Job Posting: 18/Sep/2024 Closure Date: 09/Oct/2024, 4:59:00 PM Organizational Unit: OER Job Type: Staff position Type of Requisition: General Service Grade Level: G-3 Primary Location: Italy-Rome Duration: Fixed-term: 1 year with possibility of extension Post Number: 2001575 CCOG Code: 2101 **IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please note that Closure Date and Time displayed above are based on date and time settings of your personal device**
- Staff in the General Service category are recruited locally from the Primary Location area, which is where the office is located._
- **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** FAO is the specialized Agency of the United Nations leading international efforts to defeat hunger.



FAO works in over 130 countries worldwide to achieve food security for all and make sure that people have regular access to high-quality food.
FAO's Office of Emergencies and Resilience leads the Organization's efforts to support Member Nations in their endeavours to save agricultural livelihoods of people and communities and enhance their resilience in the face of disasters, crises and conflicts. The Organization strives to secure sustainable development gains while ensuring that all interventions to support agriculture and food systems are risk-informed and sustainably productive. Food crisis contexts require a well-organized, highly prioritized and well-resourced humanitarian and resilience programme to play a meaningful role in the relevant fora at national, regional and global levels. To claim its rightful place and to contribute meaningfully to relevant Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in food crises contexts, timeliness and speed in generating quality information and analysis together with agility in processes, partnerships and delivery are central. In short, prevention and mitigation of disasters, whether related to natural hazards, plant and animal pests and diseases and/or conflict, together with being prepared and able to respond when disasters hit, require structured and agile system that is able to carry out effective processes of risk assessment and risk management.
The Office of Emergencies and Resilience (OER) is composed of three main clusters. These are: 1)



Overall Leadership and Management of OER, including the Global Food Security Cluster and the Global Network Against Food Crises; 2) Programme Quality and Management, including the Strategic Positioning team, the Evidence for Programming team, the Programme and Results team and the Enabling Environment team; 3) Programme Implementation including the Country Support team, the Food Chain Crises Operations and Coordination Team and the Resource Mobilization and Communication team. The position is located in the Food Chain Crises Operations and Coordination Team in OER at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy under the direct supervision of the Livestock and Animal Health Operations/Plant Pest Disease and Operational Unit of the Office of Emergency and Resilience (OER). **Main Purpose** The Office Assistant performs a variety of routine administrative transactions and office support functions contributing to the smooth and efficient running of the work unit. **Supervision Received/Exercised** The Office Assistant reports to one or more professional staff and receives guidance from the Senior Emergency and Rehabilitation Officer/Team Leader of the Food Chain Crises Operations and Coordination Team. He/she acts independently in routine matters and consults with supervisor(s) on new and/or more complex issues and procedures. Supervision received provides for technical and procedural guidance and on-the-job learning. **Working Relationships** The Office Assistant interacts with a variety of colleagues from within the work unit. Interactions relate to the exchange of routine information and the provision of standard office support services. **Key Functions/Results**
- Type, format and draft routine correspondence; collate tables, r

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