EPPR Project One Health Specialist

Location:   Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Duration:  Three months with possibility of extension

Deadline:  04 Jun 2025, 11:59:00 PM

Job Description

FAO seeks gender, geographical and linguistic diversity in its staff and international consultants in order to best serve FAO Members in all regions.

• FAO is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality, background and culture
• Qualified female applicants, qualified nationals of non-and under-represented Members and person with disabilities are encouraged to apply
• Everyone who works for FAO is required to adhere to the highest standards of integrity and professional conduct, and to uphold FAO’s values
• FAO, as a Specialized Agency of the United Nations, has a zero-tolerance policy for conduct that is incompatible with its status, objectives and mandate, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination
• All selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks
• All applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality
• FAO staff are subject to the authority of the Director-General, who may assign them to any of the activities or offices of the Organization.

 

Organizational Setting

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) supports the 2030 Agenda through its Strategic Framework, promoting efficient, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable agrifood systems for better production, nutrition, environment, and life, leaving no one behind.

FAO Country Offices, guided by the Strategic Framework, provide policy advice, technical assistance, and core services to countries in FAO’s mandated areas. These offices implement country-specific priorities outlined in their Country Programming Frameworks (CPFs) and aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF), ensuring efficient operations with adequate human and financial resources.

The government of Ethiopia through the Ministries of Agriculture (MoA) and Ministry of Health (MoH) is implementing a Pandemic Fund (PF) funded project “Ethio-Pandemic Multi-Sectoral Prevention, Preparedness, and Response (EPPR)”. FAO is one of three project Implementing Entities (IEs) selected by the government to manage project implementation. The other two IEs are the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The project aims to enhance the country’s capacity for pandemic prevention, detection and response using the One Health (OH) approach, in alignment with the country’s OH framework and provisions of the international health regulations (IHR -2005) and ultimately enhance the well-being and resilience of vulnerable communities. The project is being implemented throughout the country with special focus on relevant pandemic threats which include zoonotic disease and Antimicrobials Resistance (AMR).

Reporting Lines

The EPPR Project One Health Specialist will work under the overall guidance of the FAO Representative in Ethiopia, and the direct supervision of the Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases Country Team Leader (ECTAD-CTL), in collaboration with the EPPR project Lead Technical Officer (LTO).

Technical Focus

The technical focus areas for the incumbent will be: (a) Identifying activities requiring OH approach and come up with appropriate partners coordination mechanisms among the relevant OH partners; (b) Identifying appropriate community level OH project demonstration sits and provide technical support on how OH will be demonstrated on these sites and (c) documenting OH implementation success stories.

Tasks and responsibilities

The incumbent will contribute to the delivery of the project results through implementation of specific assigned tasks which include:

•    Produce a customized monitoring tool to evaluate OH approach during and beyond project life.
•    Participate in EPPR project Technical Working Group (TWG) meetings and support senior colleagues facilitate the coordination of animal health sector entities to ensure animal health sector issues are well articulated.
•    Provide technical backstopping to FAO management team members when they participate in National and subnational OH platform forums
•    Support developing proposals of information sharing protocols to facilitate structured information sharing between members of the country’s One Health Platform.
•    Develop data collection templates for tracking animal health sector contribution to the National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS) at both national and subnational levels
•    Map ongoing and upcoming animal health interventions in Ethiopia and identify those working on areas that are synergistic to EPPR project activities and make recommendations for One Health synergistic implementation between EPPR project and other relevant projects
•    Identify all development partners working on Animal Health and produce awareness products that enhance adoption of One Health Approach
•    Make recommendations on how the crop sector can be mainstreamed into the nation OH agenda and ensure participation in the national OH platform
•    Perform any other related duties as may be required.

CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

Minimum Requirements 

• Candidate should be a national of Ethiopia.
  •    Advanced university degree in animal health or related fields
  •    A minimum of 7 years of professional experience in Animal Health programme management.
  •    Working knowledge of English and working knowledge of the duty station language (Amharic).

FAO Core Competencies

•  Results Focus
  •    Teamwork
  •    Communication
  •    Building Effective Relationships
  •    Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement

Technical/Functional Skills

•  Work experience in more than one location or area of work
  •    Extent and relevance of experience in
  •    Extent and relevance of experience in
  •    Familiarity with

Selection Criteria

•  Extent and relevance of experience and knowledge on animal health and production
  •    Extent of experience and knowledge on project implementation
  •    Extent of knowledge and experiences in working with various stakeholders, including UN, Government, NGOs, private sector, academics, and others
  •    Extent of experience in doing similar work/ assignment
  •    Experience with donor relations will be considered an asset.
  •    Familiarity with FAO’s work in Ethiopia and African region will be considered an asset.
  •    Demonstrated experience in working with government partners, UN Agencies and other stakeholders dealing with health-related matters.

Please note that all candidates should adhere to FAO Values of Commitment to FAO, Respect for All and Integrity and Transparency.

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• FAO does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing).
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• Applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.
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• Appointment will be subject to certification that the candidate is medically fit for appointment, accreditation, any residency or visa requirements, and security clearances.

HOW TO APPLY

• To apply, visit the recruitment website at Jobs at FAO and complete your online profile. We strongly recommend that your profile is accurate, complete and includes your employment records, academic qualifications, and language skills
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