Senior Livestock Development Officer

FAO

Plans, manages, and/or leads highly specialized or multidisciplinary teams, leads, coordinates, and/or participates in Regional Committees, project teams, and working groups, and/or provides technical leadership/secretariat services on technical networks and/or international technical policy and standard setting bodies.

Analyses global and country specific requirements and relevant technical issues to provide critical input into the FAO Strategic Framework, Programme of Work, work plans and the supporting budgets and/or resourcing strategies.

Implements and monitors programmes of work involving the development of the approach, evidence-based strategies, and related tools, methodologies and the supporting system/database, monitoring and reporting frameworks.

Conducts, designs and oversees research and analysis activities to support the development of technical standards, international instruments, innovation, technical reports, publications and/or ongoing programme development as well as the provision of technical and/or policy advisory services.

Provides technical and policy advice to Members and technical support to Decentralized Offices in the development and implementation of their programmes.

Leads and/or collaborates in, provides technical backstopping to and ensures the quality/effectiveness of capacity development and knowledge sharing activities with Members such as policy support, organizational development and individual learning events including preparation of related information, learning, online tools.

Represents the Organization at international meetings and conferences, identifies and implements strategic partnerships, advocates best practices and increased policy dialogue and develops and negotiates effective working relationships/consensus and agreements with international and national stakeholders.

Leads and/or participates in resource mobilization activities in accordance with the FAO Corporate Strategy.

Provides vision and strategic thinking on animal production and health related matters for the development and implementation of FAO s programmes of work, with a focus on sustainable and resilient agrifood systems and the Sustainable Development Goals.

Provides strategic support and leadership on One Health and related issues at the regional level.

Provides expertise on strategies, approaches, technologies in livestock production and health for emergency preparedness and during emergency response operations.

Provides support to Member countries in implementing global and region-specific strategies to control and eradicate Transboundary Animal Diseases, zoonotic diseases, and antimicrobial resistance.

Implements and monitors FAO programmes of work as they relate to sustainable livestock development (comprising both animal production and health) (identification, preparation, implementation, monitoring - evaluation).

Provides advice support to Members in implementing the Global Plan of Action for Animal Genetic Resources, the Global Plan of Action for Sustainable Livestock Transformation, the One Health in Agrifood Systems Framework, the FAO Animal Health Strategy.

Supports resource mobilization consistent with RNE's work plan and strategic vision and the FAO Strategic Framework.

Advocates and promotes the work of FAO animal production and health including One Health with governments and partners and seeks to establish and strengthen partnerships with relevant partners in support of the work in RNE.

Ensure effective liaison, integration and linkage on animal production, animal health, Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and One Health between headquarters , Animal Production and Health Division (NSA) and RNE.

Performs other related duties as required.