The Regional Office for Africa (RAF) leads FAO\u2019s response to regional priorities for food security, agriculture and rural development.\u00a0 It ensures a multidisciplinary approach to programmes, identifies priority areas of action for the Organization in the region and, in collaboration with departments and divisions at Headquarters, develops, promotes and oversees FAO\u2019s strategic response to regional priorities.In its programme delivery, RAF contributes to the achievements of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially the eradication of poverty, achieving zero hunger, good health and well-being. It leads the organization\u2019s agricultural trade work in sub-Saharan Africa, through the coordination and facilitation of an integrated set of activities to strengthen the capacity of African countries and their Regional Economic Communities (RECs) to develop trade strategies, design and carry out trade policies and to negotiate trade agreements that will enable them to support the implementation of agricultural and food security strategies and investment plans. RAF supports the implementation of the Malabo Declaration that made clear commitments to Boosting Intra-African Trade in Agricultural Commodities and Services, which have been reinforced recently by the signing of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)<\/p>\n
Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n Job Title:\u00a0Trade Policy Specialist\u00a0<\/strong> \u00a0<\/strong>The consultant will report to the Senior Economist (Trade) under the overall supervision of the Assistant Director General (ADG) and Regional Programme Leader. He\/she will work in consultation with other Technical Officers, the Partnerships and South-South Cooperation Division (DPS) Officer and RAF Partnerships Officers. Tasks and responsibilities<\/strong><\/p>\n In close collaboration with all team members the consultant is expected to: CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING<\/strong> FAO Core Competencies<\/strong> Technical\/Functional Skills<\/strong> The Regional Office for Africa (RAF) leads FAO\u2019s response to regional priorities for food security, agriculture and rural development.\u00a0 It ensures a multidisciplinary approach to programmes, identifies priority areas of…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6721,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[85],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-add","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39259"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6721"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39259\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nThe consultant will contribute to the activities and outputs of the Strategic Programme 4 Team: Enable Inclusive and Efficient Agricultural and Food Systems, providing technical support to FAO member countries for effective formulation of trade policies and participation in trade negotiations through the provision of the evidence base, capacity development and facilitation of fora for policy dialogue.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022\u00a0Analyse relevant data and information, synthesize literature, and support the preparation of knowledge products such as working papers, technical notes and briefs on agricultural trade policy and trade negotiations in Sub-Saharan Africa.
\n\u2022\u00a0Support stakeholder engagement activities, including dialogue events with relevant partner organizations to develop trade activities and project proposals based on evidence and analytical findings.
\n\u2022\u00a0Plan and execute activities involving technical and organizational support in response to country requests with regard to the design and implementation of agricultural trade policies and contribute to the formulation and delivery of trade-related support under various projects.
\n\u2022\u00a0Develop tailored training modules on agricultural trade, including materials based on relevant case-studies, country examples, materials for the design of interactive scenarios, etc., and contribute to the delivery of training and defining future capacity development events to ensure sustainability of learning.
\n\u2022\u00a0 Participate in missions to countries to provide technical backstopping to projects and related activities.
\n\u2022\u00a0Facilitate the organization of workshops in collaboration with concerned partners.
\n\u2022\u00a0Assist with preparing communicational products related to agricultural trade.
\n\u2022\u00a0 Perform other duties as required.<\/p>\n
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\nMinimum Requirements<\/strong>
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\n\u2022\u00a0Advanced university degree in Economics, Agricultural Economics, Business Administration, Agri-Business, Public Policy, Agricultural Sciences or related field.
\n\u2022\u00a0At least seven years of relevant experience with trade policy analysis, inter-governmental coordination on trade and markets issues and research institutions or international organizations.
\n\u2022\u00a0Working knowledge of English and limited knowledge of one of the other FAO Official languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish.<\/p>\n
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\n\u2022\u00a0Results Focus
\n\u2022\u00a0Teamwork
\n\u2022\u00a0Communication
\n\u2022\u00a0Building Effective Relationships
\n\u2022\u00a0Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement<\/p>\n
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\n\u2022\u00a0Work experience in more than one location or area of work.
\n\u2022\u00a0Extent and relevance of experience in trade policy analysis.
\n\u2022\u00a0Experience with advising governments and\/or agricultural sector stakeholders on trade and markets issues.
\n\u2022\u00a0 Extent and relevance of experience in project formulation and technical backstopping and leading multidisciplinary teams for technical implementation.
\n\u2022\u00a0Capacity to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
\n\u2022\u00a0Demonstrated ability to synthesize complex information and present ideas and recommendations in a clear and understandable manner.
\n\u2022\u00a0Computer literacy with Word, PowerPoint and basic spreadsheets.
\n\u2022\u00a0Excellent communication (both written and oral) and presentation skills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"