National Operations Officer - Avian Influenza

Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, is seeking to fill the position of National Operations Officer - Avian Influenza for the UTF/NEP/061/NEP/B "Technical Assistance Agreement to Assist the Department of Livestock Services, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Nepal in the implementation of the Avian Influenza Control Project" project.

The National Operations Officer will assist with handling and supervision of day-to-day administration, finance, operation, procurement and monitoring activities of the Avian Influenza projects.

Applicant must possess a university degree or equivalent in livestock production / animal health or equivalent and have a minimum of 5 years of experience within an international organization (preferable FAO or another UN Agency) in the field project operations and/or management.

Contracts for above posts will be issues for 11 months with possibility of extension, subject to performance and availability of funds. Duty station will be Kathmandu with frequent travel to districts as and when required.


The above is only an indication of the required qualification and experiences, the complete Draft Terms of Reference for the above post may be obtained from the UN Reception, UN House, Pulchowk, Kathmandu, Nepal from 14/01/2009 to 22/01/2009 from 10:00 hrs to 17:00 hrs Monday to Friday.


Interested qualified persons should forward their applications along with an updated CV in electronic format to Satish.Pandey@fao.org, cc to: FAO-NP@fao.org not later than 23/01/2009 at 12:00 hrs. The subject box in the e-mail should indicate UTF/NEP/061/NEP/B - National Operations Officer - Avian Influenza.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Women and people from minority groups are especially encouraged to apply.

As other job opportunities might come up in the near future, the CVs of good candidates not contracted for this actual position will be placed on a roster that will serve, as "shortlist" of candidates, when funding of projects will be available.

Note: Published in the Kantipur Daily Newspaper
Date: 14/01/2009