Senior Forestry Officer (Team Leader, Grade level P-5)

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), is seeking a dynamic and committed Senior Forestry Officer (Team Leader, Grade level P-5) to provide strong leadership and technical expertise for the planning, development and implementation of programmes of work and projects related to forest products and industries in the context of the organization’s strategic framework and related forestry priorities.

Major duties

• Shapes the Organization’s strategic directions regarding the work on forest industries and products;
• Provides strategic, managerial and technical leadership, guidance and support to the Team on forest products development, marketing and trade, including wood and non-wood forest products, wood energy and small and medium scale industries;
• Provides advice to FAO member countries to strengthen their capacity for sustainable development, production, marketing and trade of forest products, especially in the context of a green economy, and to develop sustainable forest industries;
• Conducts, designs and oversees research and analysis  activities to support the development of technical standards, international instruments, innovation, technical reports, publications and/or on-going programme development as well as the provision of technical and/or policy advisory services in the area of forest products and industries;
• Leads and/or collaborates in, provides technical backstopping to and ensures the quality / effectiveness of capacity development and knowledge sharing activities within member countries such as policy support, organizational development and individual learning events.

Qualifications

• Advanced university degree in Forestry, Wood Science or other related fields
• Ten years of relevant experience, including international experience, in programme planning and implementation in the area of forest products and/or industries including  in developing countries
• Working knowledge of English, French or Spanish and limited knowledge of one of the other two or Arabic, Chinese, Russian

FOR MORE DETAILS AND APPLICATION: Visit the iRecruitment website at http://www.fao.org/employment/irecruitment-access/en/, Reference: IRC 2660, and complete your online profile.