Job Posting: 27/Nov/2024
Closure Date: 18/Dec/2024, 4:59:00 PM
Organizational Unit: ESN
Job Type: Staff position
Type of Requisition: Professional
Grade Level: P-4
Primary Location: Italy-Rome
Duration: Fixed-term: two years with possibility of extension
Post Number: 0424269
CCOG Code: 1I02
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- **FAO 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 persons 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 values**:
- **FAO, 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 discrimination**:
- FAO's commitment to environmental sustainability is integral to our strategic objectives and operations._
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) contributes to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda through 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.
**Organizational Setting**
FAO's commitment to environmental sustainability is integral to our strategic objectives and operations.
FAO's Food and Nutrition Division (ESN) assists Members to improve diets and raise levels of nutrition, as well as support with appropriate policies, strategies and methodologies for improving the efficiency and inclusiveness of their agriculture and food systems. As a knowledge leader, areas addressed include dietary assessment, support on nutrition-sensitive food and agriculture policies and programmes, effective nutrition promotion programmes, food value chains, market linkages, post-harvest handling and agroprocessing. FAO is committed to supporting Members in their efforts to improve nutritional outcomes as stated in the Rome Declaration on Nutrition (November 2014) and to mainstream nutrition into the FAO Strategic Framework.
The position is located in the Food and Nutrition Division (ESN) at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy.
**Reporting Lines**
The Nutrition and Food Systems Officer (Marketing and Value Chains) reports to the Senior Officer, Market Linkages and Value Chains Team, under the overall guidance of the Director, ESN.
**Technical Focus**
To contribute to ESN activities related to knowledge and capacity building in the areas of nutrition-sensitive sustainable agrifood systems and value chain development for healthy diets, through local market linkages, public food procurement and voluntary standards and labels.
**Key Results**
Comprehensive 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 instruments, innovative tools and methodologies, flagship publications/technical reports and/or policy proposals as well as the provision of technical specialist and/or policy advice and expertise.
- Responds to requests and provides technical/policy advice, assistance and solutions to Regional, Subregional and Country Offices and provides technical backstopping to field projects; promotes international cooperation and collaboration, advocates best practices and increased policy dialogue and provides technical expertise at international meetings and conferences.
- Collaborates in capacity development activities involving knowledge sharing, the organization of training workshops, seminars and meetings as well as the development of related materials, o