Natural Resources Officer

Job Posting: 15/Jul/2025

Closure Date: 05/Aug/2025, 4:59:00 PM

Organizational Unit: OCB

Job Type: Staff position

Type of Requisition: Professional Project

Grade Level: P-4

Primary Location: Italy-Rome

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

Post Number: 2010722

CCOG Code: 1R

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- **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**:

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- FAO’s commitment to environmental sustainability is integral to our strategic objectives and operations._

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) provides a cross-organizational coordination role on climate change, biodiversity and environmental agendas and it is the FAO focal point to major multilateral environmental agreements including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).

The Office also assists FAO Members in their responses towards the interlinked challenges of food insecurity, climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental degradation including through facilitating access to financing from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF). In addition, OCB hosts the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) Programme, the Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and FAO's work on socio-environmental safeguards.

FAO is one of the top GEF partner implementing agencies worldwide, with a portfolio of more than 400 projects valued at more than USD 1.9 billion. FAO supports eligible countries in accessing resources from the GEF family of funds comprised of: GEF Trust Fund (TF), the Least Development Countries Fund (LDCF), the Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF), and the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund (GBFF). OCB leads FAO's engagement and collaboration with the GEF Secretariat and across the 18 GEF Agencies and environmental conventions.

FAO brings to the GEF partnership extensive knowledge and expertise in the role that sustainable agrifood systems transformations play in achieving global environmental goals, including through work on climate action, sustainable agriculture, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture, and land and ecosystems restoration, among others. OCB is the coordinating unit in FAO for the UNFCCC and CBD for which the GEF serves as a financing instrument and, as such, it draws on FAO's strong field presence, technical expertise and in-depth understanding of GEF policies and procedures to assist Member Nations in accessing GEF financing. The synergies between GEF and FAO priorities and the importance of FAO's experience in the above areas have resulted in more countries choosing to work with FAO and the subsequent growth of the FAO-GEF portfolio and partnership.

This position is located in Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and the Environment at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy.

**Reporting Lines**

The Natural Resources Officer reports to the Deputy Director, OCB

**Technical Focus**

The Natural Resources Officer will provide leadership for the Clean and Healthy Ocean Integrated Programme (CHO-IP) by coordinating the execution of its Global Coordination Project (GCP). This role will focus on enhancing the effectiveness of the CHO-IP efforts to address nutrient pollution and marine hypoxia. The staff member will guide actions to curb coastal pollution from agricultural, industrial, and municipal sources through gender-responsive policies, regulatory measures, infrastructure investments, nature-based solutions, and inclusive awareness-raising initiatives at global, regional, and national levels ultimately contributing to increased global environmental benefits.

**Key Results**

Comprehensive technical and policy expertise to support the planning, development and implementa