Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Gender Analyst Job Vacancy in Kenya

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Gender Analyst Job Vacancy in Kenya
Vacancy Announcement No: FSNAUN1I2OIOIOO9
FSAU which is re-named the Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU) to reflect the full integration of the nutrition surveillance project within one overall project framework is currently in its sixth funding phase. It provides a broad range of information users with timely and relevant information and analysis for better decision-making relating to short-term food insecurity and malnutrition, as well as informing development planning to address underlying causes of food and livelihood insecurity, and malnutrition. FSNAU has developed the Food Security and Nutrition
Analysis System (FSNAS) which integrates both the conceptual and operational frameworks that the unit utilises for analysing food security and nutrition information through a livelihoods-based analysis. The information contributing to the FSNAS is collected by a team of FSNAU field team of enumerators and analysts and is entered and processed through an integrated database and information management system.  The unit draws on reliable and appropriate secondary information at all levels, as well as rigorous analysis of the FSNAU field data. FSNAU operates a communications strategy for the dissemination of its information products and to advocate for timely and informed response.

History

In the wake of the collapse of the Somalia State and the ensuing food insecurity, FSNAU has over the past eleven years provided researchers, decision makers, and project implementers with critical information on food, nutrition, and livelihood security.

Brief FSNAU Historical Timeline:-

1994: the World Food Programme initiated the FSAU with funding from USAID/OFDA to undertake food security and information analysis in Somalia.

Position Title: Gender Analyst
Duty Station: Nairobi, Kenya with travel to Somalia
The FAQ Managed Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit for Somalia (FSNAU) seeks to hire a Gender Analyst.

The person will report directly to the FSNAU Chief Technical Advisor, and indirectly to the Technical Managers of FSNAU, with overall supervision of the FAQ Country Qfficer in Charge and the FAQ TCE.

The person will work closely with the core technical food security, nutrition, livelihoods and the data systems teams, to ensure gender analysis is fully integrated within FSNAU’s baseline livelihoods, food security and nutrition information and analysis.

Interested candidates should get further details on the vacancy at:
http://www.fsnau.org/jobs/gender-analyst.

Candidates are requested to submit a cover letter quoting the Position Title and Vacancy Announcement No. FSNAUI Vl/201 01009 along with their current/detailed Curriculum Vitae and FAQ Personal History (PH) form (available at http://www.fao.org/VA/adm11e.dot).

E-mail is the preferred means of receipt and the application should be sent to jobs@fsnau.org.

The subject line of the e-mail message should read CONFIDENTIAL — FSNAU/VI/2010/009.

If making a hard copy submission, the envelope should be clearly marked CONFIDENTIAL — FSNAU/VI/2010/009 and sent to the following address:

Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit
Ngecha Road, Off Lower Kabete Road
P.O. Box 1230 Village Market, Nairobi, Kenya.
Applications must be received by 27th July 2010.

Late  applications will not be considered.

Qnly short listed candidates will be contacted.