Job Posting: 11/Mar/2026 Closure Date: 01/Apr/2026, 4:59:00 PM Organizational Unit: NSP Job Type: Staff position Type of Requisition: Professional Grade Level: P-4 Primary Location: Italy-Rome Duration: Fixed term: two years with possibility of extension Post Number: 2010908 CCOG Code: 1H01 IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please note that Closure Date and Time displayed above are based on date and time settings of your personal device
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- **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**: - FAO’s commitment to environmental sustainability is integral to our strategic objectives and operations._ The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) contributes to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda through 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 Plant Production and Protection Division (NSP) contributes to FAO's work by supporting countries to transition to sustainable crop production systems, which _produce more with less_,



through _optimization and minimization_. This requires the integration and harmonization of all appropriate crop production policies and practices to both optimize productivity and minimize the systems' environmental footprints and thereby eradicate hunger and malnutrition while preserving natural resources. Through the FAO-led One Country One Priority Product (OCOP) global initiative, the value chains of Special Agricultural Products (SAPs) that are unique, environmentally sustainable, and economically viable are strengthened in the participating Member Countries. The post, with a focus on Special Agricultural Products (SAPs) under the auspices of the OCOP initiative, is located in the Seeds and Plant Genetic Resources Team (NSPGD), one of the six teams that make up NSP. The NSPGD team contributes to the division's overarching goal through a programme of work that results in enhanced farmers' timely access to enough affordable quality seeds and planting materials of the preferred, well-adapted, productive and nutritious crop varieties that are resistant to biotic and abiotic stresses. Working with countries and other partners to safeguard Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (PGRFA), to use them in breeding progressively superior crop varieties and to deliver their quality seeds and planting materials to farmers are the means to achieve this aim.



**Reporting Lines** The Agricultural Officer (Seed Specialist) reports to the Senior Agricultural Officer/Team Leader, NSPGD. **Technical Focus** Seed value chains from the conservation of PGRFA, through the development and dissemination of progressively superior crop varieties, to diverse farmer-led and formal seed systems - particularly for the enhanced productivity and competitiveness of SAPs under the auspices of the OCOP initiative. **Key Results** Comprehensive technical, statistical, analytical and/or policy analysis services and the development of specialized tools, methodologies, systems and/or databases to support the planning, implementation/delivery and monitoring of the programme of work and related products, projects, publications and services. **Key Functions**
- Plans and leads components of multidisciplinary teams; leads and/or participates in internal committees, project teams and working groups and/or provides specialized expertise on technical networks and/or international technical policy and standard setting bodies.
- Develops technical, analytical, monitoring and reporting frameworks, and related methodologies, tools, systems and databases, etc. to support the planning, implementation/delivery and monitoring of programmes of work, projects, products and/or services.
- Designs and conducts research, data collection, validation, analysis and/or reporting activities to support the development of technical standards, international instruments, innovative approaches and strategies, new tools, technologies, technical reports/publications and/or policy proposals as well as the provision of technical/policy/ specialist/advice and expertise.
- Responds to country requests for technical and policy assistance, provid

📌 Agricultural Officer (Seed Specialist) (Roma)
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