Reporting Lines
The Agricultural specialist reports to the SFW Agricultural Officer, under the overall guidance of the FAO Sub Regional Coordinator for West Africa.
Technical Focus
Team leadership, technical expertise for the appropriate planning, development and implementation of the FAO projects and timely delivery of the project outputs and strategic capacity development.
Tasks and responsibilities
- Provide recommendation and help withinside the design, planning, and implementation of subject projects, products, and/or offerings aimed toward improving sustainable crop manufacturing systems, enhancing crop productivity, and selling sustainable crop protection.
- Contribute to the improvement and alertness of revolutionary and innovative techniques to cope with demanding situations withinside the subject, making sure the combination of high-quality practices and sustainable solutions.
- Monitor and examine undertaking outcomes, imparting guidelines for non-stop development and adapting techniques to beautify long-time period sustainability.
- Provide help to cope with FAO u . s . requests for technical help on agricultural inputs specifications (seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, and implements)
- Provide technical help/evaluation to numerous assessments, research and projects along with backstopping to subject projects.
- Support capability improvement sports in Member Countries concerning the availability of recommendation, technical help projects, schooling workshops, seminars, and conferences in addition to oversee the improvement of associated materials, on line gear and statistics kits.
- Support in programme improvement, conferences and meetings guidance and reporting
- Report on development towards plans, agreed outputs, and demanding situations;
Candidates will be assessed against the following
Minimum Requirements
- University diploma in agricultural crop sciences ideally agronomy or a associated area consisting of seed breeding and manufacturing, horticulture, entomology, civil engineer, etc]
- At least 5 years of applicable enjoy in [agricultural project design and delivery aimed at promoting sustainable cropping systems, resilience, innovations and technologies dissemination and scaling up]
- Full proficiency/Working know-how of English
FAO Core Competencies
- Results Focus
- Teamwork
- Communication
- Building Effective Relationships
- Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement
Technical/Functional Skills
- Work enjoy in a couple of vicinity or place of labor, in particular in area positions in Africa is essential
- Extent and relevance of enjoy in growing and handing over programmes of labor or tasks associated with sustainable plant manufacturing
- Extent and relevance of enjoy in coping with and selling multi-stakeholder projects and partnerships
- Extent and relevance of know-how of the linkages among area, country wide and nearby applications as a foundation for network improvement for sustainable manufacturing systems;
- Demonstrated enjoy in collecting, studying and disseminating technical facts and data.
- Experience withinside the preparation, modifying and revision of technical/medical files and in organizing conferences and workshops.
- Relevant enjoy in soil science, seed technologies, included pest management, small scale own circle of relatives farming systems, or small scale mechanization
Please note that all candidates should adhere to FAO Values of Commitment to FAO, Respect for All and Integrity and Transparency
Additional information
FAO does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, processing)
Please note that FAO will only consider academic credentials or degrees obtained from an educational institution recognized in the IAU/UNESCO list
Please note that FAO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU) / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed at http://www.whed.net/
For more information, visit the FAO employment website
Appointment will be subject to certification that the candidate is medically fit for appointment, accreditation, any residency or visa requirements, and security clearances.
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