National Emergency and Resilience Specialist

Leads FAO Bangladesh’s Emergency and Resilience Unit, directing food-security analysis, emergency livelihoods assistance, disaster-risk reduction and anticipatory action. The national specialist coordinates the emergency portfolio and US Macro Grant, guides staff and partners, strengthens response capacity and ensures evidence-based, timely implementation for vulnerable farming communities.

• Lead FAO’s Emergency and Resilience Unit at national level
• Provide technical leadership on food security and emergency livelihoods
• Coordinate preparedness, response, anticipatory action and early recovery strategies
• Coordinate US Macro Grant delivery against workplans, budgets and donor commitments
• Coordinate procurement, cash or voucher delivery, registration, monitoring and reporting
• Represent FAO in food-security and humanitarian coordination mechanisms
• Prepare proposals, strategic documents and donor reports
• Build the capacity of staff, government counterparts and partners

• Master degree in a relevant agriculture, resilience or development field
• At least 9 years of experience in food security, emergency response, humanitarian programming or resilience
• Working knowledge of English
• Bangladeshi nationality

• Experience in programme coordination and management

• Food Security Analysis
• Emergency Response
• Disaster Risk Reduction
• Anticipatory Action
• Livelihood Recovery
• Programme Coordination

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• SC-9 national position