Programme Associate

Job Posting: 23/Aug/2024

Closure Date: 06/Sep/2024, 4:59:00 PM

Organizational Unit: ESA

Job Type: Staff position

Type of Requisition: General Service

Grade Level: G-6

Primary Location: Italy-Rome

Duration: Fixed-term: 2 years with possibility of extension

Post Number: 0095885

CCOG Code: 2102b

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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 Agrifood Economics and Policy Division (ESA) conducts economic research and policy analysis to support 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. ESA provides evidence-based support to national, regional, and global policy processes and initiatives related to monitoring and analysing food and agricultural policies, agribusiness and value chain development, rural transformation and poverty, food security and nutrition information and analysis, resilience, bioeconomy, and climate-smart agriculture. The division also leads the production of two FAO flagship publications: The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) and The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) and provides core technical support for FAO's Roadmap on achieving SDG2 without breaching the 1.5°C threshold.

The post is located in the Front Office of the ESA Division at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy.

**Main Purpose**

The Programme Associate plays a lead role in the coordination of programme/projects support services for the office. He/she performs a broad range of programme, planning and budgeting activities requiring in-depth analysis and interpretation of relevant policies, procedures and practices. The incumbent provides procedural guidance to managers and staff in the office or location.

**Supervision Received/Exercised**

The Programme Associate reports to the Director, ESA. Work is performed autonomously, showing a high degree of initiative and independent judgment. Supervision received is focused on facilitating service delivery. The incumbent provides guidance and training to programme support staff in the office.

**Working Relationships**

The Programme Associate maintains a wide range of contacts with managers, staff and stakeholders inside and outside the office. The incumbent collaborates closely with colleagues in other offices and the corporate services, ensuring the quality and consistency of programme/projects support services.

**Key Functions/Results**
- Coordinate the preparation, submission, revision and follow-up of Divisional/Office/Centre budget, as well as the monitoring and provision of information on its implementation.
- Coordinate, review and analyse the Periodic Budgetary Reports as needed.
- Assemble and synthesize data from corporate and office databases to facilitate the analysis of programmes, projects or activities, and to draft periodic or ad hoc management reports.
- Monitor projects and ensure the maintenance and retrieval of programming reference material, documentation, data and information.
- Consolidate and monitor various reports on human resources planning and expenditures, the use of non-staff resources, communication and publishing plans, IT plans and travel schedules.
- Screen incoming correspondence to identify issues requiring further attention and draft related correspondence.
- Support knowledge building and knowledge sharing across the divisions/offices through training of staff and briefing of budget holders on administrative/budgetary/planning/programming/financial procedures and processes.
- Review current processes and make recommendations to improve programme/projects administration procedures.
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