MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION OF MARINE AND INLAND FISHERY RESOURCES 

Job Posting

: 25/Jun/2018

Closure Date

: 31/Dec/2018, 11:59:00 PM

Organizational Unit: FIAF
Type of Requisition: Consultant / PSA (Personal Services Agreement)
Grade Level: N/A

Primary Location

: Italy-Rome

Duration: Assignments from one to eleven months on a when-actually-employed basis
Tasks and responsibilities
The detailed tasks and responsibilities of each selected Consultant or PSA will be defined in the Terms of Reference for the specific assignment.
In general, depending on the specific assignment, designated tasks and responsibilities will normally include a number of the following elements:
  • Project formulation or evaluation in accordance with FAO’s Strategic Framework and the FAO project cycle.
  • Coordination and implementation of assigned activities in accordance with FAO rules and procedures.
  • Carry out field missions in line with the assignment.
  • Organization and participation in internal and external events in support of the delivery of FIAF’s programme of work, including consultation, training, capacity building and technical assistance.
  • Contribution to the provision of substantive technical inputs to relevant studies, publications and analyses, knowledge products and dissemination materials related to FIAF’s areas of work, including guidelines, manuals, research papers, capacity development and training materials
  • Collection, management and analysis of data to be used to inform and guide the Branch’s technical work.
  • Collaboration with relevant UN agencies, intergovernmental organizations, and non-governmental organizations, in the areas of FIAF’s programme of work, as well areas of mutually beneficial interest to member countries.
  • Representing FIAF at internal and external meetings, particularly those related to the development and implementation of FIAF’s activities.
  • Establish and manage relations with relevant institutions, networks and platforms that could help FAO leverage its messages and advance global dialogue on various issues related to trade in fish and fishery products, helping the Organization to promote enhanced global food security and nutrition.
  • Any other duties related to FIAF’s areas of work.
Minimum Requirements
  • Advanced university degree (Consultants) / University degree (PSA subscribers) in Biology, Fisheries Science, Marine Ecology or closely related disciplines
  • Relevant experience in the field of management and conservation of marine and inland fishery resources and preferably in one or more areas of FIAF’s work:
  • For PSA or base-level consultants (C level): one to four years of relevant experience
  • For middle-level consultants (B level): at least five years of relevant experience
  • For senior level consultants (A level): at least 12 years of relevant experience
 Working knowledge of English, French or Spanish and limited knowledge of one of the other two or Arabic, Chinese, Russian. For PSA only working knowledge of one of the above mentioned language is required.
via Foro de Medio Ambiente e Investigaciones Marinas
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