The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) is an integrated set of activities funded by the United States Government (USG) and is intended to provide timely, accurate, evidence-based, and transparent food insecurity early warning information and analysis. Created in 1985 in response to famines in East and West Africa, FEWS NET provides global coverage of acute food insecurity. FEWS NET’s work is implemented across several mechanisms by a team of partners that includes the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the University of California-Santa Barbara’s Climate Hazards Center (UCSB-CHC), University of Maryland’s Department of Geographical Sciences, American Institutes for Research (AIR), and Chemonics International (Chemonics). Chemonics implements FEWS NET’s Decision Support Team (DST), which is charged with providing integrated monitoring and analyses of current and forecast acute food insecurity in countries worldwide to support the United States Government’s (USG) policy and programmatic decisions. The DST operates through a Washington-based technical office, regional FEWS NET offices, and national staff presence in sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America, and eastern Europe.
FEWS NET’s objective is to produce timely, evidence-based decision support to enable the efficient allocation of humanitarian assistance on the basis of need.
Based on an in-depth understanding of local livelihoods, FEWS NET monitors information and data on factors that affect food security, such as conflict, weather conditions and agroclimatology, crops, pasture, markets and trade, and nutrition. The FEWS NET DST produces regular reports, including Food Security Outlooks and Outlook Updates, emergency alerts, market and price updates, and targeted analyses.net and distributes them globally to governments, relief agencies, and other organizations engaged in humanitarian response and development programs.
The eighth phase of FEWS NET began in 2024. The work of the FEWS NET DST relies on close collaboration with international, regional, and national partners on food security-related data and information gathering and analysis. Major activities include joint monitoring and assessments, data sharing and exchanges, collaborative analysis and reporting, and support of local and regional food security networks.
• Proficiency in written and spoken English is required; other local language skills relevant to the country are desirable.
• Bachelor’s degree in a discipline relevant to the work of FEWS NET, such as economics, agricultural economics, agronomy, nutrition, climatology, anthropology, or social geography is required; advanced university degree (Master’s degree or higher) is desirable.
• At least five years of relevant experience (with Master’s degree), or seven years of relevant experience (with Bachelor’s degree) is required. Relevant experience includes working on food security information systems, food security analysis, early warning, or other related fields; experience working with UN agencies and/or NGOs at the national and sub-national levels is desirable.
• Excellent planning, organizational, analytical, and report writing skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with others at all levels, including an ability to effectively liaise with supervisors, national and sub-national government authorities, UN, NGO, and other relevant stakeholders and to coordinate effectively with remote colleagues.
• Excellent computer skills, GIS applications. and mapping skills are desirable.
• Unrestricted work authorization in Madagascar.
Location and Reporting
The CTSS-FS will be based in Antananarivo, Madagascar and is directly supervised by the Country Technical Lead (CTL). For technical activities, the CTSS-FS collaborates and coordinates with the in-country and regional technical senior specialists in the region, and relevant home office-based food security analysts, under the guidance of the CTL. For office administration and financial management, the CTSS-FS collaborates with the country-level or regional office administration and finance staff and the relevant Washington D.C.-based Project Management Units, under the direction of the CTL. The CTSS-FS will be required to travel regularly nationally and sub-nationally, and some regional and international travel may also be required, security permitting.
Please apply using the following link:
https://chemonicsinternational-accna.formstack.com/forms/madagascar_country_technical_sr_specialist_food_security
by March 17, 2026 at 11:59 PM ET. No telephone inquiries, please. Chemonics will contact short-listed candidates.
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