FEWS NET Regional Technical Lead

Chemonics International (Jordan)

Position Description

The FEWS NET DST maintains virtual and physical field offices in sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America, and eastern Europe. Five regional offices coordinate and oversee the technical and administrative management of the country offices. Each regional office is composed of a cadre of technical experts and administrative staff led by a Regional Team Lead (RTL), who serves as the technical analysis and administrative head of the region, as well as the representative for FEWS NET in regional fora, including with USG regional and relevant in-country contacts. In addition, the RTL is responsible for supporting and supervising country-level field offices in their respective region in the following activities:

• Efficient, focused acute food insecurity monitoring, data collection, assessment, and early warning analysis
• Effective communication of early warning analysis to the USG, partners and decision-makers though high-quality reports and participation in briefings and formal and informal meetings
• Close collaboration with key partners, such as host government ministries, UN agencies, and international and local NGOs, among others
• Identification of information/data gaps and corresponding actions towards building strategic partner networks to help fill gaps in effective early warning systems
• Project administration and management at the regional level
• Regular meetings with relevant regional and national USG contacts
• Regular participation in relevant IPC/CH analyses
• Regular collection of select data and field information, as required, and upload to the FEWS NET Data Warehouse (FDW)
• Coordination and effective collaboration with other FEWS NET mechanisms
• The RTL is responsible for supporting, supervising, and providing quality control for regional- and national-level project deliverables and ensuring that activities and products for the region are delivered in a timely manner.

Responsibilities

The main responsibilities of the Asia, Middle East, and Europe (AMEE) RTL include, but are not limited to:

• Overseeing the fulfilment of monthly reporting requirements for countries in the region, including Food Security Outlooks (FSOs), FSO Updates, Price Watch, and key messages; contributing to Food Assistance Outlook Brief reports; and providing monthly briefings to the USG and other partners
• The RTL will ensure the integrated food security analyses (FSOs, FSOUs, FAOB input) classify and communicate the severity of acute food insecurity in line with the globally recognized Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) scale. Where IPC compatibility is not possible, the RTL will ensure analyses remain globally comparable.
• Support the DS Team in meeting the USG s expectations on timely delivery of decision support products, which include, but are not limited to: delivery of monthly reporting for all presence countries no later than 7 days after the last day of the month; responding to urgent questions on acute food insecurity within one day; and providing briefings within one week of request.
• Supporting field offices in the region in maintaining a knowledge base composed of, at a minimum, available livelihood zone profiles, commodity trade flow maps, sub-national seasonal monitoring calendars, security monitoring, and data on commodity prices, nutrition, , conflict, migration, remittances, labor, and humanitarian food assistance, among other technical data, including rainfall, agricultural production, population, etc., in collaboration with other FEWS NET 8 implementing partners, as applicable
• Ensuring maintenance and transfer of relevant regional technical databases built from inputs from national offices and regional partners, including through inputs entered into the FFDW
• Developing and updating regional seasonal monitoring plans and participating in regional acute food insecurity monitoring, as applicable
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Qualifications

• Proficiency in written and spoken English is required; Arabic or other language from one of the countries in the region is preferred.
• Bachelor s degree in a discipline relevant to the work of FEWS NET, such as economics, agricultural economics, agronomy, nutrition, climatology, anthropology, or social geography is required; advanced university degree (Master s degree or higher) is desirable.
• At least six years of relevant experience (with PhD), ten years of relevant experience (with Master s degree), or 15 years of relevant experience (with Bachelor s degree) is required. Relevant experience includes working on food security information systems, food security analysis, early warning, or other related fields; experience working with UN agencies and/or NGOs is desirable.
• Demonstrated experience setting the strategic direction for or otherwise leading and managing a team of colleagues, including the ability to mentor and coach staff.
• Excellent planning, organizational, analytical, and report writing skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with others at all levels, including an ability to effectively liaise with host governments, UN, NGO, and other relevant stakeholders and an ability to coordinate effectively with remote colleagues.
• Excellent computer skills, GIS applications, and mapping skills are desirable.