FAO-Azerbaijan Partnership Program (FAPP) Manager

Baku

Organization: FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Location: Baku
Grade: Level not specified - Level not specified
Occupational Groups:
- External Relations, Partnerships and Resource mobilization
- Public, Private Partnership
- Managerial positions
- FAO Partnership and Liaison Office in Azerbaijan
Closing Date: Closed

FAO seeks gender, geographical and linguistic diversity in order to best serve FAO Members in all regions.

Qualified female applicants and qualified nationals of non-and under-represented member countries are encouraged to apply.

Persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply.

All applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality.

Organizational Setting\:

FAO Partnership and Liaison Office in Azerbaijan.

Reports to\:

Melek Cakmak, Head of Office.

Technical Focus

Coordinate all FAPP Project activities, providing leadership and managerial support.

Tasks and responsibilities\:

Under the overall supervision of the FAO Representative (FAOR) in Azerbaijan, operational supervision of Assistant FAOR and Program/Operations Officer and in close collaboration with the Admin &Finance unit, technical experts and project personnel (national and international consultants and counterparts), the FAPP manager will\:

Oversee implementation of Workplans of individual projects and provide inputs for any corrective action that would be necessary;
Coordinate the reporting and other official communication efforts of the projects, ensuring their proper submission and dissemination;
Lead the organizational arrangements for FAPP Steering Committee meetings and ensure the secretariat of such meetings, ensuring the preparation of quality reporting and documentation of presentations and discussion points;
Identify and document best practices and lessons learned;
Support the development and implementation of monitoring & evaluation framework for FAPP projects and support the necessary arrangements for evaluation exercises concerning the overall programme;
Lead and/or participate in field missions, including provision of guidance and logistical support to external consultants, government officials and other parties and contributing to the drafting and dissemination of mission reports;
Contribute to the improvement of quality of project activities and monitor course of activities in order to assure timely achievement of project outputs;
Lead interactions with stakeholders and liaise with government agencies ;
Advocate on behalf of the partnership programme at national and international platforms.

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CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

Minimum Requirements

University/Master’s degree on social and administrative sciences such as economics, statistics, business administration, political sciences, international relations, sociology, social work, development studies and/or agronomy;
Minimum 5 years of experience in management of large-scale projects;
Working knowledge of English and Azerbaijani;
National of Azerbaijan.

FAO Core Competencies

• Results Focus

• Team Work

• Communication

• Building effective relationships

• Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement