Senior Technical Officer (Conservation & Sustainable Use Of Pgrfa – Farmers' Rights

Position: Senior Technical Officer (Conservation & Sustainable Use Of Pgrfa – Farmers' Rights)
The Senior Technical Officer (Conservation and Sustainable Use of PGRFA - Farmers' Rights) reports to the Secretary (ITPGRFA), International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA), OCB.

Technical Focus
Support the Secretary (ITPGRFA) in the implementation of the International Treaty and the work of its Governing Body and intersessional bodies, especially to enhance the functioning of the Treaty's mechanisms, programmes and strategies related to the conservation and sustainable use of PGRFA, Farmers' Rights and capacity development, in cooperation with other organizations, funds and treaty bodies. Support the Secretary (ITPGRFA) in coordinating and implementing programmes of work on capacity development.

Key Results
Leadership and technical expertise for the planning, development and implementation of programmes of work, projects, related products and services in accordance with the FAO Strategic Framework.

Key Functions

Leads the development, implementation and evaluation of technical issues of assigned programmes/projects; directs the review of relevant documents and reports; identifies priorities, liaises with relevant parties; identifies and initiates follow-up actions.

Coordinates programmes and reviews the assessment of issues and trends for the implementation of programmes and projects, as well as the preparation of impact evaluation or equivalent studies.

Supervises preparation of various written outputs, e.g. background papers, analyses, substantial sections of reports, as well as studies, and inputs to publications.

Directs substantive support to consultative meetings and conferences, to include the proposition of agenda topics, identifying participants, preparation of documents and presentations.

Manages outreach activities; designs and conducts training workshops and seminars; makes presentations on assigned topics/activities.

Leads field missions, including provision of guidance to external consultants, government officials and other parties.

Provides advice to develop policies and strategies, as well as national protocols and guidelines for projects with specific domains related to FAO's work.

Specific Functions

Provides technical leadership for and overall coordination of the implementation of the conservation and sustainable use of PGRFA and the work of the relevant subsidiary body of the Governing Body of the International Treaty.

Provides technical leadership to support negotiations amongst Contracting Parties to enhance the implementation of Farmers' Rights and the work of the relevant subsidiary body of the Governing Body of the International Treaty.

Leads and/or coordinates teams to improve the implementation of the Treaty and the development of technical products and documents on the Conservation and Sustainable Use, Farmers' Rights and Capacity Development including the preparation of all the documents for the Governing Body of the Treaty and relevant subsidiary bodies and processes.

Supports the Secretary in establishing, promoting and maintaining relationships with relevant FAO Technical Units and Decentralized Offices in order to enhance the Organization's policies, plans and strategies related to the conservation and sustainable use of PGRFA, and Farmers' Rights and to ensure synergies between policy and operational work in support of the Contracting Parties.

Maintains a broad, strategic overview of international developments related to conservation and sustainable use of PGRFA, sustainable agriculture and food security, and Farmers' Rights, and supports the Secretary (ITPGRFA) in elevating the profile and leadership of the International Treaty, including further efforts to strengthen the International Treaty as a leading forum for biodiversity policy and multilateral cooperation in these areas.

Supports programmes and processes on partnership and membership for the International Treaty.

Conducts, designs and oversees research and analysis on technical reports, publications and/or on-going programme on conservation and sustainable use of PGRFA.

Supports the Secretary (ITPGRFA) and/or participates in resource mobilization activities in accordance with the…