Urban Agrifood Systems Adviser - Roma, Italia - FAO

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Descrizione

Job Posting: 30/Oct/2023

Closure Date: 27/Nov/2023, 4:59:00 PM

Organizational Unit:
Food Systems and Food Safety Division (ESF)

Job Type:
Staff position

Type of Requisition:
Professional

Grade Level:
P-4

Primary Location:
Italy-Rome

Duration:
Fixed-term: One year with possibility of extension

Post Number:
CCOG Code: 1H01

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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

The Food Systems and Food Safety Division (ESF) provides strategic leadership for FAO's support to Members in the development of more sustainable agrifood systems.

Working in close coordination with other technical units at headquarters and the Decentralized Offices, the Division is tasked with integrating FAO's scientific and economic analyses to provide improved policy guidance and targeted investment in agrifood systems.

Bringing together FAO's longstanding experience and capacities in strengthening systems of food safety and quality control with its technical support to Members in the areas of value chain development, agroindustry and agribusiness enterprise development, urban food systems and food loss and waste, the Division integrates and extends food systems support across the Organization.

ESF leads 'Achieving Sustainable Urban Food Systems' Programme Priority Area (PPA), one of the 20 PPAs of the FAO Strategic Framework, which involves multidisciplinary collaboration across headquarters' units, FAO Regional and Country Offices.

The programme aims to, in collaboration with external partners, empower national and local governments and partners to deliver transformative change in agrifood systems along the rural-urban continuum leading to more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable urban and peri-urban agrifood systems that addresses urban poverty, food insecurity and malnutrition, enables healthy diets and catalyses inclusive and sustainable rural transformation, promoted through the adoption of supportive policies and programmes, and the initiation and scaling-up of actions and investments by national and local stakeholders.

The position is located in the Food Systems and Food Safety Division (ESF) at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy.

Reporting Lines
The Urban Agrifood Systems Adviser reports to the Director, Food Systems and Food Safety Division (ESF).

Technical Focus

The Urban Agrifood Systems Adviser supports the delivery of the FAO Programme Priority Area Achieving sustainable urban food systems, under the overall leadership of the Director, ESF.

He/she promotes more coordinated, aligned and efficient working on urban agrifood systems across FAO aligned with the Director-General's priority for a One FAO while supporting the delivery of urban agrifood systems projects with impacts at scale.

The incumbent brings expertise in urban agrifood systems from and experience of taking a systems approach to address urban agrifood challenges with awareness of the broad range of technical issues relevant in urban and/or through the urban rural continuum, such as urban agriculture, urban forestry, waste management and ecosystem services, food supply resilience, agrocommodity packing - processing in urban catchment areas, public sector procurement - territorial markets and/or access to affordable, safe nutritious foods.

Key Results

Comprehensive technical and policy expertise and advice to support the planning, development and implementation of programmes, projects, products and services.

Key Functions

Provides policy expertise and advice to support the planning, development and implementation of divisional programmes, projects, products and services.
Provides technical and programmatic support on the development, implementation and evaluation of assigned programmes/projects; identifies priorities, liaises wi