Programme Officer
Pubblicato il 29-08-2026 - Fao in Roma
Job Posting: 16/Jan/2025 Closure Date: 06/Feb/2025, 4:59:00 PM Organizational Unit: OYW Job Type: Staff position Type of Requisition: Professional Grade Level: P-4 Primary Location: Italy-Rome Duration: Fixed-term: two years with possibility of extension Post Number: 2010488 CCOG Code: 1A02 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 is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality, background and culture**: - **Qualified female applicants, qualified nationals of non-and under-represented Members and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply**: - **Everyone who works for FAO is required to adhere to the highest standards of integrity and professional conduct, and to uphold FAO's values**: - **FAO, as a Specialized Agency of the United Nations, has a zero-tolerance policy for conduct that is incompatible with its status, objectives and mandate, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination**: - FAO’s commitment to environmental sustainability is integral to our strategic objectives and operations._ The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) contributes to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda through 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. **Organizational Setting** FAO’s commitment to environmental sustainability is integral to our strategic objectives and operations. The Office of Youth and Women (OYW) ensures that youth and women act as conduits both (i)
internally in FAO, supporting women and youth career enrichment and mainstreaming important topics of youth and women across the Organization, and (ii) externally, by gathering and realising innovative ideas and approaches related to youth and women within the FAO mandate. The Office takes forward and further institutionalises the work of the FAO Youth Committee and the FAO Women's Committee, as well as the World Food Forum (WFF) Global Youth Action, designed by FAO as a global network of partners to build an effective platform to share transformative initiatives and encourage actions for the agrifood systems transformation. It promotes transformational leadership for gender equality and women and youth empowerment in the workplace and in FAO's initiatives, strengthening accountability of managers for gender equality and youth and women's empowerment. OYW further engages with relevant global initiatives, UN and other partners and relevant stakeholders, enhancing the advocacy for, and engagement of youth and women in agrifood systems. The Office works closely with the FAO technical units that coordinate the implementation of the FAO Policy on Gender Equality and the Rural Youth Action Plan and related programmes and initiatives. The position is located in the Office of Youth and Women (OYW) at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy. **Reporting Lines**
The Programme Officer reports to the Director, OYW. **Technical Focus**
Contribute and support the strategic implementation of OYW to advance the role of youth and women in line with the FAO Strategic Framework 2022-31 and related policies, guidelines and action plans; focus on ensuring coherence in planning, implementing and monitoring of corporate programmes and projects at global, regional and national levels; promote engagement and liaison with UN entities and other partners; coordinate resource mobilisation activities; and support institutionalisation of the work of the FAO Youth Committee and the FAO Women's Committee. **Key Results**
Develops, implements and evaluates effective leadership and management of major projects and teams in accordance with Divisional/Office/Centre objectives and the FAO Strategic Framework. **Key Functions**
- Develops, implements and evaluates assigned programmes/projects; monitors and analyses programme/project development and implementation; reviews relevant documents and reports; identifies problems and issues to be addressed and initiates corrective action; liaises with relevant parties; ensures follow-up action.
- Performs specific assignments, in collaboration with the client, by planning facilitating workshops, through other interactive sessions and assisting in developing the action plan the client will use to manage the change.
- Researches, analyses and presents information gathered from diverse sources.
- Coordinates policy development, including the review and analysis of issues and trends, preparation of impact evaluation or equivalent studies.
- Generates survey initiatives; reviews, analyses and interprets responses, identifies problems/issues and prepares conclusions.
Organises and prep