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Senior Livestock Policy Officer (Natural Resources and Climate)

Rome

  • Organization: FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
  • Location: Rome
  • Grade: Senior level - P-5, International Professional - Internationally recruited position
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Legal - Broad
    • Political Affairs
    • Environment
    • Meteorology, Geology and Geography
    • Agriculture and Forestry
    • Livestock, production and veterinary
    • Climate Change
    • Food Security, Livestock and Livelihoods
    • Animal Production and Health Division, AGA
  • Closing Date: Closed

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• FAO is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender and nationality
• People with disabilities are protected from any type of discrimination during any stage of employment, including the recruitment phase
• All applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality
• The incumbent may be re-assigned to different activities and/or duty stations depending on the evolving needs of the Organization.

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Organizational Setting


The Animal Production and Health Division assists FAO members in the development of sustainable livestock systems. It hosts intergovernmental bodies, multi-stakeholder initiatives and knowledge networks, provides information and technical and policy support to development efforts, including emergency preparedness and response. The Division has expertise in animal health (One Health), animal production and genetics, and livestock sector analysis and policy.


The post is located in the Livestock Information, Sector Analysis and Policy Branch (AGAL). AGAL has expertise in livestock sector analysis with regard to sustainability issues. It provides policy support and guidance to countries and stakeholders, and facilitates policy dialogue.

Reporting Lines

The Senior Livestock Policy Officer reports to the Chief, AGAL

Technical Focus

Livestock-environment assessment, related tool development and policy advice. Support to intergovernmental bodies and investment programmes.

Key Results

Leadership and technical policy expertise for the planning, development and implementation of Departmental / Division Programmes of work, projects, products, services in accordance with FAO Strategic Objectives.

Key Functions
  • Plans, manages, or leads highly specialized or multi-disciplinary teams, leads, coordinates, and/or participates on Organization-wide, cross-Departmental committees, project teams, and working groups, and/or provides technical leadership/secretariat services on technical networks and/or international technical policy and standard setting bodies.
  • Analyzes global and country specific requirements and relevant technical issues to provide critical input into the FAO Strategic Objectives, Programme of Work, work plans and the supporting budgets and/or resourcing strategies.
  • Implements and monitors programmes of work involving the development of the approach, evidence based strategies, and related tools, methodologies and the supporting system/database, monitoring and reporting frameworks.
  • Conducts, designs and oversees research and analysis activities to support the development of technical standards, international instruments, innovation, technical reports, publications and/or on-going programme development as well as the provision of technical and/or policy advisory services.
  • Provides technical and policy advice to Member countries and technical support to decentralized offices in the development and implementation of their programmes.
  • Leads and/or collaborates in, provides technical backstopping to and ensures the quality / effectiveness of capacity development and knowledge sharing activities within member countries such as policy support, organizational development and individual learning events including preparation of related information, learning, on-line tools.
  • Represents the Organization at international meetings and conferences, identifies and implements strategic partnerships, advocates best practices and increased policy dialogue and develops and negotiates effective working relationships/consensus and agreements with international and national stakeholders.
  • Leads and/or participates in resource mobilization activities in accordance with the FAO Corporate strategy.
Specific Functions
  • Provides support to intergovernmental and multi-stakeholder policy processes.
  • Leads the assessment of livestock-environment interactions, including climate, water, biodiversity and environmental health.
  • Leads the development of relevant databases, tools and guidelines for assessment and policy making.


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CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING


Minimum Requirements
  • Advanced university degree in agriculture, geography, environmental or biological sciences;
  • Ten years of relevant experience in the analysis of agriculture-environment interaction and related policy development.
  • Working knowledge of English, French or Spanish and limited knowledge of one of the other two or Arabic, Chinese, Russian.
Competencies
  • Results Focus
  • Leading, Engaging and Empowering
  • Communication
  • Partnering and Advocating
  • Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement
  • Strategic Thinking
Technical/Functional Skills
  • Work experience in more than one location or area of work, particularly in field positions is essential
  • Extent and relevance of experience in policy analysis related to livestock-environment.
  • Extent and relevance of experience with data systems and quantitative analysis related to livestock-environment.
  • Experience in the development of assessment tools.
  • Level of understanding of policy processes related to livestock-environment, in particular climate change.
  • Demonstrated ability to mobilize resources
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