Forestry Officer

Job Posting: 11/Aug/2025

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

Organizational Unit: NFO

Job Type: Staff position

Type of Requisition: Professional Project

Grade Level: P-3

Primary Location: Italy-Rome

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

Post Number: 2005576

CCOG Code: 1H06

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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**:

- **Everyone who works for FAO is required to adhere to the highest standards of integrity and professional conduct, and to uphold FAO's values**:

- **FAO, as a Specialized Agency of the United Nations, has a zero-tolerance policy for conduct that is incompatible with its status, objectives and mandate, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination**:

- 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 Forestry Division (NFO) leads FAO's work in promoting sustainable forest management and providing leadership on the environmental, social and economic dimensions of forestry, including its contributions to poverty reduction and food security and nutrition. It liaises with Members, civil society and the private sector in aspects ranging from development of effective forest policies to forest conservation and management issues and strengthens the role of forests in climate change mitigation and adaptation. The Division also collects, analyses and disseminates information on the world's forest resources and on the production, trade and consumption of wood and non-wood forest products.

The position is located in the Halting Deforestation, Degradation and Emissions team within NFO at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy.

**Reporting Lines**

The Forestry Officer (Halting Deforestation, Degradation and Emissions) reports to the, Programme Officer, under the overall guidance of the Senior Forestry Officer/Team Leader of the Halting Deforestation, Degradation and Emissions Team, the Deputy Director, NFO, and the Director, NFO, and works in close coordination with NFO teams and personnel dealing with forests and climate change, supply chains, forest management and restoration, agroforestry, and forest monitoring.

**Technical Focus**

The Forestry Officer (Halting Deforestation, Degradation and Emissions) will support the Forestry Division's work related to halting deforestation, degradation and emissions, providing technical and policy expertise to planning, developing and implementing the team's activities and projects, particularly in the Africa region.

**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 Members such as policy support, organizational development and individual learning events including preparation of related information, learning materials, 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**
- Guides and/or supports the design, implementation and reporting of the team's supported projects in the Africa region, with focus on francophone countries and multi-donor funds