FAO seeks gender, geographical and linguistic diversity in its staff and international consultants in order to best serve FAO Members in all regions.
- FAO is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality, background and culture
- Qualified female applicants, qualified nationals of non-and under-represented Members and person with disabilities are encouraged to apply
- Everyone who works for FAO is required to adhere to the highest standards of integrity and professional conduct, and to uphold FAO's values
- FAO, as a Specialized Agency of the United Nations, has a zero-tolerance policy for conduct that is incompatible with its status, objectives and mandate, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination
- All selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks
- All applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality
- FAO staff are subject to the authority of the Director-General, who may assign them to any of the activities or offices of the Organization.
Organizational Setting
These positions are located in FAO Pakistan, based in various districts of Islamabad, KP, Balochistan, Punjab, Sindh and GB. The main aim of the FAO country office, which is headed by an FAO Representative, and have offices in all provinces, is to assist governments to develop policies, programmes and projects to achieve food security and to reduce hunger and malnutrition, to help develop the agricultural, livestock, fisheries and natural resources/forestry sectors and to use their environmental and natural resources in a sustainable manner.
There is currently a team of agriculturists, agronomists, veterinarians, foresters, statisticians, economists and policy analysts working on different components to strengthen the food supply chain and ensure food security in Pakistan. FAO Pakistan seeks young professionals with a strong data collection, analytical and quantitative capacity to contribute to field service delivery and monitoring and evaluation of field activities for better quality programming and implementation of activities in Pakistan with strong focus on accountability to affected populations (AAP). This experience will provide wide scope of work as outlined below:
Reporting Lines
Under the overall supervision of the FAO Representative and in close coordination with concerned FAO field staff, Enumerators will perform the following tasks:
Technical Focus
Ensure timely delivery of all activities related with
Tasks and responsibilities
Under the direct supervision of concerned supervisor, the enumerator will undertake the following responsibilities:
• Attend orientation/training on survey methodology and data collection tool using Kobo Toolbox
• Conduct telephonic interviews of the sample beneficiaries/households as per plan
• Conduct field based personal interviews of assigned sample households as per plan
• Follow step-by-step instructions on data collection, quality assurance and guidance on handling problems and questions that may arise during data collection
• Cleaning the beneficiaries lists and databases
• Submit completed questionnaires to supervisor with a thorough check of each questionnaire for completeness and accuracy before submitting to supervisor
• Keep supervisor informed of location during field data collection and update on progress
• Generate intermediate quantitative and qualitative analyses as well as drafting preliminary finding reports
• Any other task assign by supervisor.
CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING
Minimum Requirements
• Having minimum bachelor’s degree preferably in agriculture, agricultural economics, economics, statistics, development studies, social or management sciences or any related field.
• Prior experience of one year in data collection using qualitative and quantitative tools at household level.
• Working knowledge of English.
• National of Pakistan or a legal resident in the country.
Technical Skills
• Knowledge of local areas, culture and languages;
• Having analytical, communication and cross checking/validation skills;
• Having sound understanding of phone and personal data collection techniques and facilitation skills;
• Proficient in using Android phone-based data collection techniques, computer skills will be an added advantage;
• Ability of working in a gender-sensitive way in a multi-cultural and multi-ethnic environment and with rural communities.
FAO Core Competencies
• Results Focus
• Teamwork
• Communication
• Building Effective Relationships
• Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement
Technical/ Functional Skills
• Knowledge of United Nations and International Organizations’ administrative policies and procedures.
• Excellent drafting skills and analytical mind
• Demonstrated ability to conduct research
• Demonstrated fluency in written and spoken English
• Excellent interpersonal skills and to work in a team-oriented multi-cultural environment
• Willingness to travel
• Ability to work independently, with initiative and minimal supervision
• Good knowledge of common administrative and financial rules and regulations
• Good knowledge of communication and documentation standards
• Willingness to display initiative and take responsibility for achieving agreed outputs within set deadlines and closely follow-up until successful outputs are achieved.
• Ability to seek new, innovative and improved methods and systems for accomplishing the work assigned.
• Ability to identify and recommend remedial measures to address problems in systems design or implementation
Selection Criteria
Candidates will be assessed against the requirements listed above.
Please note that all candidates should adhere to FAO Values of Commitment to FAO, Respect for All and Integrity and Transparency.