Fishery Officer

FAO’s Subregional Office for Southern Africa (SFS) is responsible for developing, promoting, overseeing and implementing agreed strategies for addressing subregional food, agriculture and rural development priorities. It develops and maintains relations with subregion-wide institutions including Regional Economic Integration Organizations (REIOs). The Subregional Office for Southern Africa (SFS) is a subsidiary of the Regional Office for Africa (RAF).
Key Functions:

Specific Functions:
Contributes to the implementation, in Southern Africa, of global standards set under the umbrella of the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (CCRF).
Contributes to the development of policies and strategies of the program activities in the fisheries and aquaculture sector, consistent with the FAO Blue Transformation Roadmap.
Provides technical input for developing fisheries and aquaculture value addition related project proposals and conducts analyses in support of the fisheries and aquaculture activities for reporting.
Collaborates in, provides technical backstopping to and ensures the quality/effectiveness of capacity development activities aimed at member countries such as policy support, organizational development and individual learning events including preparation of related information, learning materials and on-line tools.
Provides support, as required and appropriate, to FAO implementing partners.
Ensures timely dissemination of required information to the donor community, UN agencies, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), national authorities and all partners in support to the fisheries sector.
Supports resource mobilization activities in line with FAO’s Corporate Strategy.
Performs other related duties as required.
Minimum Requirements: