Deputy Director, Markets and Trade Division
Deputy Director, Markets and Trade Division
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Job Description
Leadership Competencies
Results focus: Takes accountability for the delivery of agreed results in service of FAOs strategic framework - Leading engaging and empowering others: Coordinates directs facilitates and recognizes team efforts; creates an enabling environment and assists others to realize and develop their potential - Communication: Encourages and contributes to clear and open communication - Partnering and Advocating: Promotes ideas and develops partnerships to advance the Organizations work - Knowledge sharing and continuous improvement: Continually seeks to improve the knowledge skills and work processes of oneself and others - Strategic thinking: Makes informed and coherent decisions aligned with broader goals and strategies.
FAO is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender nationality background and culture
Qualified female applicants qualified nationals of non-and under-represented Members and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply
Everyone who works for FAO is required to adhere to the highest standards of integrity and professional conduct and to uphold FAOs values
FAO as a Specialized Agency of the United Nations has a zero-tolerance policy for conduct that is incompatible with its status objectives and mandate including sexual exploitation and abuse sexual harassment abuse of authority and discrimination
All selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks
All applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality
FAO staff are subject to the authority of the Director-General who may assign them to any of the activities or offices of the Organization.
Organizational Setting
The Markets and Trade Division (EST) monitors and analyses developments and trends in international regional and national agricultural commodity markets and the factors affecting them collecting and disseminating up-to-date and comprehensive market and policy information for the major traded commodities and those important to food security. It also undertakes forward-looking outlook studies. The Division analyses issues that affect global food and agricultural markets and trade including analysis of trade policies and agreements and provides technical support and capacity development to FAO Members in all these areas. Through its Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture (GIEWS) the Division is responsible for FAOs early warnings on food shortfalls and food security problems. The Division is responsible for FAOs flagship publication The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets (SOCO). The Division also hosts the secretariats of the Committee on Commodity Problems (CCP) and its subsidiary Intergovernmental Groups (IGGs) the G20 Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) and the World Banana Forum (WBF).
The position is located in the Markets and Trade Division (EST) at FAO headquarters in Rome Italy.
Reporting Lines
The Deputy Director reports to the Director EST.
Summary of Duties and Functions
Under the overall guidance of the Director EST and as a member of the Management Team of the Economic and Social Development (ES) Stream the Deputy Director will:
Support the Director EST in exercising overall management responsibility for the Division including strategic vision advice planning and implementation of the Divisions programme of work in line with the FAO Strategic Framework;
Support the Director in the efficient management of the human and financial resources
Serve as Officer-in-Charge for day-to-day matters in the absence of the Director EST;
Ensure effective linkages between the work plans and activities of the Division and the FAO Strategic Framework from planning to implementation monitoring and reporting;
Provide technical leadership and quality assurance for the Divisions outputs in the areas of commodity markets early warning agricultural trade and trade policy and agreements;
Lead and contribute to the divisional analytical outputs market assessments and projections trade policy analysis and capacity development activities;
Lead the divisional Editorial Committee for publications;
Support the planning production and dissemination of the Divisions publications including Food Outlook the OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook and The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets (SOCO);
Support the work of the Committee on Commodity Problems (CCP) and its subsidiary bodies;
Support the Director in enhancing programmatic collaboration with FAO technical divisions regional offices and country offices to ensure synergy and coherence in commodity market and trade related work;
Identify assess and make recommendations regarding opportunities to support FAO Members;
Foster and strengthen strategic partnerships with governments and relevant organizations and institutions in support of the work programme of the Division;
Support the development of projects and the mobilization of resources consistent with the Divisions work programme and mandate as well as the FAO Strategic Framework;
Coordinate cross-team activities and initiatives and promote collaboration to ensure coherence and synergy across the various work streams of the Division and across divisions;
Represent the Organization in high-level intergovernmental processes conferences meetings and events relevant to the mandate and activities of the Division;
Promote the visibility and impact of FAOs market and trade work through outreach activities publications and media engagement;
Support the preparation of keynote speeches technical presentations and policy briefs for senior management;
Perform other duties as required.
CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING
Minimum Requirements
Advanced university degree (Masters Degree or equivalent) in agricultural economics economics or a related field. Additional qualifications related to agricultural trade and commodity markets and/or a relevant Ph.D. would be an asset;
Minimum twelve years of relevant experience in the analysis of commodity markets and agricultural trade price and policy analysis and food security issues including a relevant publication record;
Demonstrated technical leadership and experience in agricultural market and trade policy issues with particular emphasis on issues of concern to developing countries;
Demonstrated skills and experience in managing for results supervising and networking including possible relevant working experience in a developing country context;
International experience in providing policy advice to high-level decision-makers including in intergovernmental settings;
Proven analytical abilities and excellent drafting skills as demonstrated in past work products (quantitative analysis analytical and policy papers interagency reports and flagship publications);
Excellent communication skills and diplomacy;
Ability to lead and work effectively with a diverse team of people of different national and cultural backgrounds in an international setting;
Working knowledge (proficient level C) of English and limited knowledge (intermediate level B) of another FAO official language (Arabic Chinese French Russian or Spanish).
Candidates are requested to attach a letter of motivation to the online profile
Once your profile is completed please apply and submit your application
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 may be requested to provide performance assessments and authorization to conduct verification checks of past and present work character education military and police records to ascertain any and all information which may be pertinent to the employment qualifications
Incomplete applications will not be considered
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Only applications received through the FAO recruitment portal will be considered
Your application will be screened based on the information provided in your online profile
We encourage applicants to submit the application well before the deadline date.
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Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
