Subregional Coordinator

The Subregional Coordinator leads FAO's multidisciplinary technical teams in the Caribbean subregion, overseeing strategic planning, programme development, implementation, and resource management. The role represents FAO in the host country and supports collaboration with regional partners to address food security and sustainable development priorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the analysis and dialogue on subregional priorities and the development of subregional strategies.
• Advise and collaborate with internal partners to raise awareness of subregional priorities and needs and ensure that they are reflected in corporate and regional policies.
• Ensure the provision of timely technical support to the FAO components of the United Nations common planning and programming frameworks (e.g. UNSDCF, CAP, Flash Appeals), the Country Programming Framework (CPF) for all countries in the subregion and related FAO programmes, projects and/or other activities.
• Lead subregional mobilization of extrabudgetary resources, making optimum use of the expertise available in the Decentralized Offices.
• Support Member Nations in the subregion to address food insecurity, malnutrition, hunger and inequalities by working together with institutional partners in the subregion, in accordance with agreed priorities, approved programme/workplans/budgets, strategic objectives and corporate policies.
• Coordinate and ensure timely and appropriate implementation and technical backstopping to FAO programmes and projects in the subregion in close collaboration with FAO technical divisions and units and in line with corporate norms, standards and procedures.
• Undertake regular reporting and monitoring on subregional programmes.
• Support and, where relevant, lead the subregional policy dialogues on areas of FAO's mandate.
• Facilitate timely access by subregional stakeholders to FAO's knowledge resources and global public goods, and knowledge sharing within and beyond the subregion.
• Lead and manage the Subregional Office and ensure effective and efficient use of human and financial resources in line with corporate policies and administrative procedures.
• Manage all matters related to the security and safety of FAO personnel and their eligible dependents and ensure full adherence to the UN Security Policy, rules and regulations, as well as to security-related instructions issued by FAO.
• Promote and lead initiatives under the FAO Corporate Environmental Policy and its Corporate Environmental Responsibility Strategy 2020-2030 to reduce emissions, increase efficiency and integrate sustainability into the Organization's daily operations.
• Support the effective establishment of partnerships and collaborations with governments, donors, civil society, academia, NGOs, UN system organizations and other international organizations.
• Advocate FAO's policy positions in the relevant subregional fora, represent FAO in the media and implement a pro-active communications strategy to raise FAO awareness with the general public.
• Support the UN joint communication efforts at the subregional level and speaking with 'one voice'.
• Perform other duties as required.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in a technical area related to the work of the Organization.
• Minimum of twelve years of relevant experience in programme development and management in fields related to the mandate of FAO, including at the international level.
• Demonstrated professional competence, proven leadership capability and effective management skills.
• Extensive experience in partnership with inter-governmental and international organizations, national governments, technical and donor partners, private sector, civil society organizations, youth and women organizations, farmer associations, etc.
• Ability to lead and work effectively with a diverse team of people of different national and cultural backgrounds in an international setting.
• Working knowledge (proficiency - level C) of English and intermediate knowledge (intermediate proficiency - level B) of another official FAO language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish).

Skills

• Program Development
• Programme Management
• Leadership
• Strategic Planning
• Resource Management
• Partnership Building
• Inter-Governmental Relations
• International Organization Collaboration
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Multi-disciplinary Team Leadership
• Cross-cultural Team Management
• Food Security
• Sustainable Development
• Public Information
• Donor Relations
• Civil Society Engagement
• Youth and Women Organization Collaboration

Languages

English, French