National Expert on Food Safety and Nutrition

Organizational Setting

FAO Azerbaijan Partnership and Liaison Office, in close cooperation with the government and its in-line Ministries/Agencies, contributes to the sustainable agri-food systems, and supports the government with addressing issues food security, agriculture and rural development, natural resource management in the country. FAO’s technical assistance, provided mainly through projects, includes institution building, development of knowledge and competencies, and exchange of experience among FAO member countries.

Reporting Lines

Under the overall supervision of the FAO Representative, programmatic guidance and direct supervision of the Assistant FAO Representative, technical guidance of LTO, Food Safety and Consumer Protection Officer, REU, and in close coordination with other FEAZE staff/experts, the expert will perform the below tasks within the TCP/AZE/4003- ‘Building capacities on food consumption data for better nutrition and safer food’ project.

Technical Focus 

The National Expert on Food Safety and Nutrition will focus on assessing national capacities in food safety, nutrition, and food consumption data (FCD) collection by gathering data, conducting stakeholder mapping, to advance the national FCD roadmap. Additionally, the expert will prepare technical training materials, contribute to the pilot survey implementation, and support the technical reporting and project closure.

Tasks and responsibilities

•    Together with the project team, agree on an outline of assessment of capacities in the country necessary to support the work on food safety, nutrition, food consumption data (FCD) collection;
•    Collect the data and information in line with the agreed outline;
•    Conduct a food safety and nutrition stakeholder mapping in Azerbaijan for the FCD work, present it to the project technical team;
•    Support the coordination of the working group/scientific committee chaired by Azerbaijan Food Safety Institute to provide advice on the national roadmap development and implementation on FCD, support the organization of their regular meetings and ensure continuous coordination with the members;
•    Support the technical preparation of the trainings (online and in-person in Baku) to Azerbaijani experts on topics to be agreed (including nutrition, food safety, One Health, food consumption data), prepare presentation and training materials when requested;
•    Technically contribute to the development of the pilot survey; undertake a mission to the pilot survey region in Azerbaijan, coordinate the survey piloting;
•    Contribute to the project technical progress reports, support the technical closure of the project.

CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

Minimum Requirements

•    Advanced University degree in agronomy or seed technology
•    At least 5 years of experience in crop management, seed production and seed quality control and certification
•    Working knowledge of English
•    National of Azerbaijan or resident of the country with valid work permit

FAO Core Competencies

•    Results Focus
•    Teamwork
•    Communication
•    Building Effective Relationships
•    Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement

Technical/Functional Skills

•    Advanced university degree in nutrition, public health, food science or related fields
•    Five years of relevant experience in food security, nutrition and food safety related work