Job Posting: 21/Oct/2024
Closure Date: 11/Nov/2024, 4:59:00 PM
Organizational Unit: OSG - Office of SDGs
Job Type: Non-staff opportunities
Type of Requisition: Consultant / PSA (Personal Services Agreement)
Grade Level: N/A
Primary Location: Italy-Rome
Duration: From 3 to 11 months (with possibility of extension)
Post Number: N/A
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**Organizational Setting**
The UN Food Systems Coordination Hub (hereafter the Hub) supports countries implementing food system transformation pathways that have been developed in the occasion of the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit, towards achieving the 2030 Agenda. FAO hosts the Hub in Rome on behalf of the UN system. As per the Hub's approved programme of work for 2024-2026 "the strategic work, decision-making, and engagement of the Hub continues to be steered by an Oversight Steering Group comprising the Principals of FAO, WFP, IFAD, UN-DCO WHO and UNDP, with participation from the UN DSG."
The Hub has a coordinating and connector role, drawing on the capacities of the UN system and leveraging the advice and expertise of the wider ecosystem of support, serving countries by incentivizing existing institutions to deliver on their mandates systemically. In this context, the Hub covers work under five coordination clusters as follows:
- Landing the Vision of Food Systems Transformation (Overarching Cluster) | Policy and Governance Cluster | Science and Knowledge Cluster | Strategic Partnerships and Collaboration Cluster | Finance and Investment Cluster
**Reporting Lines**
The Food System Finance and Investment Specialist will report to the Hub Responsible Officer.
**Technical Focus**
The consultant will support the work of the UN Food System Coordination Hub in collaboration with IFAD and the World Bank to support food systems transformation by keeping track of financial flows and providing evidence-based and data-driven to decision makers and stakeholders to improve the scale and scope of decisions for transformative financing to food systems.
**Tasks and responsibilities**
- Conduct comprehensive research and advanced technical analysis on financial flows for food systems transformation.
- Perform mapping and scoping of financial flows to food systems including utilization of the 3FS model of IFAD/WB and translate such information into food systems financial dashboards or/and relevant data and knowledge repository platforms.
- Undertake analytical work on leveraging financial flows for food systems transformation.
- Provide support and assistance in managing and coordinating partnerships of the Hub in the areas of financing and investment of food systems.
- Formulate and deliver analysis supporting the understanding and presentation towards financial institutions and policy makers of complex food systems financing and investment agenda issues.
- Prepare and contribute to the designing, maintaining, and updating all relevant materials to be used for strategic engagements, events, webinars, web content, impact story and messaging products on financing and investment of food systems transformation.
- Prepare relevant food systems financing policy briefs, thought papers and other knowledge management materials.
- Support the overall delivery mandate of the UN Food Systems Coordination HUB
**CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING**
**Minimum Requirements**
- Advanced university degree in Economics, Finance, Agricultural or Environmental Economics or any other closely directly related field.
- At least five years of relevant experience for Category B and 10 years for Category A in development finance and investments in the agrifood systems sectors, including at least three years of experience in financial institutions (e.g. IFIs, multilateral investment banks, etc.) or/and in a relevant unit of FAO, WFP, IFAD, UN-DCO WHO, UNDP or other organization of the United Nations.
- Working knowledge of English.
**FAO Core Competencies**
- Results Focus
- Teamwork
- Communication
- Building Effective Relationships
- Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement
**Technical/Functional Skills**
- Extend and relevance of experience in review of financial flows supporting the implementation of the SDGs