Reporting Lines
The incumbents will work under the overall technical supervision of the RAP Land and Water Officer, in close collaboration with the Land, Water and Climate Change Module Leader, other RAP technical officers, FAO country offices.
Technical Focus
The overall technical focus is to strengthen FAO's capacity to deliver high-quality technical support across its regional water portfolio. Specialists may be engaged in one or more of the following areas:
• Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)
• Transboundary Waters and Regional Cooperation
• Water Resources Planning, Allocation, Accounting, Water Scarcity and Drought Management
• Agricultural Water Management and Water Productivity
• Irrigation Modernization, Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
• Water Infrastructure Planning and Design
• Water Governance, Policy, Water Tenure and Water Rights
• Groundwater Assessment, Hydrogeology and Aquifer Management
• River Engineering, River Basin Infrastructure, Hydrology, Hydrological Modelling, Sediment Management, Flood and Erosion Control, and Hydrometeorological Services
• Water Quality Monitoring, Wastewater Management, Reuse and Pollution Control
• Climate Change Adaptation, Resilience, Nature-based Solutions, Watershed Management and Ecosystem Restoration
• Sustainable Land and Water Management
• Renewable Energy for Water Systems, Solar-powered Irrigation, Small-scale Hydropower, Bioenergy Production and System Design, and Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem Nexus Approaches
• Water Data Management, Hydroinformatics, Remote Sensing, GIS, AI and Digital Water Solutions
• Environmental Economics, Valuation of Water and Ecosystem Services, and
📌 Water Technical Specialist (Roma)
🏢 Fao
📍 Roma