Economist; Data Analyst

Position: Economist (Data Analyst)
Job Title:

Economist (Data Analyst)
Solicitation Number: 2502892

Job Posting
Posting Date: 09/Dec/2025

Closure Date
30/Dec/2025, 10:59:00 PM

Organizational Unit
EST

Job Type
Staff position – Professional – Grade Level: P-3

Primary Location
Italy – Rome

Duration
Fixed‑term: two years with possibility of extension

Post Number
0090840

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Organizational Setting
The Markets and Trade Division (EST) monitors and analyses developments and trends in international, regional and national agricultural commodity markets and the factors affecting them. It collects and disseminates up‑to‑date and comprehensive market and policy information for the major traded commodities and those important to food security. It undertakes forward‑looking outlook studies, analyses issues that affect global food and agricultural markets and trade, and provides technical support and capacity development to FAO Members in all these areas.

Through its Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture (GIEWS), the Division is responsible for FAO's early warnings on food shortfalls and food security problems. EST is also responsible for the production of FAO flagship publication The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets (SOCO) and the Organisation for Economic Co‑operation and Development – FAO (OECD‑FAO) Agricultural Outlook. The Division houses the secretariats of the Committee on Commodity Problems (CCP) and its subsidiary Intergovernmental Groups (IGGs), the G20 Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) and the World Banana Forum (WBF).

The post is located in the Office of Director, Markets and Trade (EST) Division at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy.

Reporting Lines
The Economist (Data Analyst) reports to the Deputy Director, under the overall guidance of the EST Director.

Technical Focus
The Economist (Data Analyst) will provide data, indicators and quantitative analyses on topics related to agricultural markets and trade.

Key Results
Research and analysis of information, data and statistics, and the maintenance and updating of related tools, methodologies, and/or databases to support the delivery of programme products, projects, publications, and services.

Key Functions

Researches and analyses agricultural, economic, trade, market, social, environmental, nutrition/food composition and/or gender related data, statistics and information to provide technical, statistical and/or policy related information and analysis to support the delivery of economic and social…