Vacancy Announcement No: FAO/033/2011
Issued on: 04th Oct 2011
Deadline For Application: 17th Oct 2011
Position Title: Water
Resources Assistant (SWALIM Project)
Grade Level: SC 7 – 1
Duty Station: Hargeisa, Somalia with frequent
in-country travel
Organizational Unit: Somalia Country Office
(FAO-Somalia)
Duration: 3 months with possible extension for
project duration
Eligible Candidates: Somali Nationalities
Anticipated start date: As Soon as Possible
Under the overall guidance of the FAO Officer in
Charge for Somalia, the direction of the Chief Technical Advisor and the direct
supervision of the Liaison Officer Manager in Hargeisa and SWALIM Water
Resources Team Leader, the Water Resources Assistant will assist the Liaison
Office Manager to maintain and disseminate water resources information and
products to stakeholders and engage in other water related duties.
Overall, he/she will ensure the water resources
information systems and products are well maintained.
Specifically, he/she will carry out the following
duties:
Support the Liaison Office Manager with daily
water information management related tasks including managing the Somali Water
Sources Information Management System (SWIMS), the Climate Database, Automatic
Weather Stations (AWS), etc. through attending to partners and clients,
following up pending data requests, etc.
Support and contribute to the water field
activities in Somaliland including the hydro geological assessment, AQUASTAT
and development of flash flood protective measures.
Support government ministries and other agencies
involved in water monitoring to process, file and transmit routine water
monitoring data using relevant software. In particular, assist the data centre
staff at the Somaliland Ministry of Mining, Energy and Water Resources (MMEWR)
and the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) in maintaining the databases to better
serve clients.
Participate in the regional Water, Sanitation and,
Hygiene (WASH) coordination meetings and present SWALIM related databases, act
as SWALIM focal point for WASH, coordinate with MMEWR recording and sharing all
meetings minutes and dissemination of the same to local stakeholders.
Together with the Information Management Officer,
install, set up and administer software at the liaison office including SWIMS,
Dynamic Atlas, etc. and support government ministries and other agencies
working with SWALIM to set up, administer, maintain and use SWALIM water
related information products, etc.
Work with the Liaison Office Manager to create
awareness about SWALIM water information products and services and promote
their use Puntland line ministries and other stakeholders. Also provide
specific technical support on SWALIM water information products and services
Assist the Liaison Officer Manager to organize and
coordinate SWALIM water related training courses for government ministries and
other partners.
Support and carry out scheduled and unscheduled
maintenance on data collection hardware (AWS) and software systems such as
those for the telemetric stations. Facilitate and support water related field
assessments and surveys by Nairobi based and consultant staff.
Perform any other duties that may be assigned by
Liaison Office Manager and/or Water Resources Team Leader.
Minimum requirements
Candidates should meet the following:
University degree from a recognized institution in
water/irrigation/geology/geography/civil/agricultural engineering, or soil and
water science or environment or equivalent experience.
Three years experience in water related field work
with knowledge of information management systems.
Good knowledge of MS Office is a requirement;
additional computer skills are an advantage.
Ability to communicate, plan and organize and work
under minimum supervision.
To Apply
Send your application to:
Candidates are requested to submit a covering
letter quoting the Position Title and Vacancy Announcement No. FAO/033/2011
along with their current/detailed Curriculum Vitae and FAO Personal History
(PH) form (available at http://www.fao.org/VA/adm11e.dot – see following
page for guidelines on how to fill it out).
E-mail is the preferred means of receipt and the
application should be sent to HR-Somalia@fao.org.
The subject line of the e-mail message should read
CONFIDENTIAL – FAO/033/2011.
If making a hard copy submission, the envelope
should be clearly marked CONFIDENTIAL – FAO/033/2011 and sent to the following
address:
FAO-Somalia
UN-Somalia Ngecha Road Complex
Corner Lower Kabete Road/Ngecha Road
P.O. Box 30470-00100
Nairobi, Kenya.
UN-Somalia Ngecha Road Complex
Corner Lower Kabete Road/Ngecha Road
P.O. Box 30470-00100
Nairobi, Kenya.
Applications may also be faxed, again clearly
indicating CONFIDENTIAL – FAO/033/2011 in the subject line, to +254-20-4000333 .
Applications must be received by the
deadline. Late applications will not be considered.
Only short listed candidates meeting all essential
qualifications will be contacted.
