Job Posting: 20/Aug/2024 Closure Date: 17/Sep/2024, 4:59:00 PM Organizational Unit: FAO Investment Centre (CFI) Job Type: Staff position Type of Requisition: Professional Project Grade Level: P-2 Primary Location: Italy-Rome Duration: Fixed-term: one year with possibility of extension Post Number: 2010371 CCOG Code: 1A02 IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please note that Closure Date and Time displayed above are based on date and time settings of your personal device ___________________________________________________
- **FAO is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality, background and culture** **- Qualified female applicants, qualified nationals of non-and under-represented Members and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply**
**- Everyone who works for FAO is required to adhere to the highest standards of integrity and professional conduct, and to uphold FAO's values**
- **FAO, as a Specialized Agency of the United Nations, has a zero-tolerance policy for conduct that is incompatible with its status, objectives and mandate, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination** The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) contributes to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda through the FAO Strategic Framework by supporting the transformation to MORE efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems, for _better production_, _better nutrition_, _a _better environment,_ and _a better life_, leaving no one behind. **Organizational Setting**
The FAO Investment Centre (CFI) provides investment and finance solutions that lead to more efficient, sustainable, inclusive and resilient agrifood systems. Working in over 120 countries, the Centre provides a full suite of investment and finance support to FAO Members.



It partners with governments, international and national financing institutions, the private sector and farmers, research institutions and academia to improve the quality and quantity of agrifood investment. The Centre's four main areas of work include support to strategic investment planning and policy, public investment, private investment, and innovative finance. These are complemented by the knowledge for investment and capacity development for investment programmes that serve to share knowledge, learn and build capacities at country level. For additional information on the FAO Investment Centre, its activities, partners and the organizational structure please visit the following link. As part of its strategic investment planning and policy solutions, CFI collaborates with the European Union's Directorate-General for International Partnerships (INTPA) to support sustainable agrifood systems' policies and investments. As part of this collaboration, CFI partners with INTPA through the Sustainable Agrifood Systems Intelligence (SASI) initiative which delivers a diverse range of analytical products and services at global, regional, and country levels in support of the transition to sustainable, resilient and inclusive agrifood systems. The post is located in the Office of the Director, (CFID) of the FAO Investment Centre (CFI) at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy. **Reporting Lines**




The Programme Officer (Agrifood Systems Investment) reports to the Deputy Director, Business Development, and works in close collaboration with the Service Chiefs. **Technical Focus**
Provision of administrative assistance and support to the work planning, monitoring and reporting of investment and finance support solutions (projects and programmes) in the areas of food security, agriculture, rural development, natural resource management and agro-processing, developed in collaboration with cooperating partners, and in accordance with the FAO Strategic Framework. **Key Results**
Develop, implement, monitor and evaluate assigned programmes/projects. **Key Functions**
- Carries out basic research on selected aspects of programmes, operations and other activities; collects, analyses and presents statistical data and other information gathered from diverse sources.
- Provides substantive support for policy coordination and evaluation functions, including the review and analysis of emerging development issues and trends, participation in impact evaluation or equivalent studies.
- Participates in survey initiatives; supports data collection, reviews, analyses and interprets responses, identifies problems/issues and prepares preliminary conclusions.
- Contributes to the preparation of various written outputs, e.g. draft background papers, analytical notes, sections of reports and studies, inputs to publications.
- Undertakes outreach activities; participates in the development of training workshops, seminars; participates in and makes presentations on assigned topics/activities.
- Participates in field missions, including provision of substantive and administrative support, data collection, etc.
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