Requirements: English
Company: Experteer Italy
Region: Rome , Lazio
Organizational SettingThe Agrifood Economics and Policy Division (ESA) conducts economic research and policy analysis and provides evidence-based support to national, regional and global policy processes and initiatives related to monitoring and analysing food and agricultural policies, agribusiness and value chain development, rural transformation and poverty, food security and nutrition information and analysis, resilience, bioeconomy and climate-smart agriculture. The Division also leads the production of two FAO flagship publications: The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) and the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI).This post is to support ESA''s policy monitoring and analysis activities, in particular - albeit not uniquely - those implemented as part of the Monitoring and Analysing Food and Agricultural Policies (MAFAP) programme. These activities aim at establishing country-owned and sustainable systems to monitor, analyse and reform food and agricultural policies to enable more effective, efficient and inclusive policy frameworks across a wide range of agricultural value chains in developing and emerging economies, particularly - albeit not exclusively - in sub-Saharan Africa. In implementing these activities, ESA teams work with government institutions, research organizations and other partners to pursue this mission. Furthermore, these activities support FAO''s Strategic Framework 2022-2031. The post is also aimed to support regional and continental initiatives regarding agrifood policies framework e.g. Post-Malabo agenda in Africa.The post is located in the Agrifood Economics and Policy Division, ESA, at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy.Reporting LinesThe Economist (Policy Analysis) reports to the Deputy Director, ESA, under the overall supervision of the Director, ESA.Technical FocusThe Economist (Policy Analysis) will contribute to the delivery of food and agricultural policy support to developing and emerging economies, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, through rigorous policy monitoring of key indicators, economic policy analysis, advice and government engagement based on government requests. She/he is also expected to contribute to the implementation of the FAO''s Monitoring and Analysing Food and Agricultural Policies (MAFAP) programme in sub-Saharan Africa and to the expansion of monitoring and analysing food and agricultural policies activities in new countries not currently targeted by the MAFAP programme. To this end, she/he will support monitoring and analysing food and agricultural policies activities in selected countries and strengthen partnerships with regional and/or sub-regional partner organizations. She/he will be familiar with food and agricultural policy monitoring indicators (i.e. price incentives and public expenditures), as well as with policy analysis and advice in an international development setting, preferably on agricultural and/or food security policy issues in sub-Saharan Africa. She/he will collaborate and coordinate with colleagues in FAO Regional Offices (including their Country Offices), notably with those in Africa, to ensure ESA''s monitoring and analysing food and agricultural policies activities support FAO''s response to the countries'' priorities for food security, agriculture, and rural development. The Economist (Policy Analysis) will also promote the adoption of policy monitoring and reform framework at the regional level, in particular in the context of the Post-Malabo agenda. She/he will also collaborate and coordinate with colleagues of ESA to ensure monitoring and analysing food and agricultural policies activities are institutionalized and become a solid work stream for ESA to contribute to FAO''s Strategic Framework. She/he will support the global collaborative efforts on agriculture and food policies in the context of the AgIncentives Consortium.Key ResultsComprehensive 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 and short-term work groups, leads and/or participates in divisional teams, participates in Organization-wide committees, project teams and working groups and provides specialized expertise on international technical networks and or technical policy and standard setting bodies.* Develops technical, statistical, analytical, monitoring and reporting frameworks, and related tools, methodologies, systems and databases, etc. to support the planning, implementation/delivery and monitoring of the programmes of work, products, projects and services.* Designs and conducts research, data collection, validation, analysis and/or reporting activities to support the development of technical standards, international