Technical Focus

Lead, coordinate and develop FAO programme activities in Ukraine with particular focus on programme/project development, resource mobilization and programme/project implementation.

Key Results

Provides leadership and technical policy expertise for the planning, development and implementation of country programmes of work, projects, products, services in accordance with FAO’s Strategic Framework.

Key Function

• Leads a highly specialized or multidisciplinary country team and provides technical expertise and advice  in high-level resilience policy analysis, policy networks and/or international policy-making bodies on matters related to country programming.
• Promotes, develops and implements country-level resilience policies, strategies and programmes in close collaboration with regional/subregional teams and partners.
• Leads the identification of strategic priorities for FAO’s resilience agenda, with specific attention to emergency contexts requiring dedicated efforts in terms of preparedness for and effective management of responses to disasters and crises while ensuring transition to development.
• Leads the development and promotion of the Country Office’s resource mobilization strategy and its implementation, including through strong donor liaison, as well as ensures timely reporting on projects to resource partners.
• Guides the coordination and operational support to responses to disasters and crises related to agriculture in the country.
• Develops strategic partnerships with key stakeholders, including line ministries within the government, United Nations (UN) agencies, as well as regional and inter-regional institutions.
• Facilitates resilience-related knowledge sharing activities in the Country Office, as well as among FAO Members and regional/subregional entities.
• Promotes lessons learning through the documentation and analysis of information and experience in programmes aimed at enhancing resilience and facilitates the compilation of good practices for FAO and interested partners.
• Coordinates the formulation of project profiles, fully-fledged project documents and ad-hoc reports related to FAO’s resilience strategy and programme.
• Represents the Organization at high-level and international meetings related to country programming.

Specific Functions

• Leads and monitors activities related to letters of agreement, procurement, personnel contracts, official correspondence, travel authorizations and security clearances.
• Manages human and financial resources, including the implementation of field security and safety policies for staff.
• Acts as budget holder for the project operations and management in the areas of finance, administration, budget monitoring, reporting and human resources and oversees the budget management of the projects including proposed budget revisions and financial reporting, as well as the update of the project information.
• Maintains a close liaison and communication with the main donors, UN Agencies and line ministries in relation to FAO programme implementation and development and participates in coordination bodies.
• Oversees the FAO related responsibility related to the UN Food Security and Livelihood Cluster.
• Represents FAO in the UN Humanitarian Country Team, Security Management Team and UN Country Team.
• Closely coordinates with the Director of the Office of Emergency and Resilience (OER) and the OER response team in FAO headquarters.
• Facilitates contacts with FAO technical units in both the Regional Office and headquarters, as required, for the implementation of the programme, including the timely identification and deployment of expertise and coordinatestechnical input of national and international consultants from different projects and finds synergies amongst the different projects.
• Ensures the strategic fit of the FAO Country Programme in the corporate FAO country plans, including the Country Programming Framework (CPF), FAO Strategic Programme and Regional Initiatives, as well as supports resource mobilization, partnership and South-South and Triangular Cooperation activities, as relevant.
• Ensures communication of results and programme visibility, as required.