Programme Officer (Organizational Resilience Support)

The Programme Officer supports coordination of organizational resilience and business continuity management at FAO headquarters. The role involves policy development, programme/project management, interagency collaboration, and delivery of training and events to strengthen operational resilience.

Responsibilities

• Participates in the development, implementation and evaluation of assigned programmes/projects; monitors and analyses programme/project development and implementation.
• Reviews relevant documents and reports; identifies problems and issues to be addressed and proposes corrective actions; liaises with relevant parties; identifies and tracks follow-up actions.
• Assists in policy development, including the review and analysis of issues and trends, preparation of impact evaluation or equivalent studies.
• Prepares various written outputs, e.g. drafts background papers, analyses, sections of reports and studies, inputs to publications.
• Undertakes outreach activities; conducts training workshops, seminars; makes presentations on assigned topics/activities.
• Coordinates activities related to budget and funding and prepares related documents/reports.
• Supports coordination of the activities related to the Organizational Resilience Management System (ORMS).
• Collaborates with stakeholders in strategic thinking and supports development and implementation of planned activities for all ORMS areas.
• Supports development and delivery of activities for strengthened business continuity management, including Business Impact Analysis, Maintenance, Exercise and Review (ME-R) activities, internal training, workshops and high level events.
• Contributes to policy development, review and compliance including review of ongoing processes, tools and resources.
• Collects, analyses and provides written inputs and prepares background papers and reports for high level events of the UN system organizations.
• Supports coordination of cross-cutting activities, focusing on Decentralized Offices business continuity support, ensuring synergies amongst units.
• Contributes to content development and supports delivery of facilitated sessions for testing business continuity plans and after-action review steps.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in business administration or public administration, social science, political science, international development, international relations or a related field.
• Five years of relevant experience in project or programme management and business operations including organizational resilience management.
• Working knowledge (proficiency - level C) of English and intermediate knowledge (intermediate proficiency - level B) of another official FAO language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish).
• Work experience in more than one location or area of work, particularly in field positions is desirable.
• Experience in business operations and operational resilience management.
• Experience in interagency collaboration, including engagement in operations management teams (OMT) at the country office or regional level.
• Experience in business continuity management, policy formulation, analysis, planning and implementation.
• Knowledge of UN Organizational Resilience Management standards and compliance, planning and delivery of targeted events, review of processes is considered an asset.
• Experience in business impact analysis, mapping of critical functions for effective business continuity management, Maintenance, Exercise and Review (ME-R) for Business Continuity improvements.
• Strong analytical and report writing skills on high-level interagency events is an asset.
• Professional certification in business continuity management is an asset.

Skills

• Project Management
• Programme Management
• Business Operations
• Organizational Resilience Management
• Business Continuity
• Policy Formulation Support
• Policy Analysis
• Operational Resilience Management
• Interagency Collaboration
• Operations Management Teams
• Business Impact Analysis
• Critical Function Mapping
• Business Continuity Exercise
• Business Continuity Review
• Report Writing
• Event Planning
• Training Delivery
• UN Organizational Resilience Standards
• Business Continuity Certification

Languages

English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish