The Junior Food Security Analyst will report directly to the Food Security Technical Manager and indirectly to the Chief Technical Advisor of FSNAU, with overall supervision of the FAO Country Officer in Charge and the FAO TCE. The Junior Food Security Analyst will also work in close consultation with the Lead Agriculture, Livestock and Urban Analysts and the Data Systems Team, the Gender Analyst, the Nutrition Analysts and the FSNAU field analysts.
Overall Objective:
Support food security analysis within FSNAU’s food security, nutrition and livelihoods information. These tasks include providing overall support for food security related publications through analysis, research, editing and writing.
Specific Objectives and Tasks
- Assist the Food Security Technical Manager and senior analysts in methodological improvements of food security monitoring data collection and analysis
- Work closely with Agriculture, Livestock and Urban Senior Analysts in the development of sector-specific analytical framework under the overall guidance of the Food Security Technical Manager
- Assist in the revision of tools used in food security assessments/surveys and any other ad-hoc assessments
- Liaise with Senior Analysts, field staff and partners for any information needs as requested by the Food Security Technical Manager
- Edit copy (grammar, syntax, punctuation and spelling) to improve readability of articles and chapters of all food security publications, including Technical Series, Quarterly Briefs, Website updates, etc.
- Ensure timeliness and delivery (well written) of all submitted papers
- Develop presentation materials and reports as requested by the Food Security Technical Manager
- Assist the Senior Analysts and second agriculture and livestock leads in the technical writing, compilation of graphs/tables for any ad-hoc publications.
- Assist in developing new ways of data presentation in terms of graphs, tables, etc.
- Support the FSNAU Food Security Team in any type of food security analysis and research (literature searches, analysis, write-up, etc.)
- Participate in internal and external events such as meetings, trainings, and necessary field trips that relate to the food security assessments
Qualifications
- Minimum two years of relevant work experience in research studies and report writing
- University degree in relevant field (in social research methods, development studies, agriculture, economics)
- Strong primary and secondary data analysis and analytical skills
- Familiarity with various field survey methods and techniques (PRA, sample surveys, etc.)
- Excellent English writing and editing skills
- Fluency in Somali is advantageous
- Women candidates are strongly encouraged to apply
Duty station: Nairobi, Kenya with travel to Somalia
To apply please send your CV, FAO Personal History Form (available at http://www.fao.org/VA/adm11e.
