Investment Support Officer

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The Sustainable Cocoa Initiative (SCI) aims to strengthen the economic, environmental, and social sustainability of the cocoa and chocolate sector, by fostering enabling policies and promoting public and private investments in the cocoa value chain. To support the SCI, CFI is collaborating with Governments, European Union (EU) Delegations and FAO Representations in Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Cameroon, the EU in Brussels, the Secretariat of the Cote d’Ivoire – Ghana Cocoa Initiative, FAO technical divisions and diverse cocoa sector actors to design and implement an integrated set of actions and provide a diverse range of services. While the SCI will focus initially on the three major African cocoa producing countries of Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Cameroon, its objective is to reach out to other cocoa producer countries in Africa and elsewhere, to engage in similar structural reforms in support of sector sustainability. As a lead implementation partner, FAO will design and implement this support in a flexible and demand-driven manner by which National Governments European Union Delegations, cocoa sector stakeholders and relevant development partners including financial institutions will articulate and agree to priority interventions, which are coherent with national goals and Initiative objectives. The initiative will thus support different stakeholders to build on the consensus that is emerging among producing countries, industry representatives, cocoa smallholders and European consumers to link increases in cocoa farmers’ revenues to a clear commitment to halt deforestation and eliminate child labour, while promoting social inclusion and gender equality.

The post is located in the West and Central Africa Service (CFIE) of the FAO Investment Centre (CFI) and based in the FAO Partnership and Liaison Office (FRIVC) in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.

Reporting Lines:

The Investment Support Officer reports to the Chief, West and Central Africa Service (CFIE), of the FAO Investment Centre (CFI) and works in collaboration with the FAO Representative, FRIVC.

Technical Focus:

Provide analytical and technical support for the formulation, implementation and evaluation of investment policies, strategies, programmes and projects in any of the following areas: agricultural and rural development, economic and financial issues, agribusiness development, access to markets, private sector development, sustainable natural resources management, land tenure, agricultural services, rural institutions, resilience and risk management, with a specific, although not exclusive, focus on investment opportunities for sustainable cocoa production and activities related to the Sustainable Cocoa Initiative (SCI) in Côte d’Ivoire.

Key Functions:

Participates in, and eventually leads multidisciplinary teams to assist governments in the identification and preparation of investment and finance support initiatives in the fields of food security, agriculture, rural development, natural resource management and agro-processing, and participates in pre-appraisal and appraisal missions.
Participates in, and eventually leads multidisciplinary teams for the implementation support and the preparation of final evaluation of investment and finance support solutions.
Provides technical expertise for the preparation of food and agriculture, rural development, natural resource management and agro-processing studies and strategies, in the formulation of national sector and/or sub-sector investment policies, plans and programmes.
Supports the development of inclusive and sustainable food systems involving producers, their organizations, other private sector actors and civil society organizations and governments.
Formulates and delivers capacity development initiatives in the areas of food and agriculture, rural development, natural resource management and agro-processing investment support to government staff, and non-state actors and private sector organizations.
Prepares documents in accordance with FAO, governments, and financing partners’ requirements.
Provides support in task organization, selection of consultants, preparation of terms of reference and in ensuring the quality of outputs.
Promotes international cooperation and collaboration leading to new investment opportunities and cooperative agreements, advocates best practices and effective policy dialogue and provides technical expertise at international meetings.
Establishes, promotes, and maintains relationships with relevant Programme Priority Areas, FAO technical units and Decentralized Offices in order to ensure best synergies between investment, policy and innovation work in support to Members.
Participates in resource mobilization activities in accordance with the FAO Corporate Strategy.
Provides guidance and advice to junior staff.

Specific Functions:

Contributes to the implementation of the Sustainable Cocoa Initiative (SCI), including preparation of work plans, review of the logical/results framework and development of the monitoring and evaluation system.
Provides technical leadership to the design and implementation of the Sustainable Cocoa Initiative (SCI) interventions in Côte d’Ivoire, and support actions at global and regional levels.
Provides technical expertise for the preparation of terms of reference for studies and strategies, as well as formulation of national sector and/or sub-sector investment plans and programmes along the cocoa value chain.
Provides technical backstopping to, and ensures the quality/effectiveness of, capacity development and knowledge sharing activities among implementing partners as well as within the countries of implementation.
Coordinates correspondence with the European Union, the European Union Delegation in Côte d’Ivoire, the FAO Partnership and Liaison Office in Côte d’Ivoire, as well as with FAO technical divisions, while advocating best practices and effective policy dialogue at international meetings (such as the Cocoa Talks) with cocoa sector stakeholders.
Assesses investment implications of food security, agriculture, rural development, natural resource management and agro-processing policies, national plans and programmes including, poverty alleviation, and climate change adaptation and mitigation.
Establishes, promotes, and maintains relationships with the FAO Partnership and Liaison Office in Cote d’Ivoire, in order to ensure best synergies between investment, policy and innovation work in support to Members.

Candidates Will Be Assessed Against The Following:

Minimum Requirements:

Advanced university degree in economics, agricultural economics, agricultural sciences, environmental sciences, agribusiness management, natural resource management, irrigation and drainage engineering, rural infrastructure engineering, social sciences, business administration or a related field.
Seven years of relevant experience in conducting agricultural/rural sector/subsector analytical studies, and/or in planning, design, supervision of agricultural and rural investment operations, including elaboration of feasibility studies and implementation of agricultural and rural investment operations in developing countries and/or countries in transition.
Working knowledge (proficient – level C) of French and limited knowledge (intermediate – level B) of English.

Source: https://jobs.fao.org/careersection/fao_external/jobdetail.ftl?job=2303859&tz=GMT%2B05%3A30&tzname=Asia%2FCalcutta

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