La FAO recrute un Agent forestier (suivi de la restauration), Rome, Italie
Organizational Setting
The Forestry Division (NFO) 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 countries, 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 post is located at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy, in the National Forest Monitoring (NFM) Team that supports FAO Member countries on all aspects of forest monitoring; providing reliable information for national forest and land use related policy development, planning and sustainable management; as well as aiding them to fulfill international reporting requirements under the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Under the Paris Agreement, the NFM Team supports countries on technical issues related to National Forest Monitoring Systems (NFMS), National Forest Inventory (NFI), the development of cost effective and reliable Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) processes and the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF). The NFM Team develops and maintains Open Foris (a set of tools and guidance supporting forest and land use monitoring), as well as developing and maintaining the System for Earth Observation Data Access, Processing and Analysis for Land Monitoring (SEPAL) – an easy-to-use online platform offering anyone, anywhere, unparalleled access to satellite data and super-computing power.
Reporting Lines
The Forestry Officer (Restoration Monitoring) reports to the Team Leader, National Forest Monitoring Team under the overall guidance of the Halting Deforestation and Enhancing Resilience Priority Work Stream Coordinator and NFO Director. The incumbent will work closely with the Decentralized Offices, Forestry Division (NFO) forestry experts and with other relevant FAO units.
Technical Focus
The Forestry Officer (Restoration Monitoring) will support the Forestry Division’s work related to Restoration Monitoring, and specifically geospatial elements of the monitoring and reporting platform for the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, the Framework for Ecosystem Restoration Monitoring (FERM). The Forestry Officer will also ensure technical linkage with other FAO teams and partner organizations within the context of FAO’s Strategic Framework and in alignment with the Organization’s Policy on Gender Equality.
Key Results
Research, technical analysis and project related services to support the delivery of programme projects, products and services.
Key Functions
• Researches and analyses technical, social, economic, environmental, institutional, and technology related information, data and statistics and/or related policy issues to support the delivery of programme projects, products and services.
• Produces a variety of technical information, data, statistics and reports as well as input for technical documents and web pages.
• Provides technical support/analysis to various assessments, studies and initiatives and provides technical backstopping to field projects.
• Collaborates in the development of improved/updated tools, systems, processes and databases.
• Participates on multidisciplinary teams, and/or leads working groups/teams collaborates with other divisions and agencies on work groups and committees and promotes best practices.
• Collaborates in, provides technical backstopping to and ensures the quality/effectiveness of capacity development activities within Members such as policy support, organizational development and individual learning events including preparation of related information, learning materials, online tools.
• Promotes knowledge sharing and best practices at international meetings and conferences and influences partners in stakeholder consultations.
• Supports resource mobilization activities in accordance with the FAO Corporate Strategy.
Specific Functions
• Coordinates geospatial data and geospatial platform and registry for the Framework for Ecosystem Restoration Monitoring (FERM) developed in support to the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration.
• Coordinates the provision of geospatial monitoring support to Flagship initiatives of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration.
• Supports the Task Force on Monitoring in support to the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration.
• Contributes to cross-sectoral and inter-divisional cooperation and collaboration in the context of geospatial data and the monitoring of different ecosystems.
• Supports the provision of regular monitoring and reporting of the progress of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030.
• Leads the provision of capacity development support for geospatial data for restoration monitoring.
• Supports the development of restoration monitoring modules in the SEPAL platform, and support other projects and programmes with restoration monitoring elements.
• Performs other duties, as required.
CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING
Minimum Requirements
• Advanced university degree in forestry, natural resource management or a related field.
• Five years of relevant experience in forest and land monitoring.
• Working knowledge (proficient – level C) of English and limited knowledge (intermediate – level B) of another FAO official language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish).
Competencies
• Results Focus
• Teamwork
• Communication
• Building Effective Relationships
• Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement
Technical/Functional Skills
• Work experience in more than one location or area of work, particularly in field positions.
• Depth of knowledge of forest monitoring and restoration monitoring.
• Extent and relevance of experience in country support on forest and restoration monitoring and the delivery of regional/national capacity-development workshops.
• Extent and relevance of experience in different countries and regions, especially in developing countries and countries in transition.
• Ability to mobilize resources.
