Communications Specialist (Climate Change

Position: Communications Specialist (Climate Change)
Job Description - Communications Specialist (Climate Change) (2601658)

Job Description

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2601658

Job Posting
05/Aug/2026

Closure Date
26/Aug/2026, 9:59:00 PM

Organizational Unit : OCB

Job Type
Non-staff opportunities

Type of

Requisition :
Consultant / PSA (Personal Services Agreement)

Primary Location
Italy-Rome

Duration :
Up to 11 months

Post Number : N/A

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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 person 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

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All selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks

All applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality

FAO’s commitment to environmental sustainability is integral to our strategic objectives and operations.

Organizational Setting
The Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment (OCB) works to ensure that countries and stakeholders respond to the challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental degradation. OCB provides a cross-organizational coordination role on these issues and is the focal point to major multilateral environmental agreements, including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conferences (UNFCCC), and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).

The Office also assists FAO Members in their responses towards the interlinked challenges of food security, climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental degradation including through facilitating access to climate and environmental financing such as the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF). In addition, OCB hosts the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) Programme, the Secretariats of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, as well as FAO’s work on environmental safeguards and leads the Programme Priority Areas on Climate Change (PPA BE1) and Bioeconomy for Sustainable Food and Agriculture (PPA BE2).

The position is located under the Climate Change team in OCB, which provides policy advice and technical support to FAO Members on climate change including in the areas of mitigation, adaptation, transparency and loss and damage. The team is also leading the development of knowledge products and tools (i.e. NEXT, ABC-Map) and is supporting coordination and technical linkages with international climate processes and bodies, including the UNFCCC, IPCC, and related constituted bodies and work streams, ensuring alignment of programme activities with global climate policy and scientific frameworks.

Reporting Lines
The Communications Specialist will work under the overall supervision of the Climate Change Team Leader and the direct supervision of a designated Officer within the team, as appropriate. When activities are carried out in countries, the consultant will be required to work in close collaboration with the relevant FAO Representation and Regional or Country Office.

Technical Focus
Planning, design and implementation of external communications for projects and activities related to climate change and agriculture, including adaptation, mitigation, transparency, climate finance, and loss and damage, in support of the implementation of the FAO Climate Change Strategy and its Action Plan.

Tasks and responsibilities

Act as the focal point for the communications activities of the Climate Change team, ensuring coherence and alignment with FAO corporate…