Senior Officer, Rural Employment and Poverty Reduction Duty Station, FAO (No: 2078-ESW)
Date: 07/10/2008
Introduction: Under the general supervision of the Director, ESW and the Principal Advisor, ESW, the incumbent will: Provide advice and technical support for the development and implementation of FAO’s rural employment strategy to ensure equitable rural development, sustainable and diversified livelihoods, poverty reduction and food security, including preparing reports on progress in implementation. Lead and/or participate in missions to Member countries to provide policy advice, orient economic research or identify/formulate policy-related or technical programmes and projects to achieve more equitable, remunerative, and safer conditions of employment in agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and rural enterprises, with a focus on economic growth while reducing vulnerability and social exclusion and eliminating the worst forms of child labour. Provide guidance/technical support for empirical research and analytical studies on rural labour markets, with particular reference to gender, equity and poverty issues, migration, and demographic trends, and contribute to the generation and analysis of gender disaggregated rural labour data and statistics. Send your application to: V.A 2078-ESW, Ms. Eve Crowley, Principal Advisor, ESW - ES Department, FAO Via delle Terme di Caracalla 00100 Rome ITALY, Fax No: +39 06 5705 2004, E-mail: VA-2078-ESW@fao.org This vacancy is open to male and female candidates. Applications from qualified women candidates and applications from qualified candidates from non/under-represented member states are encouraged.Deadline For Application: 22 October 2008.
