Policy Officer Lazio

Policy Officer
Roma
Lazio, Lazio

Job Posting: 30/Jan/2025

Closure Date: 28/Feb/2025, 4:59:00 PM

Organizational Unit: ESP

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: 2010553

CCOG Code: 1L09

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- FAO's commitment to environmental sustainability is integral to our strategic objectives and operations. _

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

FAO's commitment to environmental sustainability is integral to our strategic objectives and operations.

The Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty (GAAHP) initiated under the G20 Presidency of Brazil aims at providing sustained, high-level political impetus to eradicate poverty, hunger and malnutrition worldwide.

Under the Alliance, a Policy Basket will provide a menu of policy instruments proven to have a positive impact on reducing hunger, food insecurity, malnutrition and poverty that can be adapted to national or subnational contexts, and whose adaptation and implementation can be supported, upon the request of a Global Alliance member.

These policy interventions will be supported through a combination of three pillars: i) a National Pillar for domestic policy and programme implementation and/or direct country-to-country support and lesson sharing; ii) a Financial support pillar for multilateral and bilateral funding, development finance, innovative financial mechanisms, climate funding, philanthropy and others; and iii) a Knowledge pillar where institutions offer technical assistance and cooperation, capacity building and knowledge sharing.

Global Alliance Members can both provide and request support for any of these components.

The Global Alliance is implemented through a Support Mechanism hosted by FAO to create synergies and leverage technical expertise of the UN Development System and its existing footprint of UN agencies, funds, and programmes.

The Support Mechanism will consist of:

- a Rome Office based at FAO that will focus on the knowledge and finance pillars;

- three Global South Offices in Brasilia, Addis Ababa and Bangkok that will focus on the national and knowledge pillars; and

- a Washington Office that will focus on the finance pillar and relevant technical expertise and contributions by the International Financial Institutions (IFIs).

All five offices will work under the overall leadership of the Director of the Support Mechanism of the Global Alliance, who will lead the Support Mechanism on delivering the priorities established by the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty in accordance with FAO's rules and procedures.

This Support Mechanism shall remain autonomous from the hosting organization as an independent mechanism that will follow the mandate and approach contained in the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty´s Terms of Reference and Governance Framework as well as the guidance from the Board of Champions and Core Group of the Global Alliance.

This position is located in the Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division (ESP) at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy.

**Reporting Lines

The Policy Officer reports to the Director, Support Mechanism of the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty.

**Technical Focus

The Policy Officer will support the effective implementation of the Policy Basket instruments and programmes for the elimination of poverty, hunger and malnutrition worldwide.

**Key Results

Development and implementation of coherent, integrated and effective policy assistance and governance i) in accordance with FAO's delivery mechanisms, and ii) in response to new policy assistance requests.

**Key Functions

- Provides technical and policy advice and/or support to Alliance Members and relevant stakeholders in the development and implementation