Conflict Advisor, Famine Early Warning Systems Network

May 31, 2019 | Tetra Tech
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Tetra Tech International Development Services (https://careers.tetratechintdev.com) headquartered in Arlington, VA is a holder of the Famine Early Warning Systems (FEWS NET) 7 IDIQ contract. Tetra Tech is now accepting expressions of interest from qualified candidates to join the Washington DC-based FEWS NET Pillar One – Emergency Food Security Analysis Team, to facilitate rapid start-up should USAID award this Task Order to Tetra Tech.

FEWS NET is a leading provider of food insecurity monitoring and early warning services that enable the US Government and its partners, including governments and national, regional, and international government and non-governmental organizations, to prepare for and respond to food security crises anywhere in the world. FEWS NET is headquartered in Washington DC and has 26 country and regional offices in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The objectives of activities implemented under Pillar One are to: (1) build the evidence base for food security analysis; (2) carry out emergency food security analysis and decision-support; and (3) strengthen networks and local systems to improve their capacity to contribute to and utilize FEWS NET analyses and reporting.

The Conflict Advisor is a Washington-DC based position that sits within FEWS NET’s Technical Advisory Team to provide technical leadership on the project’s capability to understand, monitor, predict, and report on the impact of conflict and violent extremism on livelihoods, food security, health, and nutrition.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead the design of analytical frameworks, tools, and information products related to CVE;
  • Identify and develop network relationships with providers of CVE-related data, indicators, and information;
  • Develop guidance materials and data quality and reporting standards for staff engaged in conflict data collection, analysis, and reporting and support project staff through training, mentorship, and direct collaboration;
  • Provide quality control for CVE data collection, analyses, and reporting and ensure effective integration of CVE data and analyses into early warning and decision support;
  • Write reports, respond to client requests for information, and deliver briefings to USAID, other USG agencies, and to staff from network partners and cooperating country governments on the potential likelihood of CVE and its impact on livelihoods, trade, food security, nutrition, and health;
  • Contribute to regional, national, and sub-national food security scenario development activities and outcome analyses;
  • Report to the Deputy Chief of Party for Analysis.

Essential Qualifications and Competencies:

  • Bachelor’s degree in relevant field (conflict analysis and resolution, political science, political economy, international relations, natural resource management, social anthropology, etc.); Masters preferred;
  • English required; Arabic, French, Portuguese, and/or Spanish preferred;
  • At least 8 years of experience in research and/or in the design and implementation of programs to understand, monitor, or predict the underlying causes and more immediate triggers of conflict and violent extremism (CVE); the impact of CVE on markets and trade, livelihoods, access to resources, and food security, nutrition, and health; and the delivery of humanitarian and development assistance in fragile, conflict, post-conflict, and reconstruction and peacebuilding contexts;
  • Experience developing analytical frameworks, tools, and information products to help understand the causes and humanitarian consequences of CVE;
  • Experience designing and managing data collection and analysis efforts;
  • Experience working in FEWS NET-monitored countries (see www.fews.net for list);
  • U.S. citizenship or a valid U.S. work permit is an absolute requirement.