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Vacancy Announcement No:FRUGA/04/12/2017

 Post Title:Livestock specialist

 Duty Station:Kampala

 Duration of the assignment: 7 Months (With a possibility of extension)

Type of Contract: Service Contract/NPP

Organisation:Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Background Information:

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

The global mandate of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is to improve nutrition, increase agricultural productivity, raise the standard of living in rural populations and contribute to global economic growth. Achieving food security for all is at the heart of FAO's efforts —to make sure people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives.

Job Purpose, Duties and Responsibilities :

The African Sustainable Livestock 2050 (ASL2050) collaborates with six governments in sub-Saharan Africa, including Burkina Faso, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda, to identify and promote policy and institutional reforms that will ensure sustainable growth of livestock in the long term. ASL2050 includes three main areas of work:

• A description of current livestock systems at country level, and an assessment of their effects on socio-economic, health and environmental dimensions.

• The identification of likely growth trajectories of the livestock sector until 2050, from both a consumption and production side, and an assessment of their likely effects on socio-economic, health and environmental dimensions.

• The identification of policy and institutional reforms that, by improving the existing policy framework, will support a sustainable development of the livestock sector in the long term, as measured by socio-economic, health and environmental indicators.

To generate its outputs, ASL2050 has adopted a multi-stakeholder multi-sectoral approach (one health approach), involving stakeholders at country level to identify and describe priority livestock production systems as well as major zoonotic diseases affecting them. Under the overall guidance of the FAO Representative in Uganda, and the techincla supervision by the The Specialist will lead the implementation of ASL2050 in the country and, in particular, s/he will:

• Finalise country-level reports that provide an assessment of the impact of livestock systems on society (public health, environment and livelihoods) and validate them in country level workshops.

• Review and discuss with stakeholders available long-term projections on demand and supply of livestock products.

• Engage stakeholders and use foresight techniques to articulate long-term (2050) scenarios for the selected livestock systems, with a focus on investigating their potential impact on public health.

• Engage stakeholders to review current livestock sector policies in view of the articulated scenarios, with the objective to identify gaps and priority reform areas for ensuring a sustainable growth of the sector.

• Engage stakeholders do draft and present livestock policy recommendations in a national policy forum.

• Participate in regional meetings to ensure cross-fertilization between activities and outputs in all ASL2050 target countries

• Support the development of continental livestock scenarios, jointly with FAO HQs and AU-IBAR, including through participating in regional meetings.

• Support the implementation of an ASL2050 communication plan at country level.

• Act as Secretary of the ASL2050 National Steering Committee.

• AoB as required.

Minimum Requirements

• Post-graduate degree in Economics / Statistics / Livestock-related subjects.

• Five years of experience in planning, managing and facilitating multi-stakeholder multi-sectoral decision-making processes.

• Five years of experience in supporting government policy and planning in the livestock sector.

• Excellent working knowledge of English Competencies

• Results oriented

• Team work

• Communication

• Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement

• Excellent writing skills

How To Apply:

Ugandan nationals who meet the requirements above are requested to submit applications together with detailed curriculum vitae and copies of certificates in a sealed envelope, quoting Vacancy Announcement no. addressed to

The Country Representative, Food and Agriculture Organization in Uganda.

Envelopes should be registered at the main reception of the FAO offices

at Plot 88 Buganda Road, Wandegeya, Kampala

by no later than 2.00 pm on the closing date of application.

Closing date: 12th January 2018

Incomplete applications or applications received after the closing date will not be considered.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

FAO does not discriminate against any race, gender or disability.

Note: FAO does not charge applicants any fees at any stage in the recruitment process.