Investment Operations Specialist, Various Locations

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- Investment Operations Specialist (2600179)

Job Description
CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
- VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT 2600179 Investment Operations Specialist Job Posting 20/Apr/2026 Closure Date 28/Sep/2026, 9:59:00 PM Organizational Unit : CFI

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Non-staff opportunities Type of Requisition : Consultant / PSA (Personal Services Agreement) Primary Location Various Locations Duration : Assignments from two to six weeks, or up to 11 months when applicable Post Number : N/A IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please note that Closure Date and Time displayed above are based on date and time settings of your personal device
- 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 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. The FAO Investment Centre (CFI) provides investment and finance solutions that lead to more efficient, sustainable, inclusive and resilient agrifood systems. Working in over 120 countries, the Centre provides a full suite of investment and finance support to FAO Members. It partners with governments, international and national financing institutions, the private sector and farmers, research institutions and academia to improve the quality and quantity of agrifood investment. The Centre's four main areas of work include support to strategic investment planning and policy, public investment, private investment, and innovative finance. These are complemented by the knowledge for investment and capacity development for investment programmes that serve to share knowledge, learn and build capacities at country level. For additional information on the FAO Investment Centre, its activities, partners and the organizational structure please visit the following link. The purpose of this call is to provide FAO’s Investment Centre (CFI) with a list of qualified candidates for a number of profiles with different specializations as indicated below. The contract can be home based with required travel for field missions. Requested Profiles (or Job Titles)
- Agribusiness, Agri-processing and Value Chain Specialist
- Agriculture Specialist
- Animal Husbandry, Health, Feed, and Processing Specialist
- Capacity Development and Extension Specialist
- Climate Change and Climate Smart Agriculture Specialist
- Climate Finance Specialist
- Credit and Rural Finance Specialist
- Digital Agriculture Specialist
- Economist – Agricultural Economist
- Expenditure Review Specialist
- Fisheries and Aquaculture Specialist
- Food Safety Specialist
- Food Security and Nutrition Specialist
- Forestry Specialist
- Gender, Youth and Social Inclusion Specialist
- Impact Assessment Specialist
- Information and Communication Technology and MIS Specialist
- Institutional Development Specialist
- Irrigation Engineer
- Knowledge Development Specialist
- Land Tenure and Land Tenure Information Management Specialist
- Livestock Specialist
- Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
- Natural Resources and Environmental Management Specialist
- On-farm Water Management Specialist
- Project Management Specialist
- Quality Label Specialist
- Remote Sensing and GIS Specialist
- Resilience and Emergency Specialist
- Rural Area Water Supply Specialist
- Rural Infrastructure Specialist / Cold-storage Specialist
- Rural Sociologist and Community-Driven Development
- Veterinarian / One Health Specialist / Zoonotic disease Reporting Lines The Investment Operations Specialist will work under the overall technical supervision of the Service Chief and the direct supervision of a CFI Officer, in close collaboration with the FAO Representation in the relevant country of assignment. Technical Focus Provision of technical advice or expertise and capacity development for (i) provision of policy advice to member countries in collabo