Animal Production Officer Lazio

Animal Production Officer
Roma
Lazio, Lazio

Job Posting: 30/Jan/2025

Closure Date: 13/Feb/2025, 4:59:00 PM

Organizational Unit: NSAP

Job Type: Staff position

Type of Requisition: Professional Project

Grade Level: P-4

Primary Location: Italy-Rome

Duration: Short-term: 11 months

Post Number: TBD

CCOG Code: 1H01

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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) contributes to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda through the FAO Strategic Framework by supporting the transformation to MORE efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems, for _better production_, _better nutrition_, _a _better environment, _ and _a better life_, leaving no one behind.

**Organizational Setting

The Animal Production and Health Division (NSA) promotes and facilitates the sustainable development of the livestock sector, integrating scientific and technical expertise and policy advice.

It hosts technical networks in areas of animal health, genetics, feed and animal husbandry and provides analysis, policy dialogue (including intergovernmental bodies) and technical assistance.

It also supports emergency responses, mostly in animal health.

The work of the Sustainable Animal Production, Feed and Genetics Branch (NSAP) aims to improve livestock production systems so that they contribute to improving the well-being of people in an economically, socially and environmentally sustainable manner.

NSAP focus areas include livestock producers and production systems; feed and feeding strategies; animal genetic resources management; and pastoralism.

NSAP also hosts the Secretariat of the FAO Committee on Agriculture (COAG) Sub-Committee on Livestock (the Sub-Committee), established by COAG in 2020.

The Sub-Committee's mandate is to discuss and build consensus on livestock issues and priorities and it has three main thematic areas: sustainable livestock systems for food security, nutrition and inclusive economic growth; animal, public and environmental health through the One Health approach; and natural resource use, climate change and biodiversity.

The position is located in the Sustainable Animal Production, Feed and Genetics Branch (NSAP) of the Animal Production and Health Division (NSA) at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy.

**Reporting Lines

The Animal Production Officer reports to the Chief, Sustainable Animal Production, Feed and Genetics Branch, NSAP.

**Technical Focus

Following the First Session of the Sub-Committee, which took place in virtual format in March 2022, the Second Session took place in hybrid format in July 2024, with over 500 participants from 106 FAO Members.

For the Second Session, the Secretariat organized 10 meetings of the Bureau and coordinated the preparation of 12 discussion documents and 12 information documents, published in all six FAO languages.

A key discussion document was about the Sustainable Livestock Transformation Framework.

After discussing this document, the Sub-Committee recommended that FAO should develop, in consultation with Members in a participatory manner, a negotiated Global Plan of Action for Sustainable Livestock Transformation (GPA).

COAG at its 29th Session (October 2024) endorsed the Report of the Sub-Committee's Second Session.

**Key Results

Comprehensive technical and policy expertise to support the planning, development and implementation of divisional programmes, projects, products and services in accordance with FAO Strategic Framework.

**Key Functions

- Plans and leads components of multidisciplinary teams, leads and/or participates in Organization-wide, cross-divisional committees, project teams, and working groups and/or provides specialized expertise on technical networks and/or international technical policy and standard setting bodies.

- Develops technical, analytical, monitoring and reporting frameworks, and related methodologies, tools, systems and databases, etc.

to support the planning, implementation/delivery and monitoring of programmes of work, projects, products and/or services.

- Designs and conducts research, data collection, validation, analysis and/or reporting acti