Organizational Setting
FAO Armenia assists the Government to formulate policies, programmes and projects to address the root causes of food insecurity and malnutrition, develop the agricultural and forestry sectors, and utilize environmental and natural resources in a sustainable way. It contributes to the development of FAO’s field programme projects in the country and implements them in the sectors of food security, agriculture, natural resources management and rural development.
Reporting Lines
The Specialist works under the direct supervision of the FAO Representative for Armenia and day-to-day supervision of International Programme Coordinator.
Technical Focus
Strengthening FAO Armenia's capacity to secure funding by cultivating donor relationships, identifying funding opportunities, and strategically aligning these opportunities with FAO Armenia’s programmatic priorities.
Tasks and responsibilities
Under the direct supervision of the FAO Representative for Armenia and day-to-day supervision of International Programme Coordinator, the Resource Mobilisation Specialist will:
• Contribute to cultivating and maintaining good donor relations, including through contributing timely responses to donor queries, developing ideas to increase fundraising, proactive formulation of donor briefing materials and facilitating donor missions in Armenia.
• Develop country strategy documents, programme/ project proposals, briefs and other documents related to programmatic areas in close cooperation with relevant personnel
• Map donor strategies, funding windows and related opportunities against FAO Armenia funding needs.
• Contribute to the formulation of strategic information products on the FAO Armenia Programme for external and internal use, including corporate briefing and reporting requirements.
• Prepare briefing materials to showcase programme results, in close collaboration with FAO Armenia teams.
• Coordinate the formulation of concept notes and proposals.
• Contribute to strategic information products, including Situation Reports.
• Vet and review key strategic documents for quality assurance.
• Initiate and facilitate the drafting of project/programme reports using the appropriate donor-specified or corporate templates.
• Work closely with technical sectors, and other colleagues to ensure reports satisfy reporting requirements and capture the required content accurately (e.g. including strategic alignment, deviation from planned activities, challenges, delays, etc.).
• Support the same colleagues to enrich reports with greater emphasis on results, lessons, best practices, partnership and key cross-cutting themes (e.g. gender, environmental sustainability).
• Lead the transformation of key M&E and Project Assessment reports into communication products for external keyholders in collaboration with Communications specialist
• Conduct final quality review, troubleshooting and editing of all project reports and related materials prior to submission, ensuring reports are clear, concise and in-line with corporate standards, including FAO House Style.
• Liaise closely with the Communication Specialist and project/programme staff to produce and incorporate human impact stories, project photos and other visibility materials within reports.
• Ensure all reports have the necessary clearances and revisions prior to submission (internal and technical), in accordance
• with FAO project cycle management guidelines.
• Perform other related duties and travel, as required
FAO Standards and guidelines:
Liaison with the OCC will be maintained, either directly or through an agreed focal point/coordinator, to ensure compliance with OCC standards, appropriate review and clearance processes.
All communication materials will follow FAO clearance processes and comply with FAO standards, including:
FAO Strategic Framework 2022-31: https://www.fao.org/strategic-framework/en
FAO social media policy and guidelines: https://www.fao.org/2/socialmedia
Social Media Branding Guidelines: https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/cb5044en
FAOSTYLE: https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/cb8081en
FAO terminology: http://www.fao.org/faoterm
FAO Names Of Countries https://www.fao.org/nocs/en
Story guidelines, Story template, UN map standards, FAO logo policy and related branding guidelines (available to staff).
Further guidance regarding FAO communications, policies and procedures can be found through the FAO intranet, OCC section.
CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING
Minimum Requirements
• University degree in International Relations, Development Studies, Economics, Business Administration, Communication, Social Sciences, or another closely related field.
• Minimum five years of relevant experience in resource mobilization, donor relations, proposal writing, strategic communication, or related fields within international organizations, NGOs, or similar contexts.
• Full proficiency (Level C) in English.
FAO Core Competencies
• Results Focus
• Teamwork
• Communication
• Building Effective Relationships
• Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement
Selection Criteria
• Limited knowledge of Russian (Level B) is desirable.
• An advanced university degree would be an asset.