Food Security Expert

Oslo  ‐ Onsite
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Description

For one of our clients in Arabian country we are looking for Food Security Experts with expertise in one of the following areas:

  • Food Security Strategy Development
  • Food Security Governance and Institutions
  • Food Security IT and Early Warning Systems
  • Food Security Human Capital and Capabilities
  • Agriculture International Investments

Responsibilities:

  • Manage the portfolio of development projects related to agriculture and food security ensuring its relevance, timely implementation, impact and quality
  • Participate in the development of a strategy for the Agriculture and Food Security Division
  • Co-ordinate the Agriculture and Food Security Division's activities so that it effectively utilizes its resources and manages its priorities
  • Manage, monitor and evaluate the Agriculture and Food Security Division's on-going performance and quality of its outputs and services, identifying and initiating actions for improvement and innovation
  • Assessment of Food Security IT and Early Warning Systems - cross-analysing information from different food security areas and ensuring the results are carried out at various levels by groups of different actors
  • Evaluate the risk and returns of new agriculture international investments

Requirements:

  • University degree in relevant fields such as Agriculture, Entrepreneurship, International Development, Strategic Management or Business Administration.
  • At least 5 years' experience within Food security area
  • Good knowledge of financial and administrative management
  • Strong program management experience preferably involving Food security issues
  • Experience in working with donors, international organizations and government entities
  • Fluency in English

If you think you are the ideal candidate for us, please send us your CV in English as soon as possible. Please provide two references along with your application.

Start date
ASAP
Duration
6-12 months
From
UBQ AS
Published at
30.03.2016
Project ID:
1100411
Contract type
Freelance
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