Project Officer

Job Posting: 27/May/2025

Closure Date: 17/Jun/2025, 4:59:00 PM

Organizational Unit: NSA

Job Type: Staff position

Type of Requisition: Professional Project

Grade Level: P-3

Primary Location: Italy-Rome

Duration: Fixed-term: one year with possibility of extension

Post Number: 2010696

CCOG Code: 1A11

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**Organizational Setting**

The Animal Production and Health Division (NSA) promotes sustainable livestock transformation towards greater efficiency, inclusiveness and resilience. NSA integrates scientific and technical expertise and policy advice in the areas of animal production and animal health. It facilitates policy dialogue through intergovernmental bodies and multi-stakeholders partnerships, generates knowledge and provides information, analysis and technical assistance for the sustainable development of the livestock sector and the optimization of its contribution to the United Nations 2030 Agenda.

The position is located in the One Health and Disease Control Branch (NSAH/CJW) of the Animal Production and Health Division (NSA) at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy. In particular, the position is located within the Programme Against African Trypanosomosis (PAAT).

**Reporting Lines**

The Project Officer (Control of African Trypanosomosis) reports to the Animal Health Officer responsible for PAAT and is under the overall supervision of the Director, NSA.

**Technical Focus**

The Project Officer (Control of African Trypanosomosis) will manage the project “Disease intelligence - modelling for progressive control of animal trypanosomosis in Africa (DIMCAT)” and support all FAO activities implemented within PAAT.

**Key Results**

Research, technical analysis and project related services to support the delivery of programme projects, products and services.

**Key Functions**
- Researches and analyses technical-related issues on the development, implementation and evaluation of assigned programmes/projects; assists in the review of relevant documents and reports.
- Produces a variety of technical information, data, statistics and documents as well as technical input for reports and web pages.
- Provides technical support/analysis to various assessments, studies and projects and provides technical backstopping to field projects.
- Collaborates in the development of improved/updated tools, systems, processes and databases.
- Oversees the updating of databases and web pages.
- Participates in multidisciplinary teams and/or leads working groups/teams collaborates with other Divisions/Offices/Centres and agencies on work groups and committees and promotes best practices.
- Collaborates in, provides technical backstopping to and ensures the quality/effectiveness of capacity development activities within Member Nations such as policy support, organizational development and individual learning events including preparation of related information, learning materials and on-line tools.
- Promotes knowledge sharing and best practices at international meetings and conferences and influences partners in stakeholder consultations.
- Performs other duties as required.

**Specific Functions**
- Manages the recruitment of, and provides guidance and technical coordination to, DIMCAT project consultants.
- Manages the DIMCAT Letters of Agreement (LoA) and provides guidance to the service providers.
- Prepares project technical reports and supports the preparation of financial reports.
- Conducts training activities for animal trypanosomosis (AT)-endemic countries, including in-person and virtual training.
- Develops technical and scientific publications to disseminate project results.
- Guides the development of an eLearning course for self-paced learning.
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