Job Opportunity as a Project Support Consultant at FAO 2021

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is looking to hire a motivated Project Support Consultant to join the team for 2021. 

Responsibilities:

Project Support:

• Oversee the process to identify and contract an external vendor to administer FAO’s global employee satisfaction survey, including but not limited to drafting and preparing tender documents, supporting the technical evaluation and liaising with the procurement office on the tender and awarding process.
• Provide general project management support including the development of a project plan in collaboration with the project team, correspondence with the selected external vendor and monitoring and follow up on project timelines.
• Oversee the management of E2S data and related files and presentations.

Survey Design & Implementation:

• Support the design of the survey, including the preparation of the questionnaire whilst ensuring coherence and linkage with previous survey questions.
• Liaise with the relevant units to ensure translation of questionnaire in all FAO official languages (French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese and Russian).
• Liaise with the selected external vendor to ensure successful implementation of survey in the online platform.
• Provide input into the development and launch of the communications and engagement campaign prior to, during, and post survey launch. This would include contributing to the design of promotional material, emails and short stories.
• Respond to queries related to the survey, survey results and follow up actions.

Analysis and Reporting:

• Support the analysis of survey data and trends using knowledge of best practice of engagement surveys. This will include working with large quantities of data and preparing reports, presentations, documents, and messages based on the analysis.
• Conduct analysis to inform senior management and divisions/offices on trends and potential follow up actions.
• Other tasks, as required.

Minimum Requirements:

1. University Degree in human resources, business administration, procurement, management, supply chain, or other related field.
2. 4+ years of relevant work experience.
3. Working knowledge of English and limited knowledge of one of the following, French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, or Russian.

FAO Core Competencies:

1. Results Focus.
2. Teamwork.
3. Communication.
4. Building Effective Relationships.
5. Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement.

Technical/Functional Skills:

1. Strong analytical, critical thinking, planning and problem-solving skills, as well as gender sensitive and cross cultural competency.
2. Knowledge and experience in the design and implementation of employee surveys.
3. Ability to maintain/manage confidential information.
4. Excellent communication (verbal and written) skills.
5. Excellent interpersonal skills to collaborate and influence across different levels and diverse teams in the Organization.
6. Ability to conduct data analysis.

About FAO:

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Its goal is to achieve food security for all and make sure that people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active healthy lives. With over 194 member states, FAO works in over 130 countries worldwide. They believe that everyone can play a part in ending hunger.

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