Project Technical Advisor

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Description

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Under the overall supervision of the FAO Representative in Liberia, the direct coordination and guidance of the Lead Technical Officer (LTO) and in collaboration with the Assistant FAOR-Programme and the project team, the Project Technical Advisor will be responsible for the technical leadership of the project and day-to-day coordination, implementation and monitoring of the GCP/LIR/032/JPN project activities including budgeting, planning and reporting; and supporting in resource mobilization and partnership strengthening.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership on the development, the implementation and evaluation of assigned programmes/projects; assist with the review of relevant documents and reports; identify priorities, liaise with relevant parties; identify follow-up actions;
• Ensure coordination of programmes and review the assessments of issues and trends for the implementation of programmes and projects and the preparation of impact evaluation or equivalent studies;
• Provide technical expertise for the appropriate planning, development and implementation of the project and the timely delivery of project results in a coordinated manner between partners;
• Coordinate the needs assessment missions and mapping of fishers, fishmongers and processors associations and groups including targeted scenario analysis of the fisheries subsector;
• Support the identification, registration and organization of beneficiaries into groups suitable for community-based fisheries management frameworks and fish processing activities;
• Lead the identification of sites for the construction of the fishery post-harvest infrastructures, including the land tenure matters with NaFAA and the local authorities;
• Support the planning, contracts processing and the construction of fishery post-harvest infrastructures (landing site, FTT kilns), with the support of the international consultant;
• Follow-up the construction of the fisheries infrastructure, including keeping a continuous communication and supervision of the service providers;
• Support the procurement of the project inputs: the “fish hygiene, handling, transformation distribution kits”, sea safety kits and biomass briquette machines to fishmongers/processor and fisher folks organizations;
• Lead the distribution, accompanied by the relevant training programs, of the various inputs to the different beneficiaries’ groups;
• Lead the site identification, design-layout and construction of the integrated fish culture (Paddy rice and fish) system;
• Provide support in earthen pond management and maintenance;
• Oversee and coordinate trainings in MCS capacity development, including training to government partners on the new IUU combat technologies;
• Support the FAOR with facilitating the liaison between the donor, FAO and partners for transparent communication and visibility on issues relating to the project;
• Monitor the project budget and ensure that resources are allocated and used for project execution in a timely and efficient manner according to FAO rules;
• Supervise the preparation of various written outputs, e.g. background papers, analysis, substantial sections of reports and studies, inputs to publications.
• Contribute to consultative and other meetings, conferences, to include proposing agenda topics, identifying participants, preparation of documents and presentations;
• Participate in project technical meetings with the Project Coordination Unit and NaFAA;
• Plan, organize and ensure the timely implementation of the project activities under the Output 1: Enhanced small-scale fisheries in the sea; Output 2: Female fish processors livelihoods improved; Output 3:  Integrated agri-aquaculture promoted in rice fields; Output 4:  Capacity developed to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
• Ensure results and quality -based project implementation and monitoring in line with the logical framework, work plan and approved budget;
• Lead dissemination of project results and communication and visibility activities;
• Represent FAO in agriculture and food security technical discussions;
• Coordinate, guide and monitor project activities in collaboration with relevant national field staff, operational units as well as the project LTO. As needed, periodically review and, if necessary, refine the project work plan for each aspect of project execution.

 Minimum Requirements: 

• University Degree in Fisheries, Aquaculture, Marine Biology or relevant field
• At least five (5) years of relevant experience in small-scale fisheries development and post-harvest fisheries and/or aquaculture technologies and infrastructure
• Working knowledge (level C) of English

Source: https://jobs.fao.org/careersection/fao_external/jobdetail.ftl?job=2501235

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