Strategy And Planning Officer

• Qualified female applicants, qualified nationals of non-and under-represented member countries and person with disabilities are encouraged to apply for this position
• FAO does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

• 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.

The Office of Strategy, Planning and Resources Management (OSP) advises the Director-General on strategic and policy matters related to the Organization's objectives, results-based programmes, and budgets for all sources of funds; leads the development of policies and procedures on results-based management, FAO country programming frameworks, internal control and Risk management; coordinates the preparation of the Organization's strategic, programme and budget plans; and manages allocation of resources, and monitors and reports on corporate programme and budget implementation to help ensure effective and efficient achievement of results.

The Strategy and Planning Officer reports to the Deputy Director, OSP under the overall guidance of the Director, OSP

Advisory and internal oversight, meetings programming and management, production of the Organization's strategic, programme and budget documents.

Research, technical analysis, and related services and systems to support the planning, implementation and monitoring of programmes and projects.

• Analyzes, adapts and extends policies and procedures to achieve full inter-departmental and inter-agency collaboration in strategic planning, results-based programming and budgeting, monitoring and reporting;

• Executes analytical tasks associated with the preparation, review and analysis of the Organization's Strategic Framework, Medium Term Plan, Programme of Work and Budget, and Programme Implementation Report;

• Carries out analytical tasks associated with resources management and corporate budgetary performance;

• Contributes to the design and operation of procedures and systems for work planning and the issuance of allotments;

• Performs analytical tasks associated with the design and operation of the corporate results-based monitoring and reporting system;

• Performs other duties as required.

• Contributes to management and coordination of the Oversight Advisory Committee reporting to the Finance Committee and the Director-General ensuring compliance with its Terms of Reference;

• Coordinates preparations and executes analytical tasks in support of the advisory and internal oversight bodies and governing bodies committees under OSP responsibility;

• Coordinates preparations and executes analytical tasks in support of FAO's external relationships such as the Joint Inspection Unit and other UN organizations, analyses reports and recommends follow-up action;

• Drafts selected documents for submission to the Finance Committee and Council;

• Carries out complex research and analytical tasks related to guidance emanated by the governing bodies for inclusion in statutory and/or management reports, statements, and/or progress reports associated with corporate strategic, programme and budget matters;

• Coordinates and ensures production of the Organization's strategic, programme and budget documents in camera-ready for submission by OSP to the governing bodies; ensures coherence with internal policies and guidance from governing bodies, coordinates their translation and dispatch;

• Analyses, adapts and extends policies and procedures to achieve full inter-departmental and inter-agency collaboration on governing bodies matters;

• Contributes to management and coordination of the updating of OSP Intranet and web pages;

• Plans, organizes, supervises and evaluates the work of staff assigned to supporting these functions;

• Performs other related duties as required.

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• Advanced university degree in business or public administration, international development, finance, economics, agriculture, development economics or related fields

• Five years of relevant experience in planning, monitoring and evaluation, financial analysis, business process analysis and/or systems development, monitoring and evaluation

• Working knowledge of English and limited knowledge of another FAO official language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish)

• Results Focus

• Team Work

• Communication

• Building effective relationships

• Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement

• Work experience in more than one location or area of work, particularly in field positions is desirable

• Extent and relevance of experience in collecting and analysing information from textual, databases

• Extent and relevance of experience in analysing strategy and policy issues as well as planning, monitoring and evaluation, including servicing of governing bodies or committees

• Familiarity with relevant computer tools for analysis and communication

• Ability to analyze complex strategy and planning issues

• Ability to analyze and integrate complex issues in systems development for business processes

• Working knowledge of other FAO official languages (in particular French and Spanish) is considered a strong asset