Green Jobs/Youth Employment Specialist Levels B and C

The Social Policies and Rural Institutions Division (ESP) coordinates FAO’s work on social protection, gender equality, decent rural employment, rural institutions and people’s empowerment. It is responsible for working with member countries and other partners to reduce rural poverty through strengthening social protection systems, diversifying rural employment opportunities, reducing gender gaps and other social inequalities in agriculture, strengthening producer organizations and improving the rural poor’s access to productive resources and rural services.

Related assignments are located in the Decent Rural Employment Team (DRET), which leads FAO’s corporate work programme on Decent Rural Employment (DRE). In this role, the team and its members interact with relevant Technical Divisions at Headquarters, and Decentralized Offices. All team members contribute to policy support and specialize in specific topics such as migration, youth employment promotion, child labour prevention in agriculture, green jobs, International Labour Standards, etc.

Call for expression of interest for building a roster

The purpose of this call is to populate a roster, for different sub-thematic areas and levels of expertise, made up of talented individuals with experience and background in the areas of green jobs and youth employment, and related areas of expertise, including\: decent work, working conditions, safety at work and hazardous child labour, as well as productive employment in rural areas; and climate change adaptation and natural resource management in the context of a transition to the green economy and more sustainable rural livelihoods. The assignment may involve full-time or part-time functions supporting FAO work along the Organization’s core competencies of knowledge, capacity development, policy support, technical assistance, advocacy and partnerships. The assignment can be from 1 month up to 11 months. The possibility of extension is subject to satisfactory performance and depending on the resources and needs of the Organization.

The Green Jobs / Youth Employment Specialist will be under the overall supervision of the Director of ESP, and the direct supervision of the DRE Team Leader and the Programme Officers.

Support to FAO’s work on green jobs and/or youth employment at global, regional and/or country level.

Tasks and responsibilities for levels B and C consultants and PSAs

• Contribute to the provision of policy and technical support to Technical Divisions, Decentralized Offices and Countries for the development and implementation of policies, strategies, programmes and projects related to green jobs and youth employment;
• Support the development of evidence, good practices and lessons learnt to improve the understanding of the policies, approaches and institutional contexts as well as of sectoral (agricultural) solutions related to challenges and opportunities of green jobs and youth employment;
• Support the development, dissemination and uptake of DRET knowledge products, technical documents, capacity development materials and advocacy and information materials on green jobs and youth employment;
• Contribute to country and resource partner requests for formulating programmes and projects focusing on, or relevant to, green jobs and youth employment;
• Provide support to any other tasks as required.

• Advanced university degree in rural development, political or social sciences, agriculture or other related field.
• At least 5 years for Level B and at least 1 year for Level C of relevant experience in policy assistance and programme development in the field of rural development and/or poverty reduction and/or rural employment, with experience related to green jobs and youth employment.
• For consultants\: Working knowledge of English and limited knowledge of one of the other official languages of the organization (French, Spanish, Chinese, Russian or Arabic).
• For PSA\: Working knowledge of English.