Investment Operations Experts

CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTERESTInvestment Operations Experts

Contract duration: assignments from two to six weeks

Vacancy No.IRC2869

Deadline for Applications:31 August 2015

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 partners’ requirements;

 promote international cooperation and collaboration leading to new investment opportunities and cooperative agreements, advocate best practices and effective policy dialogue.

Candidates should meet the following 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 Information

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:

All applications are to be made through FAO’s iRecruitmentsystem. Click on the link below to accessiRecruitment, complete your online profile and apply for this Call for Expression of Interest.http://www.fao.org/employment/irecruitment-access/en/In order for your application to be properly evaluated, please ensure that all sections of your iRecruitment account are completed. Incomplete applications will not be evaluated.

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