National Specialist on Safety and Risk Management

Organizational Setting:

For more than four decades, FAO has been working with the Government of the Philippines, civil society, community-based organizations and the private sector to address challenges in the agriculture, fisheries and forestry sector. Joint efforts have included increasing sustainability in agricultural production, promoting value-adding practices, improving post-harvest management, enhancing productivity and increasing the resilience of agriculture-based livelihoods to natural disasters, climatic hazards and armed conflict.

Reporting Lines:

The National Specialist on Safety and Risk Management reports directly to the reports to the Socio-Economic & Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Environment and Natural Resource (ENR)/ Forestry Team Leader.

Technical Focus:

FAO is implementing a Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) on enhancing farm tourism development in the Philippines for inclusive rural development. This is through capacity building of public and private stakeholders to set up and implement sustainable farm tourism enterprises, which will help achieve agricultural diversification, sustainable agricultural production and inclusive agro business development. The project will also support the establishment of pilot sites on designing farm tourism sites and their related infrastructures, on establishing and operating social enterprises, and on developing farm tourism camp designs and activities.

Tasks and responsibilities

The National Specialist on Farming Systems shall contribute to the development of pilot farm tourism sites and capacity building of farm tourism stakeholders supported by FAO and will carry out the following main tasks:

1. Prepare study design and outline to identify safety needs and multi-hazard risk management issues of farm tourism sites operating under the new normal; 2. Facilitate workshops to gather data on the safety needs and multi-hazard risk management issues of farm tourism sites operating under the new normal; 3. Prepare training design and materials on addressing the safety needs and multi-hazard risk management issues of farm tourism sites operating under the new normal; 4. Serve as resource person for regional trainings on addressing the safety needs and multi-hazard risk management issues of farm tourism sites operating under the new normal; 5. Prepare and submit progress reports for activities undertaken; 6. Prepare and submit an end-of-assignment report in English according to FAO's guidelines; and 7. Perform other tasks that may be assigned by the FAO Representative.

CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

Minimum Requirements

• The candidate must have a university degree (advanced degree preferred) in the field of disaster risk reduction, occupational safety and health or related discipline; • At least five (5) years of professional experience in site safety and risk management, preferably related to agritourism sites; • National of the Philippines or resident in the country with a regular work permit. • Working knowledge (level C) of English and Filipino.

FAO Core Competencies

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

Technical/Functional Skills

• Familiarity with farm tourism sites in at least one region of the Philippines • Proven ability to conceptualize, plan and execute complex processes across a wide range of stakeholders, advance ability to work quickly and under pressure • Ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and take leadership when appropriate • General knowledge and skills in the use of standard office software, such as MS Office (Word, Excel, Power Point)