Deadline: 3 March 2016
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is currently seeking applications from the eligible applicants for the post of Programme Officer in Rome, Italy. The duration of this post is 2 years.
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.
Key Job Responsibilities
The Programme Officer performs the following functions-
- Contributes to prepare annual work plans to achieve divisional targets.
- Collaborates in strategic thinking and related plans to further develop and facilitates implementation of the Corporate.
- Resource Mobilization and Management Strategy (RMMS) as well as SSC partnership strategy.
- Collaborates with and supports FAO’s Strategic Objectives teams, headquarters departments and Decentralized Offices to mobilize resources and SSC partnerships in line with defined corporate priorities.
- Supports capacity development efforts in support of staff in all locations with regard to Resource Mobilization and SSC partnerships through policy development, the production of training material and delivery of training.
- Organizes and facilitates marketing and outreach activities related to FAO’s Strategic Objectives and defined priority areas.
- Facilitates donor meetings, events and outreach and visibility initiatives, in coordination with OCC.
- Facilitates the global Resource Mobilization and SSC functional networks and supports Regional Initiatives teams; monitors and reports on key results.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must have-
- Advanced university degree in marketing, business administration, advertising or related studies.
- Five years of relevant experience in fundraising or funding negotiation for humanitarian, development, charitable or other non-profit programs.
- Work experience in more than one location or area of work, particularly in field positions is desirable.
- Extent of experience in developing fundraising strategies and plans with bilateral and multilateral donors.
- Demonstrated skills and experience in managing relations and outreach with resource partners.
- Demonstrated skills and experience in Resource Mobilization.
- Familiarity with global Official Development Assistance trends and policies.
- Working knowledge of English and limited knowledge of French, Spanish Arabic, Chinese or Russian.
How to Apply
Applications must submit their applications through online process.
For more information, please visit FAO.
