Country Technical Lead – Venezuela

About the Position

Country Technical Lead – Venezuela

The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) is an integrated set of activities funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USG) and is intended to provide timely, accurate, evidence-based, and transparent food insecurity early warning information and analysis. 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.

We are seeking a Country Technical Lead for Venezuela to oversee food security monitoring and analysis, reporting directly to the Regional Technical Lead.

Responsibilities

• Overseeing the fulfilment of monthly reporting requirements, including providing writing and critical inputs to part or all the Food Security Outlooks (FSOs), FSO Updates, Price Watch, and key messages; contributing to Food Assistance Outlook Brief reports; and providing regular briefings to USG and other partners.
• Reaching out monthly to USG Mission counterparts to offer and, upon agreement with the USG Mission, delivering food security briefings and/or updates to relevant Mission staff.
• Ensuring the integrated food security analyses classify and communicate the severity of acute food insecurity in line with the globally recognized Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) scale.
• Supporting the DST in meeting USG’s expectations on timely delivery of decision support products.
• Maintaining a knowledge base comprised of livelihood zone profiles, commodity trade flow maps, sub-national seasonal monitoring calendars, commodity price data, nutrition data, security monitoring, conflict data, migration, remittances, labor, humanitarian food assistance, and other technical data.
• Developing and updating national seasonal monitoring plans and participating in national acute food insecurity monitoring.
• Providing proactive, high quality, and effective early warning of acute threats to food security in the country.
• Providing strategic leadership in the planning and execution of technical activities in the country.
• Engaging with the CTM and CTSSs to identify sectoral support needs and collaborate with the RTL and RTSSs to coordinate support.
• Collaborating with national and international partners in food security monitoring and analysis.
• Developing and maintaining strong collaborative national relations with USG Mission representatives, UN agency representatives, government ministry staff, and key international, regional, and national NGO counterparts.
• Supporting the FEWS NET CTM and CTSSs to collect, archive, analyze, and share food security data and information.
• Participating in Early Warning Assessment Team missions to support rapid monitoring of emerging crises.
• Supporting analysis of the EGEW countries as designated by the RTL.
• Participating in all required meetings.
• Ensuring the organization of project documentation and files for the country.
• Conducting regular independent and joint field assessments of food security conditions in areas of most concern in the country as security permits.
• Contributing to the development of other FEWS NET DST information products required by the regional office or the Washington D.C.-based technical team.
• Ensuring information on the relevant country page of the FEWS NET website is current and accurate.
• Supporting network capacity development efforts in coordination with the Regional Capacity Development and Communications Senior Specialists and the Network Capacity Development Advisor.
• Representing the FEWS NET DST at regular and ad hoc formal and informal meetings within the food security network for the country.
• Supervising, mentoring, and supporting the professional development and performance of the CTM and CTSSs, as well as technical and administrative staff in the country.
• Leading recruitment efforts for country office technical and administrative staff, monitoring all recruitments in the country and, when necessary, participating in technical and administrative recruitments.

Requirements

• Proficiency in written and spoken English, and in a principle local language.
• Bachelor’s degree in a discipline relevant to the work of FEWS NET; advanced university degree (Master’s degree or higher) is desirable.
• At least six years of relevant experience (with PhD), ten years of relevant experience (with Master’s degree), or 15 years of relevant experience (with Bachelor’s degree).
• Demonstrated experience setting the strategic direction for or otherwise leading and managing a team of colleagues.
• Excellent planning, organizational, analytical, and report writing skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with others at all levels.
• Excellent computer skills, GIS applications, and mapping skills are desirable.

We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Opportunity to work with a leading organization in food security analysis
• Professional development opportunities
• Remote work options

About the Company

FEWS NET is a collaborative effort funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USG) and implemented by Chemonics International, along with several other partners including NASA, NOAA, USDA, USGS, UCSB-CHC, University of Maryland, AIR, and Chemonics.

Application Instructions

Please apply using the following link by July 29, 2026 at 11:59 PM ET. No telephone inquiries, please. Chemonics will contact short-listed candidates.

Chemonics is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its selection and employment practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, or other non-merit factors.