Secretary, Commission On Genetic Resources for Food

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Roma, Italia FAO A tempo pieno

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Secretary, Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA), OCB

Job Posting: 21/Jun/2023

Closure Date: 19/Jul/2023, 4:59:00 PM

Organizational Unit: Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment (OCB)

**Job Type**: Staff position

Type of Requisition: Senior-level

Grade Level: D-1

Primary Location: Italy-Rome

Duration: Fixed term: two years with possibility of extension

Post Number: 0078271

CCOG Code: 1H01a
- **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**

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.

**Organizational Setting**

The Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment (OCB) promotes the integration of innovative approaches in the activities of the Organization, for the sustainable use, management and conservation of natural resources for food and agriculture, and provides a coordination role on climate change, biodiversity and the environment.

The Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (Commission) keeps under review matters related to the Organization's policy, programme and activities regarding biodiversity of relevance to food and agriculture. The Secretariat of the Commission prepares and supports sessions of the Commission and follows up on its decisions. It also monitors and reports to the Commission on developments in relevant international bodies and processes (including the Convention on Biological Diversity - CBD, the World Trade Organization - WTO and the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research - CGIAR). The Commission's rolling Multi-Year Programme of Work (MYPOW) allows it to implement its mandate covering biodiversity for food and agriculture to programme its cooperation with other relevant international instruments and Multilateral Environmental Agreements and to coordinate with relevant international processes.

The position is located in the Secretariat of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA) at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy.

**Reporting Lines**

The Secretary to the** **Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (Commission) reports to the Director, OCB.

**Summary of Duties and Functions**
- Coordinates and supports regular and extraordinary sessions of the Commission and meetings of any bodies it establishes, as well as sessions of its inter-governmental technical working groups, in cooperation with the relevant units of OCB and FAO.
- Prepares, coordinates and leads negotiations on international agreements on biodiversity for food and agriculture, in cooperation with the Legal Office and relevant technical units of OCB and FAO, and plays an intermediary role; liaises with government delegates, including between sessions, to facilitate consensus in such negotiations.
- Monitors international processes on biodiversity and genetic resources, represents the Commission in these as appropriate, and reports periodically to the Commission on sectorial and cross-cutting policy matters of relevance to food and agriculture.
- Promotes the implementation by FAO of the Commission’s decisions and recommendations in close coordination with Director OCB, in particular for the implementation of the Commission’s Multi-year Programme of Work; coordinates the preparation of periodic reports on FAO’s relevant activities, to facilitate the Commission’s monitoring role.
- Promotes cooperation in relation with the work of the Commission with the secretariats of other international organizations and treaty bodies, including in particular the Secretariat of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD), as well as with relevant civil society organizations.
- Facilitates [in close consultation with the OCB Knowledge Management Officer, including as the channel for necessary collaboration with branches of the Office for Corporate Communication (OCC)] awareness raising among the public and policymakers regarding the work of the


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