Fishery Officer Lazio

Fishery Officer
Roma
Lazio, Lazio

Job Posting: 10/Oct/2024

Closure Date: 31/Oct/2024, 5:59:00 PM

Organizational Unit: Fisheries and Aquaculture Division, NFI

Job Type: Staff position

Type of Requisition: Professional Project

Grade Level: P-4

Primary Location: Italy-Rome

Duration: Fixed-term: one year with possibility of extension

Post Number: 1076779

CCOG Code: 1H05

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- **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 FAO's values

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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 Fisheries and Aquaculture Division (NFI) works with Members and partners to transform aquatic systems and promote the responsible and sustainable management of aquatic food systems, for better production, better nutrition, a better environment, and a better life.

Leaving no one behind.

The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) is a regional fisheries management organization (RFMO) established under the provisions of Article XIV of the FAO Constitution.

Its main objective is to promote the development, conservation, rational management and best use of living marine resources, as well as the sustainable development of aquaculture in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.

To this end, the GFCM formulates and recommends appropriate measures and ensures these recommendations are implemented; coordinates efforts by countries to effectively manage fisheries and aquaculture; monitors the status of fishery resources and carries out scientific work to support advice and decision-making; coordinates and benefits from the support of projects and programmes at the regional and subregional levels to enhance scientific cooperation and capacity-building among its contracting parties and cooperating non-contracting parties.

To support these endeavours and fulfil its mandate, the GFCM collaborates, interacts, gathers and shares information with a wide network of national institutions, consortia and academia, international organizations, intergovernmental, non-governmental and civil society organizations, as well as experts and scientists.

In this context and as its activities bring new projects, fields of work and an expanding organizational remit, new products and events need to be properly prepared and promoted.

In addition, for its ambitious strategies to succeed, the GFCM needs to communicate effectively about its work and its impact to key audiences and stakeholders.

Good communication can contribute to obtaining support and participation and securing cooperation between all stakeholders involved.

The post is located in the GFCM headquarters at Palazzo Blumenstihl (Via Vittoria Colonna 1, 00193, Rome, Italy) and the incumbent is expected to provide expert support to the Executive Secretary and relevant staff of the GFCM Secretariat including its subregional technical units, transversally.

**Reporting Lines

The Fishery Officer reports to the GFCM Executive Secretary and collaborates with relevant staff in the GFCM Secretariat, both at GFCM office in Rome, Italy and in the subregional technical units, transversally.

S/he supervises a team of specialists dedicated to the implementation of the GFCM workplan on compliance related matters.

**Technical Focus

Support the full implementation of GFCM policies by Contracting Parties and Cooperating non-Contracting Parties (CPCs) related to decisions adopted, in particular on fisheries management, in accordance with i) the mandate of the GFCM and its Compliance Committee; ii) Targets 3 and 5 of its mid-term strategy; iii) select objectives in Ministerial Declarations in place and; iv) relevant policy instruments, thereby contributing to curb IUU (illegal, unreported and unregulated) fishing, including via enhanced MCS and working relationships with relevant organizations and stakeholders.

**Key Results

Comprehensive technical and policy expertise to support the planning, developm