Project Analyst And Reporting Specialist Lazio

Project Analyst And Reporting Specialist
Roma
Lazio, Lazio

Job Posting: 15/Oct/2024

Closure Date: 29/Oct/2024, 5:59:00 PM

Organizational Unit: PSR - Resource Mobilization Division

Job Type: Non-staff opportunities

Type of Requisition: Consultant / PSA (Personal Services Agreement)

Grade Level: N/A

Primary Location: Italy-Rome

Duration: 11 months

Post Number: N/A

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**Organizational Setting

The Resource Mobilization Division (PSR) leads and coordinates the mobilization of voluntary contributions in support of the Organization's strategic priorities.

The Resource Mobilization Division (PSR) leads and coordinates the mobilization of approximately USD 2 billion per year in voluntary contributions from a variety of resource partners including traditional and emerging donors, international organizations, development banks, vertical funds, foundations and the private sector in support of FAO's strategic priorities.

To achieve this, PSR manages the Organization's close and constant relationship with its resource partners, develops and disseminates qualitative and quantitative donor analytics, conducts extensive capacity development on resource mobilization (RM) for FAO field and headquarters staff.

PSR is also the Business Process Owner (BPO) for the negotiation of all FAO funding agreements for voluntary contributions, in line with the fiduciary standards of the Organization, acting as coordinator for various funding liaison units throughout the Organization and facilitator of all required clearances with FAO Legal, Finance, Procurement and Audit functions.

In leading FAO's engagement with Resource Partners, PSR develops tools, events and platforms to facilitate that engagement, and coordinates and oversees results reporting to ensure accountability to resource partners.

Within PSR, the consultant works as part of the PSR Reporting Team, which is responsible for project reporting policies and strives to ensure the highest quality of development results, through providing project cycle oversight and support and policy design for operational modalities. to support decentralized offices and technical units on global programme and project reporting for Resource Partners and participating/beneficiary governments, ensuring that reporting is results-based and client-oriented

**Reporting Lines

The incumbent reports to the Head of Reporting (PSR).

**Technical Focus

Project analysis and technical project reporting.

The incumbent will provide high-level technical support to write, review, revise and translate (where needed) terminal reports for Technical Cooperation Programme and Trust Fund projects in English, French, or Spanish, in collaboration with decentralized offices and technical units. He/She will act as a liaison among various Offices, streams and Divisions within FAO to provide training and guidance on reporting processes and work closely with Decentralized Offices to improve the visibility of FAO and its partners in the field.

He/She will be responsible for producing results-based reports based on the analysis of relevant project documents to ensure project terminal reports have proper content, language and consistency ensuring compliance with corporate policies, donor agreements and international reporting standards before their official submission to high-level government officials and Resource Partners.

**Tasks and responsibilities

More specifically, the specialist may be asked to perform any of the following tasks and responsibilities:

- Provide technical support in applying, interpreting and ensuring compliance with FAO's corporate policy and procedures for project Terminal Reporting, the Organization's Managing for Results Strategy (including the designation of resources, strategic programmatic planning and measurement of outcomes, outputs and development impacts), donor funding agreements, FAO's Accountability and Quality Assurance Framework, International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) and UN system-wide principles for reporting on results.

- Conduct research, interpret and analyze information, integrate evidence collected by project teams and identify gaps to ensure that relevant information and Common Country Programming Principles (e. g.

sustainability,