Organization: UNV – United Nations Volunteers
Location: Addis Ababa
Grade: Level not specified – Level not specified
Occupational Groups:
Communication and Public Information
Scientist and Researcher
Documentation and Information Management
Closing Date: 2024-10-24
Details
Mission and objectives
The FAO subregional office for Eastern Africa (SFE) was officially established in February 2007 following the signing of a hosting agreement between the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and FAO on 31 January 2007. SFE covers nine countries namely Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan and Uganda. It is the FAO representation to the AU & UNECA and plays a liaison role to two Regional Economic Commissions (RECs) including the Eastern Africa Community (EAC) and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and to a large number of important development partners based in Ethiopia and within the sub-region.
SFE is the FAO technical hub in Eastern Africa that is responsible for developing, promoting, overseeing and implementing agreed strategies for addressing sub-regional food security, nutrition, agriculture and rural development priorities. The UN Volunteer will be assigned within the multidisciplinary team (MDT) of SFE, which is a core team of professional staff as well as several project-based consultants with multi-disciplinary expertise. The MDT is in charge of programming, project formulation, operations monitoring, information management related to regional projects. It also provides policy and technical backstopping to the FAO Representation in the nine countries, including on critical national issues pertaining to food and nutrition security. The MDT also represents FAO, upon instruction and guidance of the Subregional Coordinator, in various inter UN agency undertakings and task forces, as well as in regional discussions related to food and nutrition security, food systems, agriculture, among others.
Context
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) was founded in 1945 as a specialized agency of the United Nations family. With 176 member states across the globe. FAO’s mandate is to improve nutrition, increase agricultural productivity, raise the standard of living in rural populations and contribute to global economic growth. Our role is to contribute to international efforts to defeat hunger and improve local economies by helping member countries modernize and improve agriculture, forestry, and fishery practices.
Ethiopia has been an FAO member since 1948 and FAO Representation in Ethiopia opened office in Addis Ababa in 1981 and for all these years the Organization has been supporting projects covering a wide range of technical interventions ranging from policy support through livestock and crop production, to natural resource management and value chain, marketing, agribusiness, land administration and emergency response. As a specialized Agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to eradicate hunger and malnutrition and to transform agrifood systems globally and in Ethiopia, FAO is working with Government of Ethiopia, its Ministries and Departments, member countries together with various international partners to safeguard the livelihoods and support the affected population to recover and build back better.
FAO in Ethiopia is now looking for an International Report Writing Specialist to support the Organization with the preparation and publication of projects’ and resource partners’ reports with focus on its work in Ethiopia.
Task description
Under the direct supervision of International Communications Specialist, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:
• Draft project reports and documents on FAO work in Ethiopia based on the FAO’s corporate guidelines and resource partners clauses/requirements on branding,
visibility and style.
• Manage writing processes, including planning, drafting, editing, revising, proof-reading for reports on FAO and its work in Ethiopia.
• Coordinate review and approval processes with technical teams at national, regional and global levels to ensure quality, accuracy and consistence.
• Provide editorial support to review, proofread, rewrite and edit FAO in Ethiopia publications and reports to improve readability including articles, documents, minutes,
guidelines, factsheets and manuals.
• Apply FAO publication style guidelines, resource partners clauses/requirements, editorial policy to reports and other published materials.
• Ensure adherence to FAO and resource partners’ templates and layouts as per the projects’ documents and agreements.
• Perform any other duty as may be required.