Youth Affairs Specialist

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; Roma; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

FAO in Rome seeks a Youth Affairs Specialist to support the World Food Forum tracks within the Office of Youth and Women. The engagement is a non-staff consultancy for up to 11 months, reporting to the OYW-Director and aligned with FAO's gender equality and youth empowerment objectives.

The role emphasizes strategy execution, partnership collaboration, and content development related to policy, innovation, education, culture, and outreach in agrifood systems.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and collaborate with partners to further amplify the messages, events and content of the WFF.
• Create and adapt content (presentations, articles, videos, and additional relevant content)

Job description

Job Description - Youth Affairs Specialist (2602080)

Job Description

Job Posting

06/Oct/2026

Closure Date

20/Oct/2026, 9:59:00 PM

Organizational Unit : OYW - Office of Youth and Women

Job Type

Non-staff opportunities

Type of Requisition : Consultant / PSA (Personal Services Agreement)

Primary Location

Italy-Rome

Duration : Up to 11 months

Post Number : N/A

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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 person 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
• All selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks
• All applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality

FAO's commitment to environmental sustainability is integral to our strategic objectives and operations.

Organizational Setting

The 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 realizing innovative ideas and approaches related to youth and women within the FAO mandate. The Office takes forward and further institutionalizes 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, and 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.

Reporting Lines

Under the overall supervision of the OYW-Director, the Youth Affairs Specialist will develop and execute strategy and action plans for the WFF tracks, programmes and workstreams.

Technical Focus

The incumbent will work in the technical fields of youth empowerment for agrifood systems transformation, in areas related to policy, innovation, education, culture, young women's empowerment and outreach.

Tasks and responsibilities

• Coordinate and collaborate with partners to further amplify the messages, events and content of the WFF;
• Create and adapt content (presentations, articles, videos, and additional relevant content