Assistant National Technical Manager

Organization: FEWNET Rwanda
Vacancy Title: Assistant National Technical Manager
Application Deadline: February 10, 2011

The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET III) is the world’s premier provider of high quality food security analysis and early warning. Created in response to the 1984 famines in East and West Africa, this $200 million, five-year activity (2012-2016) aims to collaborate with international, regional, and national partners to provide timely and rigorous early warning and analysis of potential, emerging, and/or evolving food security issues in order to inform appropriate humanitarian response. The project is currently seeking an Assistant National Technical Manager based in Rwanda. The Assistant National Technical Manager (ANTM) will work closely with the National Technical Manager (NTM) to support all FEWS NET activities in the country of posting. Where appropriate, the ANTM will also support remote-monitoring in selected countries. The ANTM is responsible for supporting the NTM in:
• Efficient, focused food security monitoring, early warning analysis, and response planning
• Effective communication of this analysis to partners and decision-makers though high quality reports and briefings
• Capacity strengthening and network management
The ANTM will assist the NTM to provide quality control for the deliverables of the project and will help ensure that activities and products are delivered in a timely manner.
Qualifications

• At minimum, a degree in a discipline that is directly relevant to or provides central skills in food security analysis, including economics, agricultural economics, agronomy, nutrition, climatology, anthropology, or social geography;
• Five years of relevant country or regional experience in early warning/food security information systems, food security analysis, as well as other related fields;
• GIS applications and mapping skills;
• Excellent computer skills;
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills;
• Experience effectively working and coordinating with partners and stakeholders;
• Donor coordination experience;
• Excellent analytical and report-writing skills; and
• Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity

The successful candidate must be able to speak, read, and write final reports in English and Kinyarwandan..