Chemonics seeks a Regional Technical Senior Specialist - Instability and Conflict (RTSS-IC) to be based in one of the following regional offices: i) Guatemala City, Guatemala, ii) Nairobi, Kenya, iii) Niamey, Niger, and v) Harare, Zimbabwe for the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) 8 Decision Support (DS) project. The RTSS-IC works under the technical supervision of the Security, Instability, and Conflict (SIC) Advisor, with administrative management provided by the Regional Technical Lead (RTL). The RTSS-IC will enhance the team's capacity for early warning analysis related to instability and conflict, ensuring the application of sound management principles and tools are employed in the operations of the Instability and Conflict sector. While the preference is for candidates to be based in Guatemala, Kenya, Niger, and Zimbabwe, highly qualified candidates who have legal work authorization and are based in other select countries in which FEWS NET 8 operates in may be considered. Countries are as follows:

We are looking for individuals who have a passion for making a difference in the lives of people around the world. FEWS NET is an integrated set of activities funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and is intended to provide timely, accurate, evidence-based, and transparent food security early warning information and analysis. The eighth phase of FEWS NET includes the Decision Support (DS) project which is charged with providing integrated monitoring and analyses of current and forecast acute food insecurity in countries worldwide to support the USAID's Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) policy and programmatic decisions. Based on an in-depth understanding of local livelihoods, the FEWS NET DS Team members monitor information and data on factors that affect food security, such as conflict, weather conditions and climate, crops, pasture, markets and trade, and nutrition. The work of the FEWS NET DS Team relies on close collaboration with international, regional, and national partners on food security data and information gathering and analysis. Major activities include joint monitoring and assessments, data sharing and exchanges, collaborative analysis and reporting, and technical capacity strengthening.

Responsibilities include:

The main responsibilities of the RTSS-IC include, but are not limited to: