or a related field.
• Minimum of 4 years of relevant experience in field-level project implementation, monitoring, coordination, food security and livelihoods, agriculture, livestock or related development or humanitarian activities.
• Working knowledge of English and Arabic.
• National of Sudan.

Skills

• Field Level Project Implementation
• Project Monitoring
• Project Coordination
• Food Security Programming
• Livelihood Programming
• Agriculture Development Projects
• Livestock Management
• Humanitarian Program Execution
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Government Liaison
• Emergency Response
• Development Project Management

Languages

English, Arabic