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International Senior Policy Consultant
Posted in Agriculture, Economics
3 years ago
Description :
Organizational Setting
FAO's Subregional Office for Southern Africa is responsible for developing, promoting, overseeing and implementing agreed strategies for addressing subregional food, agriculture and rural development priorities. It develops and maintains relations with subregion-wide institutions including Regional Economic Integration Organizations (REIOs). It assists the FAO Representations (FAORs) in the subregion with addressing subregional food security, agriculture and rural development issues at country level. The Subregional Office is a subsidiary of FAO’s Regional Office for Africa
Reporting Lines
The Senior Consultant reports to the Subregional Coordinator and maintains regular contact with FAO headquarters in Rome for functional guidance on matters relating to policy and governance support in the food and agricultural sectors.
Technical Focus
Provides leadership, guidance and operational support for results-based policy assistance and governance work of decentralized offices in the Sub Region, in relation to regional and sub-regional policy issues, and provides guidance to the work of policy officers posted at country level in relation to their work on food security, nutrition and sustainable agricultural development.
Leading and coordinating coherent, integrated and effective policy assistance and governance work supporting member states at regional and country level: i) in accordance with the FAO Strategic Framework, in alignment with the Organization's Gender Policy, and its delivery mechanisms, and ii) in response to new policy assistance requests.
Tasks And Responsibilities
Manage or lead highly specialized or multi-disciplinary teams, and provide technical leadership in high-level policy analysis missions or projects, policy networks and/or international policy setting bodies;
Lead the work carried out by technical or policy officers from HQ or out-posted staff in the Decentralized Offices in relation to policy and governance work under FAO's strategic framework;
Facilitate and Advocates strategic partnerships, best practices, and policy dialogue in support of enhanced policies and governance for food and nutrition security, sustainable agriculture and food systems;
Interact with UN Regional and Country teams to improve cross-sectoral policies and strategies concerning agriculture, food, and nutrition security and sustainable development;
Analyse regional and country-level issues to provide input into the identification of country and regional priorities and requirements;
Design, implement and monitor regional and sub-regional policy work programmes and the supporting budgets and/or resourcing strategies;
Lead capacity development activities involving the provision of technical advice and assistance, and oversees the development of related materials, on-line tools and information kits;
Represent the Organization at international/inter-governmental meetings and conferences
CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING
Minimum Requirements
Advanced university degree in development economics, political sciences or agricultural economics or related field
Ten years of experience in policy advice and analysis relating to food and nutrition security, agriculture and rural development, monitoring and evaluation of policies and programmes
Working knowledge of English and limited knowledge of another FAO official language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish)
FAO Core Competencies
Results Focus
Teamwork
Communication
Building Effective Relationships
Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement
Technical/Functional Skills
Work experience in more than one location or area of work, particularly in field positions is essential
Understanding of complex policy processes
Relevance and extent of experience in policy analysis and advise relating to food and nutrition security, sustainable agriculture, and rural development
Relevance and extent of knowledge and experience in working with inter-governmental bodies and multi-disciplinary teams
Call For Expressions Of Interest - Vacancy Announcement
Job Posting
16/Feb/2021
Closure Date
03/Mar/2021, 12:59:00 AM
Organizational Unit
SFS
Job Type
Non-staff opportunities
Type of Requisition
Consultant
Grade Level
N/A
Primary Location
Zimbabwe-Harare
Duration
11 months
Post Number
N/A
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FAO is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender and nationality
People with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply
All applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality
The incumbent may be re-assigned to different activities and/or duty stations d epending on the evolving needs of the Organization
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