National Market Systems Specialist

The specialist will be based in the Jordan country office, working with the relevant personnel from the FAO Jordan Country team and under the overall supervision of the FAO representative in Jordan. He/She will work under the technical guidance of the Value Chain & Market Systems Specialist in RNE and in close collaboration with relevant FAO staff and government stakeholders and relevant FAO technical teams in RNE and HQ.

The National Specialist will be responsible for the smooth implementation of the MSD project, Specifically, the National incumbent will:

Responsibilities:

• Liaising and networking
• Establish and facilitate a participatory governance mechanism (National Task Force)
• Support the secretariat responsibilities for the MSD National Task Force and participate in National Task Force meetings
• Support communication with Government counterparts and other stakeholders on behalf of the MSD project
• validate the findings of the community-based assessment after year one of the project through a workshop
• share lessons learned and knowledge products from Syria and Jordan on implementing community-based market systems development projects in context sensitive regions towards the end of the project

Contribute towards achieving the project outputs:

• Contribute towards the preparation of the methodology for community-based MSD assessment
• Contribute towards training the local service provider on the methodology for community-based MSD assessment
• Support the local service provider carry out the community-based MSD assessment
• Support the local service provider introduce pilot market innovations
• Contribute towards the development of lessons learned and knowledge products

Project monitoring and quality assurance:

• Establish and implement a MEAL framework
• Monitor project progress against the work plan and performance against objectives
• Carry out quality assessment of reports prepared by service providers before submission to the the Value Chain & Market Systems Specialist in RNE
• Carry out monitoring visits to the target communities

Minimum Requirements:

• University degree in sustainable development, economics, business, social studies, or other related areas to the assignment
• At least 3 years of relevant experience in collection and data analysis, monitoring and evaluation related to food systems, food security, climate action, climate adaptation, and mitigation
• Working knowledge of English
• National of Jordan or resident in the country with a valid work permit

Technical/Functional Skills :

• Familiarity with Jordan’s work in local community context .
• Excellent writing skills, excellent interpersonal skills with liaising with different stakeholders and presenting ideas and exchanges

Source: https://jobs.fao.org/careersection/fao_external/jobdetail.ftl?job=2500280