Senior Legal Officer
Pubblicato il 12-08-2026 - Fao in Roma
Reporting Lines
The Senior Legal Officer (Head, Development Law Service) reports to the Legal Counsel or the Deputy Legal Counsel.Technical Focus
Public international law, natural resources and/or development law, environmental law, comparative legislation and regulation, legislative drafting.
Key Results
The provision of legal advice and support on questions related to the legal and institutional means to promote and regulate national development and international cooperation in the food and agriculture sector.
Key Functions
• Manages the Development Law Service, setting goals and objectives aligned with the Strategic Framework of the Organization and the priorities of the Members, monitoring efficiency and outcomes/results, and providing guidance, supervision and quality control of work outputs and clearance of the development law work of the Organization.
• Manages the resources of the Service in close collaboration with the Legal Counsel and Deputy Legal Counsel, including by appropriately managing financial resources allocated to the Service,
leading resource mobilization efforts, and providing leadership to its personnel in managing and implementing the work programme of the Service, ensuring the application of an appropriate framework for impact assessment of its work.
• Ensures that the Service delivers high-quality outputs which are clear, objective, and based on sound technical legal analysis in a timely and efficient manner.
• Coordinates and fosters exchange of experience and knowledge on development law issues and on modalities for delivery of the work programme within the Service.
• Fosters innovation and the use of new technologies to enhance the work of the Service and its efficiency.
• Fosters innovation and identifies legislative and other solutions to assist Members to address new and emerging challenges in the fields of food, agriculture and nutrition.
• Oversees the preparation of policy and position papers and reports on development law in gen