Under the overall managerial and administrative
supervision of the ADG/Regional Representative for Latin America
and the Caribbean, RLC, and the technical guidance of the Chief,
Operations and Resources Mobilization Service, TCSR, as part of
the Outposted Technical Officers Group, the incumbent will have
the overall responsibility for the coordination and
implementation of the field programme in the Latin America and
the Caribbean region. He/she will coordinate and monitor the
field projects/programmes of the region, be responsible for the
management and day-to-day operation of the complete project
cycle, from inception to closure, for projects operated by the
RLC, and for which he/she would have been designated budget
holder, and provide guidance to and oversee the work of other
project budget holders in the region. The incumbent will support,
and contribute to FAO’s field programme
development in the region. In particular, he/she will:
• coordinate, oversee and monitor field
programme development including the management of pipelines, and
implementation-related work of the other operating units in the
region; • contribute to the formulation and
monitoring of National Medium-term Priority Frameworks (NMTPFs);
• advise and participate in determining field
programme development strategies at regional, subregional and
country level; • identify major issues
negatively affecting the field programme in the region and assist
to ensure that appropriate action is taken; •
advise responsible officers on major issues affecting the
operation of specific projects, with particular emphasis on
large-scale, GEF-funded projects as well as joint programmes
(UNJPs), and any other projects identified as having a high risk
profile; • contribute to the development of
results-based management in the field programme in line with
corporate standards, concepts and policies, taking into account
the NMTPF and the Strategic Framework; •report
regularly to TCSR on the field programme situation in the region
identifying issues and trends, and upon request, support TCSR in
the preparation of corporate and ad hoc reports on the situation;
• contribute to project formulation, appraisal
and clearance; • liaise with donors and
regional organizations to mobilize resources;
•provide quality assurance for
project/programme proposals in the region, including providing
operational clearances for project proposals to be eventually
operated by the Regional Office and overseeing those of other
budget holders in the region; • assume budget
holder responsibility for projects assigned to the Regional
Office; • provide operational guidance and
support to technical support units and project personnel,
including backstopping missions and act as the
“first port of call†on all
operational issues for project budget holders in the region;
• contribute to the determination of workloads,
business volumes and operational capacity of the various
operating units in the region; • coordinate and
oversee the preparation of delivery estimates for the projects
and programmes in the region and maintain the project cycle data
and information in the corporate Field Programme Management
Information System (FPMIS); • oversee the
preparation of delivery estimates by project budget holders in
the region and monitor the accuracy of the FPMIS data for
projects in the region, including pipeline information;
• organize and oversee training of project
budget holders in the region on operational procedures;
• perform other related duties as
requested.