Emergency and Rehabilitation Officer

About the role

The FAO Subregional Office for the Caribbean (SLC) in Bridgetown, Barbados, is looking for an Emergency and Rehabilitation Officer. The post reports to the Subregional Coordinator and supports the implementation of FAO's resilience agenda at global, regional, subregional and country level. The appointment is fixed-term for one year, with possible extension.

Key responsibilities

• Plan and lead parts of multidisciplinary teams, coordinate and take part in organization-wide committees, and give technical advice to international committees and working groups.
• Develop approaches, methodologies, tools, databases, policies and standards for humanitarian policy, interagency collaboration, emergency resource mobilization, food chain crises, Level 3 emergency preparedness, early warning and transition support.
• Write position papers, proposals and policy briefs and liaise with partners such as IASC, WFP, UNHCR, UNICEF, NGOs and other humanitarian actors.
• Carry out emergency needs assessments, food and nutrition security assessments, and coordinate in-country early warning alerts.
• Provide technical support to emergency and recovery projects and capacity building, and help Decentralized Offices with emergency programming and resource mobilization.
• Monitor and coordinate resource mobilization, including CERF/SFERA submissions, corporate appeals and donor grants.
• Maintain emergency information systems, crisis communications and advocacy, and keep reporting, audit and evaluation data up to date.
• Take part in regional disaster risk management, climate change and natural resources forums, engage with CDEMA, NDMAs and meteorological services, and represent FAO in the Caribbean Development Partners Group and UN Emergency Technical Teams.

Required profile

• Advanced university degree in disaster risk management, agronomy, social sciences, natural sciences or a related field.
• Seven years of relevant experience in public or private sectors on resilience and emergency response programming, planning and technical cooperation in food and agriculture, including in developing countries.
• Proficiency-level English and intermediate-level knowledge of another FAO official language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish).

Required skills

• Experience in needs assessments, cluster coordination, the UN consolidated appeal process and Level 3 emergency operations.
• Experience in rehabilitation and humanitarian policy development, programme formulation and implementation, and in response management and surge support coordination.
• Knowledge of the international humanitarian architecture and of international policy and programming.