The National Policy Advisor shall operate under the overall guidance and responsibility of the FAO Representative for Georgia, the guidance and technical supervision of the CTA, day-to-day manasgement of Deputy Team Leader (DTL), the other international and national consultants of the Project, FAO Country Office and Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) in Georgia.

Job Title: National Policy Advisor

Division/Department: Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia

Project Symbol: GCP/GEO/001/EC

Location: Tbilisi

Expected Start of the Assignment: November 2013

Duration: 12 months

Reports to: Chief Technical Advisor (CTA)

Duties and Responsibilities:

** Support the Ministry of Agriculture in the area of policy analysis and policy advise on specific issues related to the implementation of the Strategy and Action Plan;

** Support the Ministry of Agriculture in the area of creating a functional policy analysis/advisory function relying on the relevant departmental resources of the Ministry;

** Support the Ministry to identify the priority areas for policy intervention by setting up the relevant information gathering/analysis/presentation mechanism based on the criteria of relevance, reasonability, efficiency, and short and long term policy implications;

** Prepare position papers on selected subjects at the request of the Minister, as well as in relation to the strategic directions outlined by the Strategy and Action Plan;

** Advise the Minister and respective units of the Ministry regarding specific policy issues and facilitate also the information gather on specific topics from various units of the Ministry and eventually other institutions required;

** Define the need for outside expertise in concrete policy directions, define the requirements/deliverables for outside experts and together with DTL ensure that deliverables are met;

** Actively liaise with local farming, business, and NGO community for the purpose of broadening the project's presence in the field and support to the Ministry from the outside agriculture community;

** Actively liaise with the Donor Community in order to ensure its activities are synchronized with the Ministry's policy stance and major directions;

** Any other duty as assigned by the CTA/DTL

** Key performance indicators

Required Completion date:

** To be defined in the inception report

** To be agreed with the Team Leader and the Ministry

Qualifications

** At least a Master's degree in agriculture and/or economy or related field;

** At least 5- 7 years experience in agriculture policy and development

** Excellent written, oral, and analytical skills;

** Excellent computer skills;

** Demonstrated ability to work as an effective team member;

** Deep knowledge of regional development patterns of Georgian agriculture;

** Good knowledge of countries in transition;

** Fluency in English and Georgian is required

Applications should be sent to: FAO-GE@fao.org and it should consist of:

** a cover letter (letter of motivation)

** PPF filled, signed and with photo (To access PPF please click on the following link: http://www.fao.org/employment/irecruitment-access/en/

** an updated CV.

Note: The application will not be considered as valid if one of the three is missing.

Applicants should indicate GCP/GEO/001/EC and the respective title of the position they are applying for in the subject-line of the e-mail.

Deadline for submission: 1 November 2013.

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