FAO is Recruiting Project Officer – 2025

Youthscareer; Canada; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a highly skilled professional to drive initiatives in international development and resource mobilization. This role involves supporting the Global Alliance against hunger and poverty, developing comprehensive strategies, and fostering partnerships to enhance the impact of their programs. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in international development, excellent communication skills, and the ability to engage with diverse stakeholders. Join a dynamic team committed to eradicating hunger and improving nutrition worldwide, and make a meaningful difference in the lives of many.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in international development and partnerships.
• Advanced degree in relevant fields like economics or social sciences.

Responsibilities

• Support country-led matchmaking processes for Global Alliance.
• Prepare strategies and engage with Global Alliance members.

Skills

International development

Partnerships

Resource mobilization

Strategic analysis

Project management

Education

Advanced university degree

Job description

FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations was created on October 16 1945, as a specialized agency of the United Nations, with the goal of eradicating hunger and malnutrition, improving nutrition, and promoting sustainable agricultural practices.

FAO’s initial functions focused on supporting agricultural and nutrition research and providing technical assistance to member countries to boost production in agriculture, fisheries, and forestry.

FAO was founded in Quebec City, Canada, with the aim of raising nutrition levels and improving standards of living, especially in rural areas.

FAO, Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty (GAAHP) initiated under the G20 Presidency of Brazil aims at providing sustained, high-level political impetus to eradicate poverty, hunger, and malnutrition worldwide.

FAO, Under the Alliance, a Policy Basket will provide a menu of policy instruments proven to have a positive impact on reducing hunger, food insecurity, malnutrition and poverty that can be adapted to national or subnational contexts, and whose adaptation and implementation can be supported, upon the request of a Global Alliance member.

These policy interventions will be supported through a combination of three pillars: i) a National Pillar for domestic policy and programme implementation and/or direct country-to-country support and lesson sharing; ii) a Financial support pillar for multilateral and bilateral funding, development finance, innovative financial mechanisms, climate funding, philanthropy and others; and iii) a Knowledge pillar where institutions offer technical assistance and cooperation, capacity building and knowledge sharing. Global Alliance members can both provide and request support for any of these components.

The Global Alliance is implemented through a Support Mechanism hosted by FAO to create synergies and leverage technical expertise of the UN Development System and its existing footprint of UN agencies, funds, and programmes. The Support Mechanism will consist of:

• a Rome Office based at FAO that will focus on the knowledge and finance pillars;
• three Global South Offices in Brasilia, Addis Ababa and Bangkok that will focus on the national and knowledge pillars; and
• a Washington Office that will focus on the finance pillar and relevant technical expertise and contributions by the International Financial Institutions (IFIs).

Specific Functions

• Supports country-led matchmaking process between the Global Alliance’s implementation, financial and knowledge pillars.
• Assesses financial and knowledge support portfolios of Global Alliance’s members.
• Prepares comprehensive strategies and engagement plans with the members of the Global Alliance across all pillars and represents the GAAHP at inter-institutional meetings.
• Contributes to the identification and analysis of potential transformative collaboration opportunities amongst Global Alliance members and other stakeholders.
• Monitors progress and learning processes by keeping track of engagement, project outcomes and other metrics.
• Provides support for the convening of the GAAHP Board of Champions and Core Group.
• Contributes to the GAAHP’s membership relationship management and expansion and internal communications.
• Coordinates GAAHP relations with other institutions.
• Provides substantive inputs for the preparation of inter-agency and inter-governmental meetings, including concept notes, presentations, strategic analysis, think pieces, briefs and reporting on policy matters.
• Provides strategic advice to the Director of the Support Mechanism.
• Contributes to liaising and coordinating with the UN Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection and with UN Food Systems Summit Hub (UNFSS Hub) to ensure synergy and mutual support in operations at country level.

Minimum Requirements

• Advanced university degree in international development, economics, international law, business administration, agriculture, social sciences or related field.
• Seven years of relevant experience in international development, partnerships and resource mobilization.
• Working knowledge (proficiency – level C) of English and intermediate knowledge (intermediate proficiency – level B) of another FAO official language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish).