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Food and Agriculture Organization Climate Change Specialist Italy FAO Jobs 2024

Food and Agriculture Organization looking for “Climate Change Specialist”. Applicants with a Bachelor’s degree may apply on or before 01-Aug-24.

The Food and Agriculture Organization has published a job vacancy announcement on 02/07/2024 for qualified applicants to fill in the vacant post of Climate Change Specialist to be based in Rome , Italy. For more jobs, please visit https://unjoblink.org

Company Name: Food and Agriculture Organization

Job Title: Climate Change Specialist

Duty Station: Rome , Italy

Country: Italy

Application Deadline: 01-Aug-24

Responsibilities:

The Climate Change Specialist will support FAO, national counterparts and partners in the climate change programme of work including country-level activities. Work will include support in: concept note development: economic, market or value chain analysis; knowledge sharing and generation; capacity building, and further development of activities under the climate change programme. The focus of the support will be primarily on the implementation of ongoing projects and programmes within OCB’s portfolio. Specific tasks will be related to areas of work of different OCB teams working on climate, including:
•    Supporting governments and international institutions in their commitments under the UNFCCC and its Paris Agreement;
•    Performing climate change adaptation/mitigation/transparency analyses of nationally determined contributions (NDCs); long term strategies (LTS), National Adaptation Plans (NAP) and projects such as GEF and GCF;
•    Performing financial and market analysis and assessments that contribute to the development of ongoing projects and programmes;
•    Conducting value chain analysis of specific agricultural commodities, contributing to the development of ongoing projects and programmes;
•    Writing project concept notes, project proposals and other relevant documents that contribute to the development of ongoing and future projects and programmes;
•    Knowledge generation and dissemination of materials related to climate change and agrifood systems;
•    Supporting the development of training materials and organizing workshops, contribution to the dissemination of information materials;
•    Review of relevant programme documents;
•    Participation in country missions related to the programme of work;
•    Technical support for the organization of meetings and work shops;
•    Any other duties related to the programme of work as required.

Requirements:

Minimum Requirements

•    University degree in climate change, economics, international relations, agrifood systems or a closely related field;
•    At least 1 year (category C), 5 years (category B) or 10 years (category A) of relevant work experience in climate change and food systems in one or more following areas:
o    Climate policy and analysis
o    Climate Risk assessment
o    Private sector engagement
o    Food security and nutrition
o    Project development
o    Climate finance
o    Economics of climate change
o    Voluntary Carbon Market mechanisms
o    Gender and social inclusion
•    Working knowledge of English, French or Spanish and limited knowledge of one of the other two or Arabic, Chinese, Russian. For PSA.SBS working knowledge of English.

FAO Core Competencies
•    Results Focus
•    Teamwork
•    Communication
•    Building Effective Relationships
•    Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement

Selection Criteria 

•    Extent and relevance of experience in one or more of the following technical areas: climate change and agriculture policy analysis, climate finance, project development (including GEF, GCF, etc.), and climate investment plans.
•    Extent and relevance of experience in identification of information and data for analysis of climate change and agrifood systems contexts, including country level information, agrifood system context, environmental context and policy documents;
•    Extent and relevance of experience in partnerships, knowledge dissemination, knowledge exchange platforms.
•    Extent of relevance of experience in managing partnerships with government, non-government organizations and/or private sector companies, funds, platforms and mechanisms is desirable.
•    Research and analytical skills, and the ability to gather information from different sources and present effectively both orally and in writing.
•    Knowledge of FAO tools and activities on climate change is considered an asset.
•    Knowledge of additional UN official languages, Spanish and French in particular, is considered an asset.