Social Policy Officer (Social Protection) Lazio

Social Policy Officer (Social Protection)
Roma
Lazio, Lazio

Job Posting: 21/Nov/2024

Closure Date: 12/Dec/2024, 4:59:00 PM

Organizational Unit: ESP

Job Type: Staff position

Type of Requisition: Professional

Grade Level: P-2

Primary Location: Italy-Rome

Duration: Fixed-term: two years with possibility of extension

Post Number: 2002507

CCOG Code: 1L

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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**:

- **FAO, as a Specialized Agency of the United Nations, has a zero-tolerance policy for conduct that is incompatible with its status, objectives and mandate, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination**:

- 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 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 Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division (ESP) coordinates Programme Priority Areas on gender equality and rural women's empowerment and on inclusive rural transformation. The Division works with Members and other partners to achieve resilient and inclusive rural livelihoods for people living in conditions of vulnerability, reduce gender inequalities and advance women's economic empowerment and promote people-centred climate action and equitable access to natural resources. The Division also leads efforts to integrate the cross-cutting themes of gender, youth and inclusion throughout the work programmes of the Organization. ESP structures its work around three core Objectives: 1) Build sustainable and resilient livelihoods for vulnerable people in agrifood systems; 2) Achieve gender equality and women's empowerment in agrifood systems; and 3) Promote equitable, inclusive and sustainable climate action and natural resource management.

The post is located at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy, in the Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division's (ESP) Social Protection Team and largely contributes to the Divisional Objective 3 "Promote equitable, inclusive and sustainable climate action and natural resource management".

**Reporting Lines

The Social Policy Officer (Social Protection) reports to the Senior Social Policy Officer/Social Protection Team Leader.

**Technical Focus

Provide specific technical expertise on inclusivity in FAO's work on social protection systems.

**Key Results

Collection, analysis and review of information, data and statistics, and project/meeting services to support programme products, projects, publications, and services and in alignment with the Organization's Policy on Gender Equality.

**Key Functions

- Collects, reviews/cross checks and/or analyses relevant agricultural, economic, trade, market, social, environmental, nutrition/food composition and/or gender related data, statistics and information to support delivery of programme projects, products, publications and services.

- Undertakes analysis, provides technical input for plans and reports and edits/revises technical documents and/or publications.

- Participates in the development of improved tools and methodologies.

- Updates databases and web pages.

- Participates on multidisciplinary project/work teams.

- Participates in the development of training materials and the organization of workshops/seminars etc.

- Participates in the organization, conduct and follow-up of meetings, consultations and conferences, the development/production of required materials and the provision of information and assistance to partners.

**Specific Functions

- Delivers technical assistance to FAO Decentralized Offices and governments for making social protection systems responsive to rural women and other population groups (e. g. Indigenous Peoples, people living with disabilities etc. ).

- Contributes to delivering technical and capacity development support to civil society organizations working on collective action for enabling them to effectively engage in social protection policy dialogue, policy implementation and policy evaluation.

- Undertakes quantitative and/or quali