African SIDS National Technical Coordinator
Category | Grade:ProfessionalDeadline:3 Aug 2026Job ID:2601510Posted on:20 Jul 2026
Overview
The coordinator leads FAO’s African Small Island Developing States programme work in Mauritius, aligning projects and reporting, coordinating regional technical and public-private networks, delivering operational coaching, tracking agrifood investment and advancing innovative island solutions toward implementation and closure.
Department: African Small Island Developing States Programme
Languages
Required: English, French
Job Areas
- Programme & Project Management
- Agriculture & Food Security
Minimum Experience
10 years
Estimated Salary
Not available
Responsibilities
- Coordinate programme strategy, project activities and periodic reporting
- Lead national participation in the Interregional Technical Network
- Coordinate the Agrifood Public–Private Partnership Coalition
- Maintain the African SIDS agrifood investment tracker
- Deliver results-management coaching for national project operations
- Connect PRESAN and Hand-in-Hand investment initiatives
- Manage mini-grants, catalogues and visibility for innovative solutions
- Maintain capitalization and project-closure readiness
Requirements
- Advanced university degree in economics, social sciences, business or a related field
- At least ten years of experience in project monitoring, programme management or policy analysis, preferably in agriculture
- Working knowledge at level C of English and French
- Mauritian nationality
Skills
Programme coordinationAgrifood systemsPublic-private partnershipsInvestment trackingResults managementCapacity building
Tools
Interregional Technical NetworkHand-in-Hand InitiativeAgrifood Public–Private Partnership Coalition
Additional info
- National Project Personnel appointment
- Mauritian nationality is required