Capacity Development Specialist

Job Posting: 17/Jan/2025

Closure Date: 31/Jan/2025, 4:59:00 PM

Organizational Unit: PSR

Job Type: Non-staff opportunities

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

Grade Level: N/A

Primary Location: Italy-Rome

Duration: Up to 11 months

Post Number: N/A

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**Organizational Setting**

The Resource Mobilization Division (PSR) leads and coordinates the mobilization of voluntary contributions in support of the Organization’s strategic priorities. PSR manages FAO’s relations with resource partners, strategically matching partners’ interests to those of the Organization, and supports the negotiation of agreements. It mounts marketing analysis and campaigns around global development opportunities to decentralized and headquarters offices. PSR also oversees global programme and project reporting to resource partners. It strives to assure the highest quality of development results, through providing project cycle oversight and support and policy design for operational modalities and outsourcing. PSR assures the financial and contractual compliance of agreements negotiated and signed with resource partners in close coordination with FAO's legal, procurement, and financial services, as well as decentralized and headquarters offices.

Within this framework, Capacity Development is there to facilitate knowledge sharing and information exchange throughout the entire organization, concurrently fostering the enhancement of capabilities at both the individual and team levels.

The post Is located in PSR at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy and is 80 per cent office based.

**Reporting Lines**

Under the overall supervision of the Head of the Marketing Unit, the consultant will report and work under the day-to-day supervision of the Capacity Development Team Lead.

**Technical Focus**

The incumbent will act as primary focal point for capacity development in the Division (PSR). They will develop strategies and activities around RM capacity development, which include the conceptualization, implementation and delivery of trainings around the FAO strategic objectives, i. e. PPAs and 4 Betters, in response to the demand from Decentralized Offices (DOs), Headquarters and more specific Ad Hoc trainings. Being the focal person to RM colleagues at DOs, the Specialist will represent FAO’s endeavor in capacity development.

**Tasks and responsibilities**
- Develop along with the Capacity Development Team strategies and activities on RM, which include the conceptualization, implementation, and delivery of trainings around the FAO strategic objectives, (i. e. PPAs and 4 Betters), in response to the demand from Decentralized Offices (DOs), Headquarters and more specific Ad Hoc trainings.
- Develop training session main concepts and ideas, coordinating this activity along with PPA Leaders, Lead Technical Officers (LTOs) and DOs, ensuring the seamless delivery of well-built and focused sessions.
- Manage the organization, coordination, and delivery of online, hybrid and/or face-to-face coaching sessions; and any other sessions at HQ level/DOs, targeting FAO Representatives, RM-related staff based at DOs.
- Have regular consultations with the DOs Officers to collect information on their development of learning roadmaps, aiming at elaborating strategic training plans which can fulfil the main goals of the Regions.
- Liaise regularly with OER, PSU and OCC to continuously sharing key information on Capacity Development activities. Liaise with the CSH Unit, which is in charge of training and development, coordinating specifically on RM related sessions.
- Undertake any other duties as required by the Team Leader, Programme Officer and PSR Management.
- Formulate and implement capacity trainings, starting from the conceptualization phase to the delivery of virtual trainings under the refreshed RM business model in line with the New Strategic Framework of FAO 2021-2025. This will include consulting DOs on specific training ideas; drafting training flows and supporting the preparation of various types of learning material; coordinating the entire