FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Professional Vacancy Announcement No: FOED-294-08-PRJ
Deadline For Application: 6 November 2008
Position Title Forestry Officer (Communication & Facilitation)
Duty Station Rome, Italy
Grade Level P-3
Duration Twelve months, renewable
CCOG Code: 1H06
Organizational Unit National Forest Programme Facility (FOED) Forest Economic and Policy Division (FOE) FAO Forestry Department (FO)

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Under the general supervision of the Manager of the National Forest Programme Facility (Facility) and with the guidance of the Facility Senior Operations Officer, the incumbent will:

  • maintain, update and develop the Facility website in close collaboration with the Facility Information Systems Officers, the country coaches and the Facility national focal points;
  • compose, produce and disseminate informative and promotional material of the Facility in collaboration with the Facility Information Systems Officers;
  • provide inputs for and participate in the implementation of a communication strategy that will improve the visibility of the Facility with national stakeholders, international partners, CPF members, donors, and the public at large;
  • strengthen the communication with the coaches on informational aspects and contribute to the coherence of the methodology to deliver information to the national partners;
  • assist in the dissemination of information on nfp and related technical topics by organizing, facilitating and conducting workshops in new and existing Facility partner countries;
  • analyse and compile the results achieved by the Facility in supporting the nfp processes in partner countries and promote the exchange of experiences and lessons learnt of the Facility;
  • in close collaboration with counterparts, improve the linkages between the national experiences in nfp and the international and global level initiatives (like UNFF, MYPOW, CPF, WFC, etc);
  • assist in preparing the Facility contributions to the International Arrangement on Forests;
  • perform other related duties as required (including country coaching).

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Candidates should meet the following:

  • Advanced University Degree in Forestry, Forest Economics or Natural Resource Management
  • Five years of relevant professional experience with developing countries in forestry related development activities, such as forest policies, participatory processes, non-state stakeholder involvement in policy formulation processes, workshop organization and information management
  • Working knowledge of two of the following languages: English, French or Spanish

SELECTION CRITERIA
Candidates will be assessed against the following:

  • Relevance of professional experience in forestry, forest policies and participatory processes
  • Extent of experience in forest information system development
  • Relevance of experience with UN, intergovernmental, international organizations related to forestry
  • Relevant networking skills with different types of forestry stakeholders (government and non-government)
  • Demonstrated ability to organize and conduct workshops
  • Quality of languages, presentation and communication skills on technical issues
  • Demonstrated ability to work autonomously, take initiative, and operate as a team player

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.

TO APPLY: Carefully read and follow the Guidelines to applicants

Send your application to:

V.A FOED-294-08-PRJ
NFP Facility, FAO Forestry Department
FAO Via delle Terme di Caracalla 00100 Rome ITALY
Fax No: +39 06 570 56582
E-mail: NFP-Facility-Vacancy@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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