South-South Cooperation Officer

The South-South Cooperation Officer supports the promotion and operational effectiveness of South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) in the Latin America and Caribbean region. The role involves policy support, knowledge sharing, monitoring SSTC-related programmes, and facilitating partnerships and resource mobilization in line with FAO's Strategic Framework.

Responsibilities

• Support the promotion of the South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) in RLC, focusing on governmental institutions in support of the FAO mandate and Strategic Framework 2021-2030.
• Provide policy support, knowledge sharing and good practices on transformative SSTC within the region.
• Monitor SSTC-related programmes and activities in the region and report to key internal and external stakeholders on the results.
• Support country-level actions guided by FAO's Country Programming Frameworks (CPFs) and regional priority frameworks.
• Provide technical assistance and participate in negotiations with governments, partners, FAO units and programmes in the development and expansion of SSC initiatives.
• Assist FAO Representatives and regional organizations in identifying SSC initiatives to support CPF and regional strategies.
• Contribute to implementation coordination and consultation with regional staff.
• Build partnerships with relevant stakeholders and support resource mobilization for SSC.
• Contribute to the development of a results-based monitoring and evaluation system and SSC communication strategy.
• Prepare analytical reports and provide information on SSC achievements and lessons learned.
• Produce briefs and documents explaining donor policies and alert senior management on donor issues and recommendations.
• Support coordination of meetings and ensure effective coordination with relevant HQ Divisions.
• Support Country Offices on reporting SSTC within the Country Annual Reporting process.
• Monitor existing SSTC agreements, initiatives and partnerships and provide comprehensive reports to senior management.
• Explore new strategic SSTC opportunities and partners to support country-level actions.
• Assist in analyzing internal policies and processes on SSTC and propose improvements.
• Support review of SSTC materials, activities, processes and messages shared with partners.
• Provide support to staff in Decentralized Offices on corporate requirements related to SSTC.
• Assist in developing tools for capacity building and sharing experiences among staff to strengthen FAO's capacity to implement SSTC programmes.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in agricultural, economics, social sciences or closely related fields.
• Three years of relevant experience in agriculture and rural development, including experience in programme/project formulation/implementation, planning, partnership, policy development, capacity building, resource mobilization and monitoring and evaluation, including international experience.
• Working knowledge (proficiency - level C) of English and intermediate knowledge (intermediate proficiency - level B) of another FAO official language of the Organization (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 agricultural development related to south-south cooperation, partnership, capacity development, knowledge exchange and technical cooperation programmes.
• Knowledge and experience in the region and experience with project formulation/implementation, resource mobilization and monitoring and evaluation.
• Familiarity with food security issues relevant to developing countries.
• Ability to effectively plan and organize work and respond promptly.
• Good communication skills, both oral and in writing.
• Demonstrated ability to analyse food security related issues and prepare analytical reports.
• Working knowledge (proficiency - level C) of Spanish is a strong asset.

Skills

• Programme Formulation
• Project Implementation
• Agricultural Development
• Rural Development Policy
• Policy Development
• Capacity Building
• Resource Mobilization
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• South-South Cooperation
• Partnership Development
• Knowledge Exchange
• Technical Cooperation
• Food Security Analysis
• Analytical Report Production
• Work Planning
• English Language Proficiency
• Spanish Proficiency

Languages

English, Spanish