Requirements: English
Company: FAO
IMPORTANT NOTICE : Please note that Closure Date and Time displayed above are based on date and time settings of your personal deviceFAO 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 person 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 valuesFAO, 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 discriminationAll selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checksAll applications will be treated with the strictest confidentialityOrganizational SettingThe Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) contributes to the achievement of the 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.The FAO Investment Centre (CFI) provides investment and finance solutions that lead to more efficient, sustainable, inclusive and resilient agrifood systems. Working in over 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.The purpose of this call is to provide FAOs Investment Centre (CFI) with a list of qualified candidates for a number of profiles with different specializations as indicated below. The contract can be home based with required travel for field missions.Requested Profiles (or Job Titles) :Agribusiness, Agri-processing and Value Chain SpecialistAgriculture SpecialistAnimal Husbandry, Health, Feed, and Processing SpecialistCapacity Development and Extension SpecialistClimate Change and Climate Smart Agriculture SpecialistClimate Finance SpecialistCredit and Rural Finance SpecialistDigital Agriculture SpecialistExpenditure Review SpecialistFisheries and Aquaculture SpecialistFood Safety SpecialistFood Security and Nutrition SpecialistForestry SpecialistGender, Youth and Social Inclusion SpecialistImpact Assessment SpecialistInformation and Communication Technology and MIS SpecialistInstitutional Development SpecialistIrrigation EngineerKnowledge Development SpecialistLand Tenure and Land Tenure Information Management SpecialistLivestock SpecialistMonitoring and Evaluation SpecialistNatural Resources and Environmental Management SpecialistOn-farm Water Management SpecialistProject Management SpecialistQuality Label SpecialistRemote Sensing and GIS SpecialistResilience and Emergency SpecialistRural Area Water Supply SpecialistRural Infrastructure Specialist / Cold-storage SpecialistRural Sociologist and Community-Driven DevelopmentVeterinarian / One Health Specialist / Zoonotic diseaseReporting LinesThe Investment Operations Specialist will work under the overall technical supervision of the Service Chief and the direct supervision of a CFI Officer, in close collaboration with the FAO Representation in the relevant country of assignment.Technical FocusProvision of technical advice or expertise and capacity development for (i) provision of policy advice to member countries in collaboration with IFI partners; (ii) the design of investment operations, in collaboration with country stakeholders and cooperating partners, to mobilize resources for food security, nutrition, agriculture, rural development, natural resource management and climate change adaptation and / or mitigation; and (ii) implementation support and evaluation of investment operations, in accordance with the FAO Strategic Framework.Tasks and responsibilitiesLead, or participate in, multidisciplinary teams to assist governments in the identification, assessment and preparation of investment operations in the fields of food security, nutrition, agriculture, rural development, natural resource management and climate change adaptation and / or mitigation, and participate in pre-appraisal and appraisal missions.Lead, or participates in, mult