Natural Resources Officer; Climate Change Mitigation

Position: Natural Resources Officer (Climate Change Mitigation)
Job Posting Date
23/Jul/2026

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

Post Number
2011123

Job Type
Staff position

Type of

Requisition
Professional Project

Primary Location
Italy-Rome

Duration
Fixed-term: one year with possibility of extension

Organizational Setting
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.

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

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 issues related to climate change, biodiversity and the environment 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 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 in the Climate Change Team of the Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment (OCB) at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy.

Reporting Lines
The Natural Resources Officer (Climate Change Mitigation) reports to the Senior Natural Resources Officer (Climate Change Team Lead), and works in close coordination with the Senior Coordinator, GEF.

Technical Focus
Climate change mitigation in agrifood systems, with focus on mitigation impact assessment and greenhouse gas emissions (GEF) accounting to support the design, implementation and quality assurance of mitigation projects and programmes, the mobilization of international climate finance and other resources and FAO's engagement under UNFCCC processes.

Key Results
Research, technical analysis and project related services to support the delivery of programmes, 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 programmes, 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 Member Nations such as policy support, organizational development and individual learning events including preparation of related information, learning materials and 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…