Investment Support Officer

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• 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.

• 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.

• 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. 

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