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Food and Agriculture Organization SDG Follow-up and Review Specialist Italy FAO Jobs 2024

Food and Agriculture Organization looking for “SDG Follow-up and Review Specialist”. Applicants with an Advanced degree may apply on or before 17-Jul-24.

The Food and Agriculture Organization has published a job vacancy announcement on 03/07/2024 for qualified applicants to fill in the vacant post of SDG Follow-up and Review Specialist to be based in Rome , Italy. For more jobs, please visit https://unjoblink.org

Company Name: Food and Agriculture Organization

Job Title: SDG Follow-up and Review Specialist

Duty Station: Rome , Italy

Country: Italy

Application Deadline: 17-Jul-24

Responsibilities:

Under the overall supervision of the Director of the OSG and the direct supervision of the OSG Senior Technical Officer (SDG Coordination), the incumbent will perform the following tasks:

•    Support analysis and literature review of the existing VNR documents of different countries as well as the VLR documents from different locations, identifying good practices in the area of agrifood system transformation analysis;
•    Support the development and organization of capacity development activities for FAO staff and personnel in HQ, Regional and Country Offices with regard to the FAO engagement in the 2030 follow-up and review process;
•    Support analysis of existing assessment tools for analyzing agrifood systems transformation;
•    Support literature analysis and prepare draft country/community/location profiles to support the process of the VNR and VLR preparation;
•    Support regular communication processes with regard to the work undertaken by FAO in the 2030 Agenda follow-up and review;
•    Support the organization of online and offline events as part of the FAO engagement in the 2030 Agenda follow-up and review process (respective side events, booths, etc.)
•    Perform any other related duties, as required.

Requirements:

Minimum Requirements

•    Advanced university degree in sustainable development, environment, economics, social studies or other area related to FAO work
•    From one to five years of relevant experience in at least one of the following areas: advisory services, partnerships and advocacy programme management, food finance, programme development, policy support, in the area of sustainable development policy and planning
•    Working knowledge (level C) of English

FAO Core Competencies

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

Technical/Functional Skills

•    Sound knowledge of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
•    Good analytical skills, including capacity to analyze and synthesize findings
•    Excellent drafting, communication and presentation skills in English
•    Strong ICT skills; proficient use of Microsoft Office package
•    Ability to plan and organize work
•    Ability to work independently, in a timely and organized manner
•    Versatile and ability to work in a team and multi-task
•    Strong interpersonal skills

Selection Criteria

•    Limited knowledge (level B) of one of the other FAO languages (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish) is desirable