DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Under the overall managerial and administrative leadership of the Assistant Director-General, RAP, and the technical guidance of the Director, ESW, as a member of the Regional Multidisciplinary Team, plan and co-ordinate the implementation of and provide technical support to the integration of gender, equity and rural employment dimensions into FAO’s overall programme in the region. Specifically to:

• Act as regional gender focal point and develop a regional strategy for FAO’s support to the incorporation of gender, equity, and rural employment concerns into agriculture and rural development policies, programmes and projects in Asian and Pacific member countries, taking into account regional priorities expressed in regional policy instruments in order to contribute to reduction of poverty and hunger and FAO global policy positions and tools;
• Provide guidance and capacity building support to FAO members and regional economic bodies to assess needs, undertake socio-economic and gender analysis, collect and analyze sex-disaggregated data, and carry out gender and equity differentiated research and impact analysis of current agricultural and rural development policies, programmes, and institutions;
• Provide leadership and technical support to the interdivisional working group in RAP in the implementation of FAO’s strategic objectives related to gender equality in access to resources, goods, services and decision-making in rural areas, institution strengthening to support smallholders, and rural employment, developing specific proposals to strengthen the achievement of these objectives in the different programmes implemented by FAO in the region and monitoring and reporting to headquarters on their achievement at regional level;
• Provide guidance and technical support to Member countries in support of the Organization’s work on the gender, equity and rural employment aspects of population issues (migration, aging), agriculture, livestock and trans-boundary diseases (HIV/AIDS, avian influenza, etc), and trade (non traditional agricultural exports) in the region; contribute to FAO websites, policy briefs, reports, and databases related to gender, equity and rural employment issues.
• Contribute to the formulation of National Medium Term Priority Frameworks (NMTPF), identification/formulation of programmes and projects and/or provision of policy and technical advisory services to support the integration of rural gender issues within UN joint programmes, one UN country programme and other UN country policies and programmes;
• Provide advice to member countries and regional bodies in the analysis, implementation and monitoring of policies and programmes for promoting gender equity and employment in rural development strategies; network with institutions working with rural women in the Region by promoting and facilitating the exchange of experience and information among organizations working with the rural sector;
• Liaise and maintain close collaboration with other international institutions in the RAP Region, including UN Programmes, ESCAP, ADB, NGOs, small farmers federations, women’s groups, workers unions and cooperatives to strengthen the participation and influence of rural women and food insecure groups in policy processes and to ensure complementary efforts in provision of technical assistance to relevant programmes and projects for the enhancement of gender, equity, and rural employment in agriculture and rural development.
• Represent FAO/RAP at major interagency and regional meetings and seminars on gender, social equity and rural employment issues in agriculture, forestry and fisheries in the region.
• Perform other related duties as required.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Candidates should meet the following:

SELECTION CRITERIA
Candidates will be assessed against the following:

Please note that all candidates should possess computer/word processing skills and should be capable of working with people of different national and cultural backgrounds.
* The length of appointment for internal FAO candidates will be established in accordance with applicable policies pertaining to the extension of appointments.

REMUNERATION

Level P-4 carries a net salary per year (inclusive of a variable element for post adjustment) from US$ 91,362 US$ 111,943 (without dependants) and from US$ 98,110 to US$ 120,905 (with dependants)

TO APPLY: Carefully read and follow the Guidelines to applicants

Send your application to:

V.A 2189-RAP
Ms. E. Crowley, OiC, Director, ESW - ES Department
FAO Via delle Terme di Caracalla 00100 Rome ITALY
Fax No: +39 06 570 55325
E-mail: VA-2189-RAP@fao.org

This vacancy is open to male and female candidates. Applications from qualified women candidates and applications from qualified candidates from non/under-represented member states are encouraged. Please note that FAO staff members are international civil servants subject to the authority of the Director-General and may be assigned to any activities or office of the organization.

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