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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.Descrizione della posizione
The Climate Change Specialist will support FAO, national counterparts and partners in the climate change programme of work including country-level activities; concept note development: economic, market or value chain analysis; knowledge sharing and generation; capacity building and further development of activities under the climate change programme. The focus of the support will be primarily on the implementation of ongoing projects and programmes within OCB’s portfolio. Specific tasks will be related to areas of work of the team related to:- Support countries on all climate-related topics which include Enhanced Transparency Framework, Mitigation, Adaptation, Loss and Damage, and covering different aspects such as Policy, Access to Finance, develop and apply Tools and datasets, and Technologies;
- Perform climate change adaptation/mitigation/transparency analyses of nationally determined contributions (NDCs); long term strategies (LTS) National Adaptation Plans (NAP) and projects such as GEF and GCF;
- Perform financial and market analysis and assessments that contribute to the development of ongoing projects and programmes;
- Conduct value chain analysis of specific agricultural commodities, contribute to the development of ongoing projects and programmes;
- Writie project concept notes, project proposals and other relevant documents that contribute to the development of ongoing and future projects and programmes;
- Prepare training materials and workshops, contribute to dissemination of information materials;
- Review relevant programme documents;
- Participate in country missions;
- Provide technical support for the organization of meetings and workshops;
- Any other duties related to the programme of work as required.
Descrizione del profilo ricercato
Minimum Requirements:- University degree in climate change, economics, agrifood systems or a closely related field;
- At least 2 years (category C), 5 years (category B) or 10 years (category A) of relevant work experience in climate change and food systems in one or more following areas:
- Climate policy and analysis
- Climate Risk assessment
- Private sector engagement
- Project development
- Climate finance
- Economics of climate change
- Voluntary Carbon Market mechanisms
- Gender and social inclusion
- Working knowledge of English.
