Capacity Development Officer

Job Posting: 10/Jun/2025

Closure Date: 01/Jul/2025, 4:59:00 PM

Organizational Unit: PSU

Job Type: Staff position

Type of Requisition: Professional

Grade Level: P-3

Primary Location: Italy-Rome

Duration: Fixed-term: two years with possibility of extension

Post Number: 0874256

CCOG Code: 1L

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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) contributes to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda through 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 Partnerships and UN Collaboration Division (PSU) is responsible for coordinating and overseeing the identification, strengthening and stewardship of strategic partnerships with UN agencies and non-state actors (NSAs) including civil society, academia and research institutions, family farmers' and indigenous peoples' organizations and parliamentarians.

The Division leads FAO's engagement in the UN Development System repositioning, develops capacities, fosters dialogues, scales up programmes and advocates for FAO's corporate positions in support of FAO's new Strategic Framework and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It ensures that multi-stakeholder processes and strategic interventions globally and locally are an integral part of FAO's work and provides targeted support for successful collaboration with NSAs and UN agencies.

The Division has the lead responsibility for the promotion of the Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems (CFS-RAI) and the implementation of the Food Coalition, the UN Decade of Family Farming (2019-2028) and the FAO Policy on Indigenous Peoples. It is also in charge of FAO's e-learning programmes delivered through the FAO e-learning Academy and access to scientific and technical data through knowledge platforms and enhanced information policies and standards, promotes and facilitates knowledge sharing on sustainable food security and nutrition among various stakeholders.

The position of Capacity Development Officer (e-learning) is located in the Responsible Agricultural Investments, Learning, and Agriculture Information Management Unit (PSUR) of the Partnerships and UN Collaboration Division, at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy.

**Reporting Lines**
The Capacity Development Officer (e-learning) will report to the Capacity Development Officer (e-learning)/Head of the FAO e-learning Academy under the overall guidance of the Senior Capacity Development Officer (Outreach)/Head, Responsible Agricultural Investments, Learning and Agriculture Information Management Unit in the Partnerships and UN Collaboration Division (PSU).

**Technical Focus**
Development and implementation of programmes and activities related to the design, creation and delivery of FAO e-learning courses for the use by agricultural and food security professionals worldwide; and to better link academic curricula and programmes to equip young professionals with the competencies and knowledge needed to contribute to the transformation of agrifood systems.

**Key Results**

Contribute to the development and strengthening of capacity development activities.

**Key Functions**
- Undertakes learning needs assessments and curricula design processes, through consultative multi-stakeholder workshops, including job and task analysis, knowledge and skills required by the various target audience groups.
- Applies appropriate learning strategies according to the content, based on adult learning theories and specific quality criteria for the creation of engaging learner-centric courses, with assorted interactive elements, examples, and case-based scenarios.
- Adopts experiential and reflective learning methods and selects instructional multimedia to increase learner retention, according to the target audience needs, characteristics, context and environment.
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