Senior Technical Officer (COAG Secretary)
Job Posting
: 15/Jul/2025
Closure Date
: 06/Aug/2025, 4:59:00 AM
Organizational Unit: NSPDD
Job Type
: Staff position
Type of Requisition: Professional
Grade Level: P-5
Primary Location
Italy-Rome
Duration: Fixed-term: two years with possibility of extension
Post Number: 2002548
CCOG Code: 1A11
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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
• All selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks
• All applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality
• FAO staff are subject to the authority of the Director-General, who may assign them to any of the activities or offices of the Organization.
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 SettingThe Committee on Agriculture (COAG) is FAO’s main technical advisory Committee on agriculture responsible for: i) Reviewing major agricultural and nutritional problems and proposing concerted action by FAO’s Member Nations; ii) Advising the FAO Council and the Director-General on activities relating to agriculture, livestock, food, nutrition and natural resource management, with particular emphasis on all the social, technical, economic, institutional and structural aspects relating to agricultural and rural development in general; and iii) Reviewing specific matters relating to agriculture, food and nutrition referred to the Committee. COAG also provides advice and recommendations to the FAO Conference on global agricultural policy and regulatory matters, and to the FAO Council on matters relating to the Organization’s priorities, programmes and budgets. The post is located in the Office of the Deputy Director-General (DDG) and supports the work of the Natural Resources and Sustainable Production (NR) stream, in close collaboration with the FAO Plant Production and Protection Division (NSP), Land and Water Division (NSL), and other technical units. The incumbent plays a key coordination and advisory role for the stream’s substantive technical work, oversees preparations for the Committee on Agriculture (COAG), and directly supports the Deputy Director-General’s front office in advancing strategic and programmatic priorities with Members and partners. |
