Food Safety Officer

Job Posting: 05/Sep/2024

Closure Date: 03/Oct/2024, 4:59:00 PM

Organizational Unit: ESF

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: 2002606

CCOG Code: 1H

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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 position is located at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy, in the Agrifood Systems and Food Safety Division (ESF), Economic and Social Development Stream. The Division provides strategic leadership for FAO's support to Members in the development of more sustainable agrifood systems. Working in close coordination with other technical units at headquarters and the Decentralized Offices, the Division is tasked with integrating FAO's scientific and economic analyses to provide improved policy guidance and targeted investment in agrifood systems. Bringing together FAO's longstanding experience and capacities in strengthening systems of food safety and quality control with its technical support to Member Nations in the areas of value chain development, agroindustry and agribusiness enterprise development, urban food systems and food loss and waste, the Division integrates and extends food systems support across the Organization.

**Reporting Lines**
The Food Safety Officer reports to the Senior Food Safety Officer, ESF.

**Technical Focus**
Effective and efficient management of food safety and of official food control measures to improve food safety at national, regional and global levels

**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, social, economic, environmental, institutional and technology related information, data and statistics and/or related policy issues to support the delivery of programme projects, products and services.
- Produces a variety of technical information, data, statistics and reports, as well as input for technical documents and web pages.
- Provides technical support/analysis to various assessments, studies and initiatives and provides technical backstopping to field projects.
- Collaborates in the development of improved/updated tools, systems, processes and databases.
- Participates in multidisciplinary teams and/or leads working groups/teams; collaborates with other Divisions/Offices/Centres 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.
- Supports resource mobilization activities in accordance with the FAO Strategic Framework.

**Specific Functions**
- Contributes to the maintenance of continuous relevance of the FAO/WHO (World Health Organization) Food Control System Assessment Tool.
- Supports the assessment of national food control systems as a basis to address the capacity development needs in a strategic manner.
- Contributes to and supports the formulation and implementation of national and regional projects aiming at strengthening food safety and food control systems (or parts thereof, such as for example, strengthening capacities in relation to Codex Alimentarius processes, development of risk based food control policies, strategies and programmes, etc.), and of the capacities of its different stakeholders to fulfill their responsibilities