Organizational Setting
The Forestry Division (NFO) leads FAO’s work in selling sustainable forest administration and offering management on the environmental, social and financial dimensions of forestry, together with its contributions to poverty discount and meals safety and diet. It liaises with Member Nations, civil society and the personal sector in facets starting from improvement of efficient forest insurance policies to forest conservation and administration points and strengthens the position of forests in local weather change mitigation and adaptation. The Division additionally collects, analyses and disseminates info on the world’s forest sources and on the manufacturing, commerce and consumption of wooden and non-wood forest merchandise.
The Forests and Biodiversity Workforce of the Forestry Division (NFO) helps FAO Member Nations on all facets of sustainable forest administration and forest biodiversity together with in dryland landscapes.

The put up is positioned within the Forestry Division (NFO) at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy.

Reporting Traces
The Forestry Officer (Dryland) experiences to the Senior Forestry Officer and Workforce Chief of the Forests and Biodiversity Workforce underneath the general steering of the Director, NFO.

Technical Focus
All facets of sustainable administration of forests and bushes in drylands, throughout the context of Programme Precedence Space Higher Atmosphere 3 (Biodiversity and Ecosystem Providers for Meals and Agriculture, BE3) of the FAO Strategic Framework.

Key Outcomes
Complete technical and coverage experience to help the planning, improvement and implementation of divisional programmes, tasks, services and products in accordance with divisional goals and the FAO Strategic Framework.

Key Capabilities
• Plans and leads elements of multidisciplinary groups, leads and/or participates in Group-wide, cross-divisional committees, mission groups and dealing teams and/or supplies specialised experience on technical networks and/or worldwide technical coverage and/or customary setting our bodies.
• Develops technical, analytical, monitoring and reporting frameworks, and associated methodologies, instruments, programs and databases, and so forth., to help the planning, implementation/supply and monitoring of programmes of labor, tasks, merchandise and/or companies.
• Designs and conducts analysis, information assortment, validation, evaluation and/or reporting actions to help the event of technical requirements, worldwide devices, modern approaches and techniques, new instruments, applied sciences, technical experiences/publications, and/or coverage proposals in addition to the supply of technical/coverage/specialist/recommendation and experience.
• Responds to nation requests for technical and coverage help, supplies technical recommendation, help and options to Decentralized Places of work and supplies technical backstopping to discipline tasks.
• Collaborates in, supplies technical backstopping to and ensures the standard/effectiveness of capability improvement and information sharing actions inside member international locations corresponding to coverage help, organizational improvement and particular person studying occasions together with preparation of associated info, studying supplies and on-line instruments.
• Promotes worldwide cooperation/advocates finest practices, will increase coverage dialogue and supplies technical experience at worldwide/intergovernmental conferences.
• Participates in useful resource mobilization actions in accordance with the FAO Company Technique.

Particular Capabilities
• Leads the identification, design, implementation and technical backstopping of programmes and tasks associated to dryland forests or agrosilvopastoral programs in shut collaboration with related technical divisions and Decentralized Places of work.
• Facilitates FAO’s cooperation and coordination with multi- and bilateral donor establishments and worldwide technical organizations on tasks and different initiatives associated to dryland forests and agrosilvopastoral programs.
• Strengthens nation capability and promotes using sustainable dryland forest and agrosilvopastoral administration in rural improvement, poverty discount efforts, degraded ecosystem restoration and combating desertification.
• Serves because the Secretary of FAO’s Working Group on Dryland Forests and Agrosilvopastoral Programs, liaises with members and organizes conferences of the Working Group.
• Represents FAO in intergovernmental conferences and negotiations associated to dryland forests and sustainable dryland administration, together with United Nations Conference to Fight Desertification (UNCCD).
• Develops sensible steering and coaching materials for dryland restoration and sustainable forest administration in drylands and conducts coaching programs associated to sustainable administration of forest sources in drylands.
• Performs different associated duties as required.

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CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

Minimal Necessities
• Superior college diploma in forest sources administration or a associated discipline.
• Seven years of related expertise in sustainable forest or agrosilvopastoral system administration and restoration, together with in drylands.
• Working information (proficient – degree C) of English and restricted information (intermediate – degree B) of one other FAO official language (Arabic, Chinese language, French, Russian or Spanish).

Competencies
• Outcomes Focus
• Teamwork
• Communication
• Constructing Efficient Relationships
• Data Sharing and Steady Enchancment

Technical/Purposeful Abilities
• Work expertise in multiple location or space of labor, notably in discipline positions, is fascinating.
• Extent and relevance {of professional} expertise in dryland forestry or agrosilvopastoral administration, particularly in growing international locations and in contexts of rural improvement, poverty discount efforts.
• Extent of technical information on sustainable forestry or agrosilvopastoral administration and restoration of dryland forests.
• Expertise in organizing regional and nationwide workshops and trainings.
• Demonstrated capability to mobilize sources.