Chemonics seeks food security analysts with
expertise in agricultural economics, livelihoods, nutrition,
pastoralism/livestock, and related areas to support the USAID-funded
Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) III. We are looking for
individuals who have a passion for making a difference in the lives of
people around the world.
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 evolving food security
issues to inform appropriate humanitarian response. The project covers
36 countries, with plans to expand over the coming four years.
Within the context of local livelihoods, FEWS NET
professionals in Africa, Central America, Haiti, Central Asia, and the
United States monitor relevant data sources (e.g., remote sensing
imagery, price and trade data, nutrition information), which inform a
scenario-building process used to project future food security outcomes.
FEWS NET then uses decision support products to communicate this
analysis to U.S. government, United Nations, national government, and
NGO decision makers. These products include regular briefings to senior
USAID staff, quarterly food security projections, and food security
alerts. FEWS NET staff also provide advisory support to regional and
country-specific contingency and response planning efforts and in-depth
studies related to livelihoods, markets and trade, and nutrition.
Position Description:
FEWS NET's Decision Support Group (DSG) has two
primary objectives: facilitate development and communication of timely,
high-quality, actionable decision support at the country, regional, and
global levels and build FEWS NET staff and partners' food security
analysis and strategic communications capacity. The food security
analysts will collaborate frequently with other home office and
field-based team members on technical guidance and decision support
products. While their exact duties will be based on their background and
expertise, their primary role is to serve as the technical team's
regional focal points for food security analysis, decision support, and
information requests for one or two geographic regions. Within these
broad objectives, the analysts will perform three primary tasks:
Synthesize market and trade, nutrition,
livelihoods, and other food security analysis for development of
regular, high-quality early warning information products. Illustrative
tasks include reviewing field-authored food security reporting,
contributing to the monthly Food Assistance Outlook Brief for senior
Food for Peace staff, develop and present technical briefings to U.S.
government staff and other partners, and make field visits to support
assessments and technical analysis.
Respond to ad hoc requests for food security and
response planning analysis and other support for response and
contingency planning processes. When potential or ongoing food security
crises are identified, the analysts will lead development of analytical
and decision support strategies to develop and communicate information
on the crises, their causes, and potential response options to decision
makers.
Provide technical assistance to strengthen data
collection, analysis, and information dissemination capacity among
host-country, NGO, and donor partners and field staff. The analysts will
provide relevant technical and geographic guidance in their areas of
expertise and contribute to development of guidance materials in early
warning, decision support, and reporting. They will also support
activities to enhance field representatives' and partners' understanding
of food security early warning and decision support processes.
Location and Reporting:
The food security analysts will be based in the
FEWS NET home office in Washington, D.C., and will travel as required
(up to 25 percent of the time) to provide in-country support to FEWS NET
field staff and partners. The analysts will report to the FEWS NET
decision support advisor and will work closely with other members of the
DSG, technical team, and field staff.
Qualifications:
- Advanced degree in a field related to food security or other relevant area required
- Minimum three years of professional experience related to food security, livelihoods, nutrition, economic development, or related programming
- Minimum two years of experience working in developing countries
- Strong household-level food security analysis skills
- Excellent writing, editing, and presentation skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to work well with field-based, local staff via telephone and e-mail
- Experience with the Household Economy Approach preferred
- Experience working with USAID preferred
- GIS skills preferred
- English fluency and strong French skills required
- Authorization to work in the United States required
Application Instructions:
Send electronic submissions to
fews3dsg@chemonics.com by June 15, 2013. Please include the name of the
position in the subject line. No telephone inquiries, please. Finalists
will be contacted.
In addition, please download and complete
Chemonics’ equal employment opportunity self-identification form and
submit it separately to EEOselfidentify@chemonics.com with only "FEWS
NET III" in the subject line. If you prefer not to disclose your sex,
race, or ethnicity, you may check “I do not wish to complete the
information requested.” Thank you for completing the form and supporting
our equal employment opportunity reporting requirements.
Chemonics is an equal opportunity employer and does
not discriminate in its selection and employment practices on the basis
of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation,
sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, genetic
information, age, membership in an employee organization, or other
non-merit factors.
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