Energy Smart Agrifood System Programme Specialist
Pubblicato il 25-08-2026 - Fao in Roma
Job Posting: 28/Jul/2025 Closure Date: 20/Sep/2025, 4:59:00 PM Organizational Unit: OCB - Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment Job Type: Non-staff opportunities Type of Requisition: Consultant / PSA (Personal Services Agreement) Grade Level: N/A Primary Location: Italy-Rome Duration: Up to 11 months Post Number: N/A IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please note that Closure Date and Time displayed above are based on date and time settings of your personal device
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- FAO’s commitment to environmental sustainability is integral to our strategic objectives and operations._ **Organizational Setting** The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) contributes to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda through the FAO Strategic Framework by supporting the transformation to more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems, for better production, better nutrition, a better environment, and a better life, leaving no one behind. The Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment (OCB) works to ensure that countries and stakeholders respond to the challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental degradation.
OCB provides a cross organizational coordination role on issues related to climate change, biodiversity and the environment, and is the focal point to major multilateral environmental agreements including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conferences (UNFCCC), and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The Office also assists FAO Members in their responses towards the interlinked challenges of food security, climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental degradation, including through facilitating access to climate and environmental financing (such as the GEF and the GCF). In addition, OCB hosts the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) Programme, the Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, and the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, as well as FAO's work on environmental safeguards. The Energy-Smart Agrifood System (ESAS) Programme, within OCB, has the overall aim of increasing access to sustainable energy in agrifood systems through innovative, green energy solutions. The programme covers all aspects of energy within agrifood systems: it aims to take advantage of possibilities for producing sustainable bioenergy FROM agriculture, whilst enhancing the use of renewable energy sources FOR agriculture, as well as taking care of improving the efficiency and sustainability of energy IN agriculture.
The Programme supports countries and practitioners to find viable innovative energy solutions to build back better by establishing a pathway to green growth and One Health. ESAS work addresses the needs of energy in agrifood systems by supporting the implementation of national and regional strategies, action plans, and programmes to achieve SDG targets related to poverty reduction, food security, sustainable energy, reduction of inequality, climate action and life on land towards the fulfilment of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and the Paris Agreement. The programme also supports governments and other stakeholders announcing pledges to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.
- Energy Smart Agrifood System Technical Specialist;
- Energy Smart Agrifood System Electrical Engineer. **Reporting Lines** The incumbent will work under the overall technical supervision of the Energy Team Leader and/or FAO decentralized Offices, as appropriate. When activities are carried out in countries, the specialist will be required to work in close collaboration with the FAO Representation in the relevant country of assignment, as well as the relevant FAO regional office. **Technical Focus** The ESAS Programme covers all aspects of energy within agrifood systems; it aims to take advantage of opportunities for producing sustainable bioenergy from agriculture, whilst enhancing the use of renewable energy sources for agriculture and improving the efficiency and sustainability of energy in agriculture. Energy Smart Agrifood System Technical Specialist will support the implementation, knowledge development, training and dissemination of the FAO Energy-Smart Agrifood System (ESAS) Programme. The incumbent will review relevant literature,