Deadline: 21 July 2015
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is currently accepting applications for the post of Senior Natural Resources Management Officer. The position will be based in Italy, Rome.
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 Natural Resources Management Officer 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.
- Leads, or participates in, multidisciplinary teams for the implementation support and the preparation of final evaluation of investment operations.
- 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.
- Leads the formulation and delivery of capacity development strategies and activities in the areas of FSNARD, NRM and
- CCM/A investment support to government staff, and non-state actors and private sector organizations.
- Prepares reports in accordance with government and financing partners’ requirements.
- Advises on task organization, selection of consultants, preparation of terms of reference and in ensuring the quality of outputs.
- Represents the Organization at international and inter-governmental meetings and conferences, advocates for strategic partnerships, best practices and effective policy dialogue; develops and negotiates effective working relationships and agreements with international and national partners.
- Leads or participates in resource mobilization activities in accordance with the FAO Corporate strategy.
- Provides guidance, mentoring and advice to junior staff.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must have-
- Advanced university degree in natural resources management, environmental sciences, environmental engineering, agriculture, forestry, fisheries, ecology, biological sciences or a related field
- Ten years of relevant experience in planning and implementing natural resources management, and sustainable
- agricultural development projects and programmes, including experience in the formulation and/or implementation of FSNARD, NRM and CCM/A investment operations 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 major technical fields related to management of natural resources, assessing environmental impact and addressing climate change, as they relate to FNSARD (including livestock, fisheries and forestry) in developing countries and countries in transition, including in the development of sustainable livelihoods systems, participatory NRM institutions, resilience and disaster risk reduction
- Extent and relevance of experience in leading multidisciplinary teams for the design, implementation support or evaluation of FSNARD, NRM and CCM/A investment operations, with a focus on NRM and environmental aspects
- 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
- Relevance of experience in Asia and the Pacific region
- Ability to work under pressure and willingness to travel frequently to developing countries and countries in transition
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted through online process.
For more information, please visit FAO.
