Markets Product Support Senior Specialist, FEWS NET, East and Southern Africa (ESAF)

Chemonics’ East and Southern Africa Regional Business Unit is seeking a Markets Product Support Senior Specialist. The full-time DC-based (remote eligible) Markets Product Support Senior Specialist for FEWS NET 8 KB will support the project’s Deputy Chief of Party for Market Fundamentals in the production and dissemination of consistent, quality ​market ​​​research ​​reports and ​associated ​products. The Product Support Senior Specialist will work both independently and within the broader FEWS NET team to ensure all products are compliant with Section 508 and FEWS NET’s Branding and Marking Plan, lead the preparation of training and guidance materials, and support project communications and dissemination of reports and data submission activities. The Product Support Senior Specialist will also manage  the quality product development process, liaising with subcontractors and partners that will contribute to the product completion cycle. In addition, the Product Support Senior Specialist will lead the documentation of processes and methodologies of all steps of​ ​​​report ​​​​and ​​​​associated​​ ​​ product​/​​​deliverable​​ completion in coordination with other Pillars and Partners.  

Since its establishment in 1985, the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) project aims to sustainably prevent food insecurity and famine across the globe by delivering to the U.S. Government and partners early warning on the location, causes, and magnitude of current and future food insecurity; improving the quality and timeliness of information and analysis useful for achieving sustainable food security; and strengthening innovative local, national, regional, and international capabilities to understand and appropriately address current, recurrent, and likely future food insecurity. Chemonics has been implementing FEWS NET since 2000, beginning its eights phase (FEWS NET 8) in 2024.     FEWS NET 8 Knowledge Base (FEWS NET 8 KB) is a $65 million project which will create and update FEWS NET’s knowledge base about livelihood zones and market systems on which FEWS NET’s acute food insecurity early warning analyses are predicated, thereby ensuring that USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) is able to allocate emergency food assistance effectively and in accordance with humanitarian principles.   

 

Responsibilities:

• In consultation with the DCOP-Market Fundamentals, lead the ​​development cycle of custom ​market ​​​system ​​​​specific ​​products and inputs in line with program strategy and ​​​compliance requirements. 
• Coordinate overall project communications. 
• Contribute to the preparation of consistent, quality markets reports and other products. 
• Publish reports and other deliverables per FEWS NET branding and marking requirements. 

• Review reports, products, deliverables and other communications as needed ensuring style consistency, adherence to FEWS NET and Knowledge Base-specific branding and marking requirements and Section 508 compliance. 
• With input from the DCOP-Market Fundamentals and Markets Advisor, support the preparation of training and guidance materials. 
• Support communications and dissemination of reports and data submission activities. 
• Regularly liaise and collaborate across all FEWS NET programs to support and inform market fundamentals products, provide feedback on areas of overlapping interest, establish common naming conventions for FEWS NET 8 KB products, support data submission to the FE