Value Chains and Agribusiness Expert

Provide analytical and technical support on agrifood value chains and agribusiness, including functioning of agricultural markets and rural finance, agricultural support services for the formulation, implementation and evaluation of investment policies, strategies, programmes, and projects in agribusiness and value chain development, agrifood systems transformation, and rural development.

Responsibilities:

• Delivering investment and finance support solutions through the provisions of technical expertise/assistance and support to capacity development, in collaboration with country stakeholders and cooperating partners, to achieve impact at scale in the transformation of agrifood systems within the scope of the FAO Strategic Framework.
• Provide technical expertise for the preparation of studies and strategies food and agriculture, agrifood systems transformation, rural development, natural resources management and agro-processing in the formulation of national sector and/or sub-sector investment plans and programmes.
• Support the development of inclusive and sustainable food systems involving producers, their organizations, other private sector actors, and civil society organizations and government.
• Formulate and deliver capacity development initiatives in the areas of food and agriculture, rural development, natural resources management and climate resilience, and agro-processing investment support to government staff, and non-state actors and private sector organizations.
• Promote international cooperation and collaboration leading to new investment opportunities and cooperative agreements, advocate best practices and effective policy dialogue and provide technical expertise at international meetings.
• Providecontributions to value chain development, agribusiness development, food systems transformation agriculture and rural development, to develop national or regional strategies, plans and operations for their investment implications, technical and environmental feasibility and compliance with national policies and priorities.
• Provide critical review, analysis, and advice on sustainable value chain development, agribusiness development, agrifood system transformation, with focus on poor rural and urban areas.
• Establish, promote and maintain relationships with the 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.

Minimum Requirements:

• Advanced university degree in agriculture, economics, agricultural economics, agricultural marketing, rural development, international development, agribusiness, resource and environmental economics, food systems, food technology, and related fields is required. A relevant first-level university degree in the above fields in combination with two years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree..
• A minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in planning and implementing agrifood development programmes, including experience in the formulation and/or implementation of food systems, agrifood value chains, food security, agriculture, rural development, natural resources management, agricultural extension systems and agribusiness investment operations in developing countries and/or countries in transitionor related area is required.
• Working knowledge of English.

Source: https://jobs.fao.org/careersection/fao_external/jobdetail.ftl?job=2403557