International Food Security Analyst Lead

hace 5 días


Colombia Chemonics International A tiempo completo

Company Overview

Chemonics International is a leading international development company that seeks to leverage its expertise and resources to make a meaningful impact in the lives of people around the world.

Job Description

We are seeking a highly qualified Senior Country Food Security Specialist to lead our country office's efforts in food security analysis, early warning, and decision support. As part of our FEWS NET 8 Decision Support (DS) project, this position will play a critical role in supporting and supervising all staff within the country office, as well as providing quality control for national and sub-national level project deliverables.

The ideal candidate will have at least 10 years of relevant experience in food security information systems, food security analysis, early warning, or other related fields. A 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.

Responsibilities include:

  • Oversee the fulfillment of monthly reporting requirements, including providing writing and providing critical inputs to part or all the Food Security Outlooks (FSOs), FSO Updates, Price Watch, and key messages; contributing to Food Assistance Outlook Brief reports; and providing regular briefings to USAID and other partners.
  • Reach out monthly to USAID Mission counterparts to offer and, upon agreement with the USAID Mission, delivering food security briefings and/or updates to relevant Mission staff. Overseeing the capture and transfer of meeting notes from these engagements within two days of the event.
  • 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 CTL will ensure analyses remain globally comparable.
  • Support the DS Team in meeting USAID'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 reporting month; responding to urgent questions on acute food insecurity within one day; providing briefings within one week of request; and assessing acute food insecurity in Expanded Global Early Warning (EGEW) countries within one week of request.
  • Maintain a knowledge base comprised of, at a minimum, livelihood zone profiles, commodity trade flow maps, sub-national seasonal monitoring calendars, commodity price data, nutrition data, security monitoring, conflict data, migration, remittances, labor, humanitarian food assistance, and other technical data covering rainfall, agricultural production, population, etc., in collaboration with other FEWS NET 8 implementing mechanisms, as applicable.
  • Maintain and transferring relevant national technical databases built from primary and secondary data sources, from national and sub-national partners, and through inputs entered into the FEWS NET Data Warehouse.
  • Develop and updating national seasonal monitoring plans and participating in national acute food insecurity monitoring, as applicable.
  • Provide proactive, high-quality, and effective early warning of acute threats to food security in the country and supporting efforts to mitigate acute food insecurity and prevent food crises through effective communication of actionable food security analysis.
  • Provide strategic leadership in the planning and execution of technical activities in the country, including working closely with the Regional Technical Lead and the relevant home office Food Security Analyst(s), to develop annual workplans that ensure that the in-country team is capacitated to carry out high-quality early warning analysis that produces IPC-compatible analyses.
  • As part of ensuring high-quality decision support, the CTL will support collaboration with Regional Technical Senior Specialists (RTSSs) to improve the integration of thematic technical areas (e.g., conflict, markets and trade, livelihoods, nutrition and agroclimatology) into regular and ad hoc decision support (including briefings) and facilitate interaction among regional and country office technical staff to further integrate sub-national and national technical and thematic analyses into decision support.

Estimated Salary: $80,000 - $110,000 per year

Required Skills and Qualifications

  • 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.
  • At least 10 years of relevant experience in food security information systems, food security analysis, early warning, or other related fields.
  • Demonstrated experience setting the strategic direction for or otherwise leading and managing a team of colleagues, including an 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.
  • Proficiency in written and spoken English is required; other local language skills relevant to the country are desirable.

Benefits

  • A competitive salary package.
  • A comprehensive benefits package.
  • Ongoing professional development opportunities.


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