Community Analyst, Food Systems (Home-Based) - IPSA 8

• Support with meeting arrangements: including scheduling, agenda drafting, delivery, minute taking and report drafting; this will include CoFSA secretariat meetings and regular coordination calls, one on one meetings, and any other related calls.
• Assist in organizing events and virtual workshops from planning to implementation.
• Support in partner outreach activities as well as members relationship building and management including through the design and maintenance of a members database.
• Support maintaining a well-designed filing system on Google Drive. Support the coordination and organization of CoFSA action groups and support the integration of CoFSA in the FACS Community. Support in-person and virtual events.
• Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting of COFSA as well as COFSA interventions.

• Manage the communications with CoFSA partners and community including emails and the CoFSA digital platform, the quarterly newsletter to the COFSA community, social media (LinkedIn), etc.
• Ensure the COFSA Webpage is kept up to date and active, posting relevant news and information on it.
• Ensure the flow of information and dissemination of materials amongst UN partners, agencies and donors, as relevant.
• Prepare other communication materials as needed.

Core Competencies

• ACHIEVE RESULTS - LEVEL 1: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline.
• THINK INNOVATEVELY - LEVEL 1: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements.
• LEARN CONTINUOUSLY - LEVEL 1: Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback.
• ADAPT WITH AGILITY - LEVEL 1: Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible.
• ACT WITH DETERMINATION - LEVEL 1: Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident.
• ENGAGE AND PARTNER - LEVEL 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships.
• ENABLE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION - LEVEL 1: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination.

Cross-Functional Competencies

• BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
  • KNOWLEDGE FACILITATION: Ability to animate individuals and communities of contributors to participate and share, particularly externally.
• BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
  • PARTNERSHIPS MANAGEMENT: Ability to build and maintain partnerships with wide networks of stakeholders, governments, civil society and private sector partners, experts, and others in line with UNDP strategy and policies.
  • COMMUNICATION: Ability to communicate in a clear, concise and unambiguous manner both through written and verbal communication; to tailor messages and choose communication methods depending on the audience. • Ability to manage communications internally and externally, through media, social media and other appropriate channels.

Technical Competencies

• 2030 AGENDA: PLANET
  • NATURE CLIMATE AND ENERGY: Green commodities.
• EXTERNAL RELATIONS & ADVOCACY
  • COMMUNICATIONS - DIGITAL STRATEGY: Ability to plan the use of resources through digital channels to reach and engage target audiences effectively and to achieve particular objectives.
  • COMMUNICATIONS - MEDIA RELATIONS: Ability to develop media relations across all aspects of media work including relationships with media and preparing media materials such as messages.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• A Master´s degree in Economics, International Studies, Agriculture, Development Studies, Environment Science, or other related fields, or
• A Bachelor’s degree in the above fields, with two additional years of relevant experience.

Experience:

• Master’s degree with no experience or Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of two years of professional work experience in sustainable development project management support-related functions (planning, communications, reporting, research).
• Experience in coordination of projects/Initiatives with different partners/agencies/stakeholders involved.
• Experience managing and supporting communities of practice.

Desired Skills:

• Experience in supporting projects and initiatives related to food systems and/or agricultural commodities will be an advantage. 
• Experience with UNDP and/or other UN organizations will be an advantage.
• Experience organizing online events.
• Experience supporting communication of projects and initiatives.

Languages:

• Excellent command of the English language is required.

Annexes
Link to the CoFSA Website:
https://consciousfoodsystems.org/

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