Deadline: 21 July 2015
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is currently accepting applications from the eligible individuals for the post of Senior Economist. The position will be 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 Senior Economist will perform the following functions-
- Leads, or participates in, multidisciplinary teams to assist governments in the identification and preparation of investment operations in the fields of FSNARD, NRM and CCM/A, and participate in pre-appraisal and appraisal missions.
- Advises governments in the preparation of FSNARD, NRM and CCM/A studies and strategies, and in the formulation of national sector and/or sub-sector investment plans and programmes.
- Advises on developing inclusive and sustainable food systems, involving producers, their organizations, other private sector actors, civil society organizations and government.
- Prepares reports in accordance with government and financing partners’ requirements.
- Advises on task organization, selection of consultants, and preparation of terms of reference and in ensuring the quality of outputs.
- Leads or participates in resource mobilization activities in accordance with the FAO Corporate strategy.
- Provides guidance, mentoring and advice to junior staff.
- Provides substantial contributions for the design of investment operations, such as the development of the project logical/results framework, the monitoring and evaluation system, and the costing of investment operations.
- Determines the feasibility and viability of investment proposals through reviewing market prospects, prices, costs and risks, and carrying out financial and economic analysis.
- Advises on the performance of investment projects or programmes during implementation and their impact after completion, and makes recommendations for enhancing design of future operations.
- Advises on investment implications of FSNARD, NRM and CCM/A policies, national plans and programmes, including poverty alleviation, and climate change adaptation and mitigation.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must have-
- Advanced University degree in economics, agricultural economics, natural resources economics, agribusiness management or a closely related field
- Ten years of relevant experience in the practical application of economic analysis to development issues, including analytical studies, and/or in the design and implementation support of FSNARD, NRM and/or CCM/A investment operations, and elaboration of feasibility studies in developing countries and/or countries in transition
- Working knowledge of English, French or Spanish and limited knowledge of one of the other two or Arabic, Chinese or Russian
- Work experience in more than one location or area of work, particularly in field positions is essential
- Extent and relevance of experience in leading, or participating in, multidisciplinary teams for the design, implementation support or evaluation of FSNARD, NRM and CCM/A investment operations, with focus on financial and economic aspects;
- Extent and relevance of experience in FSNARD, NRM, and/or CCM/A analytical studies and programme evaluation and/or in leading public-private policy dialogue to promote investment
- Extent and relevance of experience in investment design, implementation support and evaluation procedures of FAO’s
- main development partners, in particular the World Bank, the International Funds for Agriculture and Development (IFAD), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the GEF
- Extent of experience in capacity development for the design and implementation of FSNARD, NRM and/or CCM/A investments
- Demonstrated experience in dealing with senior government officials, development partners and other country stakeholders
- Demonstrated capacity to write technical reports in English and Russian
- Relevance of experience in Europe, Central Asia, Near East, North Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean regions
- Ability to work under pressure and willingness to travel frequently to developing or transition countries
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted through online process.
For more information, please visit FAO.
