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FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS VACANCY
ANNOUNCEMENT No.: 668-GIL
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: 22 May 2002
Position Title INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST Level (grade) P-3
Duty station Rome
Date for entry on duty As soon as possible
Duration of assignment Fixed Term: Three years
Duties and responsibilities
Under the general supervision of the Chief, GILF, and in close cooperation
with the other technical officers in the Branch and in collaboration with
the appropriate technical divisions and with AFI as necessary, will perform
tasks in connection with the building of information management capacities
in FAO Member Countries under the WAICENT Outreach programme in general, and
GIL's field activities. Specifically will :
- identify and evaluate needs of individuals, communities and institutions
in Member Countries for access to agricultural information, and capacity
building in its management;
- assist in the development of approaches and strategies to establish or
strengthen national/regional agricultural information systems, with
particular reference to those in the framework of the Special Programme for
Food Security (SPFS) and the Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information
Management Systems (FIVIMS), in collaboration with the appropriate technical
divisions and with AFI as necessary;
- participate in the formulation of GIL field projects, participate in and
supervise their implementation, and evaluate their outcomes;
- provide technical backstopping for information management components in
field projects operated by other FAO units, liaise with relevant Divisions
and participate in meetings and task forces;
- participate in the planning, organization, and implementation of workshops
and seminars related to capacity building in agricultural information
management;
- participate in and/or supervise the testing and evaluation of WAICENT
software tools, guidelines, methodologies and operating procedures, in
collaboration with AFI as appropriate, to be used for information systems
development in national and regional agricultural organisations;
perform any other related duties, as required
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