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• Offer
  support to FAO field offices to follow-up and monitor project input
  deliveries, activities and compliance by suppliers, implementing partners
  and consultants, and generate feedback and verification reports to enable
  timely oversight by the relevant technical and administrative officers;
• Under
  the supervision of the Monitoring and Evaluation Unit and the head of office
  measure the performance of DFID project against targeted outcome/outputs,
  indicators and all key bench marks,
• Provide
  liaison support and trouble-shooting to the project Implementing Partners
  in all process monitoring data collection, processing and reporting,
  including FFS tracking and mapping;
• Actively
  participate in all field research activities, including remote sensing,
  ground-truthing, and action research, PET, watershed mapping, food
  security/needs assessments (including HEA baseline and seasonal
  assessments);
• Work
  in close collaboration with the Information, Communication and Reporting
  officers, support the collection, collation and compilation of beneficiary
  success stories, photos and other communication material on a regular and
  timely basis;
• Offer
  technical support to the coordination of the Food Security Sector Working
  Group through soliciting and compilation of data on the
  activities/interventions of the different actors (Government departments,
  UN, NGOs, farmer groups/ associations and private sector).
• Perform
  any other relevant duties requested

• The
  prospective Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
  should hold a University degree, preferably in Agriculture, Rural
  Development, Economics or Social Sciences.
• At
  least a year to two years’ professional experience in socioeconomic,
  agricultural and livelihood statistical data collection, processing and
  interpretation.
• Excellent
  command of  both spoken and written
  English
• Possess
  the ability to communicate in the most common local languages.
• Significant
  knowledge on project cycle management, monitoring and evaluation;
• In-depth
  knowledge and experience in designing, conducting or participating in
  project monitoring processes;
• Broad
  range of skills in collecting, managing and analyzing data from rural
  socio-economic, food security and livelihood studies;
• Proven
  ability and/or willingness to interact and work among rural communities in
  remote and hard-to-reach areas like Karamoja, and with a wide
  cross-section of partners: Government, NGOs, communities, media and
  international donors;
• Demonstrated
  mature judgment combined with a proactive, energetic approach to problem
  solving; excellent interpersonal and communication skills (ability to communicate
  clearly and concisely both in writing and orally);
• Demonstrated
  ability to work effectively in a team and with problem solving skills.

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