Deadline: 21 June, 2022
Location: Accra, Ghana
Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Senior Forestry Officer.
FAO is a specialised agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger.
Responsibilities
- Plan, manage, or lead highly specialised or multi-disciplinary teams, and lead, coordinate, and/or participates in regional committees, project teams, and working groups
- Analyse global and country-specific requirements and relevant technical issues to provide critical input into the FAO strategic framework, programme of work, work plans and the supporting budgets and/or resourcing strategies
- Implement and monitor programmes of work involving the development of the approach, evidence-based strategies, and related tools, methodologies and the supporting system/database, monitoring and reporting frameworks
- Conduct, design and oversee research and analysis activities to support the development of technical standards, international instruments, innovation, technical reports, publications and/or ongoing programme development as well as the provision of technical and/or policy advisory services
- Provide technical and policy advice to members to decentralised Offices in the development and implementation of their programmes
- Lead and/or collaborate in, provide technical backstopping to, and ensure the quality/effectiveness of capacity development and knowledge sharing activities among members
- Represent the organisation at international meetings and conferences
- Identify and implement strategic partnerships, and advocate best practices and increased policy dialogue
- Develop and negotiate effective working relationships/consensus and agreements with international and national stakeholders
- Lead and/or participate in resource mobilisation activities in accordance with the FAO corporate strategy
Requirements
- Advanced university degree in Forest Resources Management or a related field
- Ten years of relevant experience in forest resources management, forest conservation management, or a related field
- Working knowledge of English and limited knowledge of another official FAO language (French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic or Chinese)
To apply and for more information, click here.
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