Investment Support Officer

Develops agrifood investment and finance solutions across the Near East, North Africa, Europe and Central Asia, helping governments and financing partners formulate, appraise, implement and evaluate programmes spanning agriculture, rural development and natural resources.

Department: Investment Centre, Near East, North Africa, Europe and Central Asia Service

• Help governments identify and prepare agrifood investment initiatives
• Support appraisal, implementation and final evaluation of investment operations
• Develop sector studies, strategies and national investment plans
• Design capacity-development initiatives for public and private stakeholders
• Maintain partnerships that generate new investment opportunities
• Assure consultant outputs and prepare documents for governments and financing partners

• Advanced university degree in economics, agricultural economics, agricultural or environmental sciences, agribusiness, natural resource management, forestry, irrigation, rural infrastructure engineering or a related field
• Seven years of experience in agricultural or rural analysis and agrifood investment operations
• Working knowledge of English at FAO level C
• Intermediate knowledge of another official FAO language at level B

• Fixed-term staff appointment; extensions depend on performance and funding