Overview
Provide analytical and technical support for the formulation, implementation, and evaluation of investment policies, strategies, programmes, and projects in food and agriculture, rural development, agrifood systems, and natural resource management.
Key Responsibilities
- Participate in multidisciplinary teams to assist governments in identifying and preparing investment and finance support initiatives.
- Support the implementation and preparation of final evaluations of investment and finance support solutions.
- Participate in the preparation of studies and strategies, and the formulation of national sector investment policies, plans, and programmes.
- Support the development of inclusive and sustainable food systems.
- Contribute to capacity development activities for government staff, non-state actors, and private sector organizations.
- Prepare reports in accordance with FAO, government, and financing partners' requirements.
- Promote knowledge sharing and best practices at international meetings and conferences.
- Establish, promote, and maintain relationships with relevant Programme Priority Areas, FAO technical units, and Decentralized Offices.
- Support resource mobilization activities.
Required Experience
- Five years of relevant experience in conducting agricultural/rural sector/subsector analytical studies, and/or in planning, design, supervision of agricultural and rural investment operations, including elaboration of feasibility studies and implementation of agricultural and rural investment operations in developing countries and/or countries in transition.
- Work experience in more than one location or area of work, particularly in field positions, is desirable.
- Extent and relevance of experience in formulation, implementation support or evaluation of strategies, policies, studies and investment programmes/projects in food security, agriculture, rural development, natural resource management and other related subjects.
- Extent and relevance of experience in participating in multidisciplinary teams for the preparation of strategies, sector studies, and investment programmes/projects.
- Extent and relevance of experience with FAO's main development partners, in particular the World Bank, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the European Union and other development partners and international financial institutions.
- Demonstrated experience in dealing with government officials, development partners and other country stakeholders.
Qualifications
• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in economics, agricultural economics, agricultural sciences, environmental sciences, agribusiness management, natural resource management, irrigation and drainage engineering, rural infrastructure engineering, social sciences, business administration or a related field.
