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Professional Vacancies

  • Do you have solid professional experience and/ or technical knowledge gained from working in a national or international context?
  • Would you like to work in a dynamic and culturally diverse environment?
  • Professional staff are hired internationally and occupy leadership functions, or positions requiring significant technical expertise. Openings for professional jobs can be found at all duty stations where FAO is present. 
  • All international professional staff job openings are listed below.  FAO particularly welcomes applications from women and individuals from Non- and Under-Represented Member Countries.

Professional Vacancies: Current

Title Grade Number Department Duty Station Expiry Date
Forestry Officer (Forest Protection and Health) P4 IRC2334 Forestry Rome, Italy 20/06/2013
Staff Relations Officer P4 IRC2337 Human Resources Rome, Italy 25/06/2013
Agricultural Officer P4 IRC2338 Technical Cooperation Rome, Italy 28/06/2013
Ombudsman/Ethics Officer P5 IRC2339 Legal Office, LEG Rome, Italy 28/06/2013

Professional Vacancies: Closed

Title Grade Number Expiry Date
Technical Officer (Water Quality) P4 IRC2253 31/01/2013
Technical Officer (Land and Environment) P4 IRC2251 18/01/2013
Senior Officer (Gender, Equality and Rural Development) P5 IRC2247 17/01/2013
Advocacy Officer (Private Sector) P2 IRC2246 15/01/2013
Partnership Officer (Private Sector) P3 IRC2244 10/01/2013
Partnership Officer (Advocacy/Right to Food) P3 IRC2245 10/01/2013
Economist (Agribusiness) P4 IRC2242 08/01/2013
Economist (Agribusiness) P4 IRC2225 08/01/2013
Communications Officer P2 IRC2241 04/01/2013
Finance Officer (Internal Vacancy Announcement) P3 IRC2233 03/01/2013
Senior Reviser (Russian) P5 IRC2239 03/01/2013
Evaluation Officer P4 IRC2240 03/01/2013
Agricultural Officer P4 IRC2229 28/12/2012
Communication Officer P3 IRC2232 28/12/2012
Programme Officer (Partnership) P3 IRC2228 21/12/2012
Senior Officer (Secretary of the FAO-Water Platform) P5 IRC2227 20/12/2012
Agribusiness Officer (Enterprise Development) P4 IRC2219 19/12/2012
Forestry Officer (Forest Harvesting) P4 IRC2220 19/12/2012
Plant Production and Protection Officer P4 IRC2223 19/12/2012
Internal Auditor P4 IRC2214 18/12/2012
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Professional Vacancies: Cancelled

Title Grade Number Cancellation Date
Human Resources Officer (Organizational Design) P4 IRC2005 18/02/2011
Accountant P2 2259-AFS 29/03/2011
Agricultural Officer (Sustainable Intensification and Ecosystem Services) P3 2261-AGP 01/01/2010
Natural Resources Management Officer (Climate Change) P3 2236-NRC 27/01/2011
Plant Production and Protection Officer P4 2153-SLS 28/02/2011
Procurement Officer P2 2252-AFD 04/10/2011
Economist (Trade) P3 2139-EST 20/04/2011
Agriculture Extension Officer P4 2323-OEK 14/02/2011
Fishery and Aquaculture officer, P4 2251-SNO 09/05/2011
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Professional Vacancies: Filled

31.12.2012

2551-AGN Food Standards Officer, P-3    
     
2551-AGN Food Standards Officer, P-3    
     
2511-SFS Food Safety and Quality Officer, P-4    
     
2541-CSA Accountant, P-2    
     
2579-SFE Fishery and Aquaculture Officer, P-4    
     
2542-SFE Senior Land and Water Officer, P-5    
     
2592-AGE Technical Officer (Animal Health), P-3    
     
2568-RAP Programme Officer, P-2    
     
2539-SNE Senior Policy Officer, P-5    
     
2524-AGP Programme Specialist (Agriculture), P-3    
     
2518-AGE Programme Officer, P-4    
     
IRC-2051 Chief, Interpretation Group, P-5
    
IRC-2077 Senior Gender Officer (Policy), P-5    
     
2557-AGN  Senior Officer, P-5    
     
IRC-2085 Finance Officer (Investment Risk), P-4    
     
IRC-2037 Forestry Officer (Statistics), P-2    
     
2530-RAP Technical Officer (Water Resources Development & Conservation), P-3  
     
IRC-2073 Forestry Officer, P-4    
     
2551-AGN Food Standards Officer, P-3    
     
IRC-2095 Natural Resources Officer, P-4    
     
IRC-2055 Programme Officer, P-4    
     
2580-EST Economist (Food Security Assessment and Early Warning), P-3   
     
IRC-2125 Senior Strategy and Planning Officer, P-5    
     
2512-SAP Policy Officer, P-3    
     
IRC-2084 Internal Auditor (2 posts), P-3    
     
IRC-2084 Internal Auditor (2 posts), P-3    
     
IRC-2098 Human Resources Officer (Santiago, Chile), P-4    
     
2538-RLC Senior Fishery and Aquaculture Officer, P-5    
     
IRC-2087 Field Programme Officer, P-4   

31.10.2011

2506 FOM    Forestry Officer, P-3

2351 OSP Strategy and Planning Officer, P-3

2509 AGN Food Safety Officer (EMPRES Information), P-3

2529 EST Economist (Trade), P-4 (two posts)

2532 RLC Programme Officer (FAOR Network), P-4

2504 RAP Field Programme Officer, P-4

2519 AGN Food Safety and Quality Officer, P-3

NOTE:  FAO is currently transitioning to an online application system: iRecruitment.  For the time being, only professional vacancies beginning with IRC are published in the FAO iRecruitment system. To access iRecruitment, please click on the relevant link below. To apply to all other vacancies, please follow the instructions provided on each vacancy announcement.

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