Deadline: 5 October 2015
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is currently seeking applications from the eligible applicants for the post of Nutrition Officer based in Rome, Italy.
FAO promotes good practice in addressing governance challenges across its Strategic Objectives by strengthening its contribution to global governance, identifying mission-critical governance issues at national, regional and multilateral levels, strengthening staff capacity to support improved governance and monitoring and evaluating its interventions assessing its experiences for lessons learnt with a view to build our governance-support capacities.
Key Job Responsibilities
The Nutrition Officer will perform the following functions-
- Plans and leads components of multi-disciplinary teams and short term work groups, leads and/or participates on Division/Departmental teams, participates on Organization-wide committees, project teams, and working groups and provides specialized expertise on international technical networks and or technical policy and standard setting bodies;
- Develops technical, statistical, analytical, monitoring and reporting frameworks, and related tools, methodologies, systems and databases etc. to support the planning, implementation/delivery and monitoring of the programmes of work, products, projects, and services;
- Designs and conducts research, data collection, validation, analysis and/or reporting activities to support the development of technical standards, international instruments, innovative tools and methodologies, flagship publications/technical reports and/or policy proposals as well as the provision of technical specialist and/or policy advice and expertise;
- Responds to requests and provides technical/policy advice, assistance and solutions to Regional, Sub-Regional, and Country Offices and provides technical backstopping to field projects;
- Promotes international cooperation and collaboration, advocates best practices and increased policy dialogue and provides technical expertise at international meetings and conferences;
- Collaborates in capacity development activities involving knowledge sharing, the organization of training workshops, seminars, and meetings as well as the development of related materials and on-line tools and information kits;
- Participates in resource mobilization activities in accordance with corporate strategy and Departmental plans.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must have-
- Advanced university degree in nutrition, or a nutrition-related field;
- Seven years of relevant experience in nutrition policy and programmes including developing countries;
- Working knowledge of English, French or Spanish and limited knowledge of one of the other two or Arabic, Chinese, Russian;
- Work experience in more than one location or area of work, particularly in field positions is desirable;
- Extent and relevance of experience and knowledge of developing and managing nutrition programme initiatives; analysing nutrition policies;
- Extent and relevance of experience in writing proposals and concept notes for sourcing external funds;
- Extent and relevance of experience in coordination of nutrition activities among various stakeholders;
- Extent and relevance of written publication record including working papers, journal articles;
- Ability to mobilize resources.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted through online process.
For more information, please visit FAO.
