Programme Officer (Global Fire Management Hub) Lazio

Programme Officer (Global Fire Management Hub)
Roma
Lazio, Lazio

Job Posting: 10/Feb/2025

Closure Date: 03/Mar/2025, 4:59:00 PM

Organizational Unit: NFO

Job Type: Staff position

Type of Requisition: Professional Project

Grade Level: P-2

Primary Location: Italy-Rome

Duration: Fixed-term: 1 year with possibility of extension

Post Number: 2010581

CCOG Code: 1A02

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- **Qualified female applicants, qualified nationals of non-and under-represented Members and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply**:

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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 Forestry Division leads FAO's work in promoting sustainable forest management and providing leadership on the environmental, social and economic dimensions of forestry, including its contributions to poverty reduction and food security and nutrition.

It liaises with Member Nations, civil society and the private sector in aspects ranging from development of effective forest policies to forest conservation and management issues and strengthens the role of forests in climate change mitigation and adaptation.

The Division also collects, analyses and disseminates information on the world's forest resources and on the production, trade and consumption of wood and non-wood forest products.

The Forestry Division also hosts the Secretariat of the Global Fire Management Hub (Fire Hub), which brings together key partners to strengthen countries' capacities for integrated fire management with the major impact of reducing the many negative effects of wildfires on people, landscapes, biodiversity and global climate stability.

The position is located in the Forests and Climate Team of the Forestry Division (NFO) at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy.

**Reporting Lines

The Programme Officer (Global Fire Management Hub) reports to the Senior Forestry Officer/Team Leader of Forests and Climate in the Forestry Division (NFO) and collaborates closely with colleagues in FAO headquarters and Decentralized Offices working on integrated fire management.

**Technical Focus

The Programme Officer (Global Fire Management Hub) provides support to the Global Fire Management Hub Secretariat and related projects and initiatives on integrated fire management.

**Key Results

Develop, implement, monitor and evaluate assigned programmes/projects.

**Key Functions

- Carries out basic research on selected aspects of programmes, operations and other activities; collects, analyses and presents statistical data and other information gathered from diverse sources.

- Provides substantive support for policy coordination and evaluation functions, including the review and analysis of emerging development issues and trends, participation in impact evaluation or equivalent studies.

- Participates in survey initiatives; supports data collection, reviews, analyses and interprets responses, identifies problems/issues and prepares preliminary conclusions.

- Contributes to the preparation of various written outputs, e. g.

draft background papers, analytical notes, sections of reports and studies, inputs to publications.

- Undertakes outreach activities; participates in the development of training workshops, seminars; participates in and makes presentations on assigned topics/activities.

- Participates in field missions, including provision of substantive and administrative support, data collection, etc.

- Monitors activities related to budget funding (programme/project preparation and submissions, progress reports, financial statements) and preparation of related documents/reports (work programme, programme budget.

), as necessary.

**Specific Functions

- Supports the preparation, monitoring and updating of the Fire Hub Secretariat's annual workplans, and day-to-day implementation of activities.

- Ensures the Logical Framework Matrix for the Fire Hub i