Program Officer,
Luanda
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Closing date: Thursday, 10 May 2018
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Tasks and responsibilities
Program tasks
- Support the FRANG Representative and Program Unit in ensuring portfolio management and regular monitoring, at technical and operational level, including update of FAO systems (FPMIS; IMIS, PIRES).
- Support to the implementation of projects applying FFS/APFS in the field of Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRR/M), Climate Change Adaptation (CCA), and Natural resources Management (NRM) overseeing the logistical and operational actions required for the smooth implementation of activities and ensure the successful and timely implementation of FAO interventions
- Directly support signature of project agreements, through direct liaison with government, donors and counterparts, and follow up approval process in FPMIS.
- Support to handle day-to-day operational activities of FAO portfolio in Angola. This entails providing support in all aspects of project cycle management, i.e. project identification, formulation, appraisal and approval, implementation and monitoring, reporting and closure.
- Liaise and cooperate with FAO technical units to ensure the technical compatibility of project proposals, technical quality in project activities (including technical specifications of agricultural/veterinary inputs) in collaboration with technical units in HQ and RAF/SFS
- Support project coordinator in defining methodologies for measurement and monitoring of projects’ indicators and information sources, making sure a baseline is established for all indicators and establishing frequency for data collection and monitoring of indicators;