Investment Operations Experts, Various Locations

Closing date: Monday, 31 August 2015

Job Title: Investment Operations Experts

Location: Various Locations

Organization Name: TCIDD

Deadline for Applications: 31-Aug-2015

Duration: from two to six weeks

Department Description

• Qualified female applicants and qualified nationals of non-and under-represented member countries are encouraged to apply.
• Persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply.
• All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.
• The incumbent may be re-assigned to different activities and/or duty stations depending on the evolving needs of the Organization.

Duties and Responsibilities

The purpose of this call is to provide FAO's Investment Centre Division (TCI) with a list of qualified candidates for a number of profiles in various locations as indicated below. The contract is home based with required travel for field missions.

JOB TITLE - DUTY STATION

• Economist – Agricultural Economist - Various locations
• Agricultural specialist - Various locations
• Natural Resources and Environmental Management Expert - Various locations
• Irrigation and Rural Infrastructure Engineer - Various locations
• Rural Sociologist - Various locations
• Forestry Expert - Various locations
• Credit and Rural Finance Expert - Various locations
• Rural Institutions Expert - Various locations

FAO's vision is a world free of hunger and malnutrition where food and agriculture contributes to improving the living standards of all, especially the poorest, in an economically, socially and environmentally sustainable manner.

The Investment Centre Division (TCI) promotes investment in food security, nutrition, agriculture and rural development (FSNARD) and sustainable natural resource management (NRM) and climate change mitigation and/or adaptation (CCM/A) in developing countries and countries in transition, assisting governments and country stakeholders, main development partners, in particular international financing institutions with the strategic planning and implementation of their investments to achieve growth, poverty alleviation, food security and nutrition goals.

TCI is a multidisciplinary division composed of three regionally focused services, namely Africa Service, Asia and the Pacific Service, and Europe, Central Asia, Near East, North Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean Service, as well as FAO's coordination unit for the Global Environment Facility (GEF).

Tasks and responsibilities: The incumbent will work under the overall technical supervision of the Service Chief and/or the supervision of a TCI Officer, in close collaboration with the FAO Representation in the relevant country. The consultant will provide technical expertise and capacity development for the design of investment operations, in collaboration with country stakeholders and cooperating partners, to mobilize resources for FSNARD, NRM and CCM/A, and implementation support and evaluation of investment operations.

In particular the incumbent will:

• participate in, and eventually lead multidisciplinary teams to assist governments in the identification and preparation of investment operations in the fields of FSNARD, NRM and CCM/A, and participate in pre-appraisal and appraisal missions;
• participate in, and eventually lead multidisciplinary teams for the implementation support and the preparation of final evaluation of investment operations;
• provide technical expertise for the preparation of FSNARD, NRM and CCM/A studies and strategies, in the formulation of national sector and/or sub-sector investment plans and programmes;
• support the development of inclusive and sustainable food systems involving producers, their organizations, other private sector actors, and civil society organizations and government;
• formulate and deliver capacity development strategies and activities in the areas of FSNARD, NRM and CCM/A investment support to government staff, and non-state actors and private sector organizations;
• prepare reports in accordance with governments and financing partner s' requirements;
• promote international cooperation and collaboration leading to new investment opportunities and cooperative agreements, advocate best practices and effective policy dialogue.

Job Requirements

Candidates should meet the following requirements

Minimum Requirements

• Advanced university degree in economics, agricultural economics, agricultural sciences, environmental sciences, agribusiness management, natural resource management, irrigation and drainage engineering, rural infrastructure engineering, social sciences or a related field
• Seven years of relevant experience in conducting agricultural/rural sector/subsector analytical studies, and/or in planning, design, supervision of agricultural and rural investment operations, including elaboration of feasibility studies and implementation of agricultural and rural investment operations in developing countries and/or countries in transition
• Working knowledge of English, French or Spanish and limited knowledge of one of the other two or Arabic, Chinese or Russian

Selection criteria

• Extent and relevance of experience in participating in multidisciplinary teams for the design, implementation support or evaluation of FSNARD, NRM and CCM/A investment operations
• Extent and relevance of experience in FSNARD, NRM and/or CCM/A analytical studies and programme evaluation
• Extent and relevance of experience in investment design, implementation support and evaluation procedures of FAO's main development partners, in particular the World Bank, the International Funds for Agriculture and Development (IFAD) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the GEF
• Relevance of experience in capacity development for the design and implementation of FSNARD, NRM and/or CCM/A investments
• Demonstrated experience in dealing with government officials, development partners and other country level stakeholders;
• Relevance of experience in different geographical areas
• Ability to work under pressure and willingness to travel frequently to developing or transition countries
• Working knowledge of another language relevant to the region of assignment would be an asset

Additional Details

FAO seeks gender, geographical and linguistic diversity in its staff and international consultants in order to best serve FAO Members in all regions.

All candidates should adhere to FAO values of Commitment to FAO, Respect for All and Integrity and Transparency.

How To Apply

Candidates are requested to attach a letter of motivation to the online profile.

Vacancies will be removed from iRecruitment at 23:59 Central European Time (CET) on the deadline for applications date. We encourage applicants to submit the application well before the deadline date.

Before applying, please ensure that you have completed all sections of your account. Incomplete applications will not be evaluated.

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