Country Programme Officer
7 days ago
**Organizational Setting**:
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is an international financial institution and a specialized United Nations agency dedicated to eradicating rural poverty and hunger. It does so by investing in rural people. IFAD finances programmes and projects that increase agricultural productivity and raise rural incomes, and advocates at the local, national and international level for policies that contribute to rural transformation.
The Programme Management Department (PMD), under the leadership of an Associate Vice-President, is responsible for the overall programme of loans and grants of the Fund and is composed of five regional divisions, and an Operational Policy and Results Division.
The Country Programme Officer (CPO) position is located in Cairo, Egypt, as part of a Multi-Country Office (MCO) led by the Country Director (CD) of Egypt and Head of the Multi-Country Office. This position operates in post-conflict and challenging environments.
The incumbent works under the overall policy and management guidance of division Director (D1) in the Near East, North Africa and Europe (NEN) Division and the direct supervision of the Country Director/Head of MCO this CPO position is mapped under.
**Job Role**:
The Country Programme Officer is responsible for established programme/project coordination. The incumbent may supervise support staff and collaborates closely with other IFAD staff to ensure consistency, cohesion and synergy in programme related matters.
**Key Functions and Results**:
- COUNTRY OFFICE SUPPORT: In stand-alone IFAD Country Offices led by CPOs, the Country Programme Officer is accountable for day-to-day office administration and reporting in close collaboration with the CD who is not located in the ICO. The incumbent has accountability for financial and material resources and related processes including managing contracts for services. The incumbent collaborates closely with the Regional Office Administrative and Resource Analyst and other staff in the regional team in the IFAD regional office and provides inputs to budget preparation and monitors expenditures, manages contract completion and certifies payments as required.
- COUNTRY PROGRAMME SUPPORT: The Country Programme Officer enhances the technical quality of IFAD country activities through programme (Results-Based Country Strategic Opportunities Programme RB-COSOP) and project (grants and loans) design, supervision, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, reporting and completion activities. The incumbent also provides substantive contributions toward the development of advice and technical guidance in support of sustainable government strategies, policies and programmes in agricultural development and rural poverty reduction. The Country Programme Officer is further accountable for capacity building activities including identifying, analyzing, documenting, harmonizing and disseminating both national and local issues as well as conditions and best practices and lessons learned among partner development agencies. Capacity building activities will include coordinating meetings, workshops and seminars with project management teams, government, partners and other stakeholders.
- PARTNERSHIP BUILDING: As a key country team member, the Country Programme Officer enhances relationships and collaborations with in-country counterparts through the identification of synergies and proposing coordinated strategies with multilateral/bilateral donors and civil-society organizations involved in agricultural development and rural poverty reduction. The incumbent establishes and maintains counterpart contacts to promote programme and project collaboration and harmonization as well as identifies financing opportunities with other donors. The incumbent enhances relationships and builds strong engagement with relevant government agencies.
- POLICY DEVELOPMENT/KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT: As a key country team member, the Country Programme Officer participates in relevant policy meetings and events of interest to IFAD’s target groups and which involve the government, donors, and civil society, including NGOs, in order to develop an enabling environment for sustainable, pro-poor development. The Country Programme Officer provides programme/project continuity in the country as well as substantive national cultural, political and economic or other development knowledge. From this perspective, the incumbent’s participation in policy dialogue pertains to analyses of evidenced based recommendations from projects, analyzing their viability, making proposals and sharing the findings. This national perspective serves to enhance the linkage between the realities on the ground and the voices of the poor with the policies and programmes of the government as well as to ensure that regional programmes benefit from local initiatives that may be replicated. The Country Programme Officer significantly contributes to strengthen
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