Organizational Setting

The Meals and Agriculture Group (FAO) is a specialised company of the United Nations that leads worldwide efforts to defeat starvation. FAO’s purpose is to attain meals safety for all and be sure that all individuals have common entry to sufficient high-quality meals to guide lively, wholesome lives. With 195 members – 194 nations and the European Union, FAO works in over 130 nations worldwide and has began working in Vietnam since 1978 with its Illustration (Nation Workplace) opened in Hanoi.

FAO VN is launching the 4-year mission ‘Good Agro-ecological Transformation of Farming Techniques in the direction of Resilience and Sustainability in Center and Coastal Zones of the Viet Nam Mekong Delta’ (STAR-FARM) mission, with assist from the EU. The mission goals to create an enabling setting for the institution of sustainable worth chains within the Mekong Delta, based mostly on agroecological approaches. FAO will take the administration and coordination position within the consortium implementing the mission. In addition to FAO, the mission consortium composed of 5 analysis establishments together with VAAS, IPSARD, CIRAD, IRD and CTU, underneath the management of the Authorities (MARD).

FAO VN is on the lookout for a certified Subject coordinator based mostly in one of many following 4 provinces within the Mekong Delta: Can Tho, Tra Vinh, Kien Giang or Dong Thap to assist, coordinate and oversight the sphere works carried out by FAO and the 5 consortium members underneath the framework of STAR-FARM mission.

Reporting Strains

The incumbent will work underneath total supervision of FAO Consultant, direct supervision of the Assistant FAO Consultant (Programme), technical supervision by the Lead Technical Officer and day-to-day supervision by the Nationwide Undertaking Coordinator of STAR-FARM Undertaking.

Technical Focus

The Subject Coordinator will likely be liable for offering technical assist and coordination of all project- associated discipline actions and occasions carried out both by mission’s donor, PMU, FAO or any of the 5 mission’s consortium members, in addition to monitoring and reporting to supervisors and the mission group at FAO to make sure that all discipline works are supported and facilitated in a well timed and environment friendly method.

Duties and duties

The Subject Coordinator will work intently with mission group of FAO and different consortium member, mission beneficiaries, native authorities companies of the chosen mission websites and different stakeholders to make sure the mission’s goals are met. The Subject Coordinator will carry out all, however not restricted to, the next duties:

•    Coordinate and acquire inputs from all related mission stakeholder to develop the mission’s field-work periodical workplans in accordance with the mission’s total workplan;
•    Coordinate and facilitate the executive procedures at provincial degree to acquire permission for mission actions and the work of worldwide workers  within the discipline;
•    Assist the implementation of all mission actions carried out on the sphere by FAO, 5 consortium members and associated stakeholders;
•    Analysis and determine comparable initiatives/programmes/actions applied different tasks/donors in the identical mission’s areas and arrange mutual assembly/discussions to debate collaboration and discover synergies;
•    Coordinate with different lively stakeholders within the mission provinces and the VMD and supply recommendation on potential overlapping of discipline actions and guarantee synergies amongst varied effort of all mission’s associated stakeholders;
•    Monitor mission field-work progress and actively focus on on the varied implementation and coordination points with FAO and different associated stakeholders;
•    Assist the group of workshops, trainings, discipline journey, donor visits and varied kinds of conferences at provinces together with logistic and permission association, coordination and cooperation with all the sphere degree stakeholders;
•    Commonly liaise and replace to native authorities companies, and different stakeholders on the mission progress and any points which will come up;
•    Contribute to periodical operational and different experiences of the mission;
•    Carry out different duties as assigned;

CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

Minimal Necessities

•    A bachelor’s college diploma in agriculture, agribusiness, or a associated discipline.
•    At the least 5 years of expertise in agricultural growth, ideally in a field-based position.
•    Working data within the English and Vietnamese
•    Nationwide of Vietnamese

FAO Core Competencies

•    Outcomes Focus
•    Teamwork
•    Communication
•    Constructing Efficient Relationships
•    Information Sharing and Steady Enchancment

Technical/Purposeful Abilities

•    Work expertise with inter-governemental our bodies and multi-disciplinary groups;
•    Work expertise in growth sector and on the discipline degree;
•    Work expertise with UN system, FAO specifically is a bonus;
•    Laptop literacy in normal workplace software program and proficiency in mission administration instruments and software program
•    Good data of agricultural manufacturing methods and practices, significantly within the mission’s focus areas

Choice Standards

•    Sturdy interpersonal abilities and the flexibility to ascertain and preserve efficient working relationships with totally different stakeholders in a multicultural setting, with sensitivity and respect for variety.
•    Wonderful command of English together with confirmed writing and reporting abilities

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION