Overview
The Project Coordinator will provide technical and operational leadership for FAO-led components of the EU4Mindanao Action, ensuring effective planning, coordination, implementation, monitoring, and reporting of field activities.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide overall leadership, strategic direction, and day-to-day management of the project.
- Lead the overall implementation of project activities, including support in the preparation and monitoring of budgets, development and execution of Project Implementation Plans and Procurement Plans.
- Establish, update, and monitor time-phased work plans.
- Oversee project personnel, consultants, service providers, and implementing partners.
- Support project budget management and procurement oversight.
- Lead the application of agreed selection criteria for project sites, priority areas, and beneficiaries.
- Establish and maintain effective institutional partnerships and stakeholder relationships.
- Lead stakeholder consultations, technical discussions, and coordination mechanisms.
- Maintain regular coordination with LGUs, BARMM ministries, MinDA, community-based organizations, Indigenous Peoples’ organizations, and other stakeholders.
- Facilitate multi-stakeholder coordination and contribute to Humanitarian–Peace–Development–Climate (HPDC) nexus approaches.
- Ensure the design, delivery, and quality assurance of capacity development interventions.
- Lead and oversee the organization and documentation of trainings, technical working group meetings, workshops, planning sessions, and other project events.
- Maintain and regularly update project monitoring, reporting, and results management systems.
- Identify, assess, and manage operational, fiduciary, financial, environmental, social, security, and implementation risks.
- Serve as focal point for project governance mechanisms.
- Prepare and submit high-quality progress reports, analytical updates, briefing materials, and management reports.
- Lead donor reporting, communication, visibility, and knowledge management activities.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with donors and development partners.
- Lead project development and resource mobilization efforts.
- Oversee recruitment and mobilization of project personnel and consultants.
- Represent FAO and the project in technical, sectoral, inter-agency, donor, and government coordination meetings.
- Foster a high-performing and collaborative project team environment.
- Lead project closure planning and implementation.
- Prepare and submit an end-of-assignment report.
- Perform other related duties within the incumbent's area of competence as may be assigned by the FAO Representative.
- Ensure full compliance with donor visibility and communication guidelines.
- Ensure that all partners, consultants, grantees, and implementing entities consistently apply approved visibility standards.
Required Experience
At least nine (9) years of progressively responsible experience in the management and implementation of complex agriculture and food systems programmes, preferably in fragile, conflict-affected, and disaster-prone contexts. Demonstrated experience in HPDC nexus coordination, multi-stakeholder engagement, institutional and systems strengthening, and strategic programme alignment is required.
Qualifications
Advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent) in Agriculture, Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness, Rural Development, Public Administration, Economics, Development Studies, Social Sciences, Peace and Development Studies, Natural Resource Management or related fields.
