Deadline : 06 October, 2020

Location: Rome, Italy

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is seeking to fill the role of Technical Advisor, Biodiversity.

FAO) is a specialised agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger.

Responsibilities

• Develop, write, technically edit and proofread pre-session and background documents, reports, publications and work plans
• Provide technical and logistical support to the secretariat, for example, by communicating with experts, national focal points and international organisations, and organising internal (FAO) and external review process for documents
• Provide support to the secretariat for the organisation of technical and intergovernmental meetings and in the finalisation of documents that may arise as a follow-up to such meetings
• Liaise with relevant FAO units and other organisations relevant to the assignment to obtain guidance and advice on specific elements
• Prepare concept notes and project proposals for donors

Requirements

• Advanced university degree for consultants/university degree personal services agreement in Agriculture, Natural Resources, Social Sciences, Law, Environment and/or Economic Sciences, Nutrition or a related field
• One year, minimum, of experience for base-level consultants, and five years, minimum, of experience for middle-level consultants working in areas tied to genetic resources and biodiversity for food and agriculture, and management of inter-governmental and/or technical meetings
• Experience in genetic resources for food and agriculture
• Ability to formulate, draft and finalise clear technical and policy documents, guidelines and manuals in English
• Knowledge of developments in other relevant international fora and the capacity to conduct technical and policy analysis of ongoing processes on biodiversity and genetic resources
• Knowledge of English, French or Spanish and limited knowledge of Arabic, Chinese or Russian

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