Climate Change Program Assistant

The FAO Representation to the Arab Republic of Egypt opened in 1978. Over the past years, the Organization has participated in a large range of agricultural and rural development activities targeting Egypt’s specific needs. FAO’s support includes strategy, policy and institutional development, promotion of good agricultural practices and South-South Cooperation. The Organization has also taken the lead in supporting investments agriculture.

The FAO Regional Office for Near East and North Africa (RNE) services Member Countries through technical support and development of capacities of national institutions, dedicated to agriculture and food security, including producing assessments and sectoral analysis, building regional partnerships and alliances, and providing up-to-date information, knowledge and data, and assistance to governments in evidence-based policy formulation. RNE supports countries through four regional priorities. RNE’s Regional Priority 3 (RP3) on Greening Agriculture seeks to support FAO-RNE’s member countries to address the region’s challenges around degradation of land, biodiversity and water resources, climate change as well as sustainability of fisheries and agricultural production, which disproportionately affect smallholder and vulnerable populations in the region.

FAO provides technical guidance, data, and tools to implement adaptation and mitigation actions for the agriculture sectors, and create synergies between the two, towards countries’ achievement of national climate goals. In addition, FAO provides technical and implementation support to climate finance projects, including Green Climate Fund (GCF), readiness, and Global Environment Facility (GEF) projects.

Under the supervision of the Senior Programme Officer, the candidate will support tasks related to project management, workshop and events’ organization, and outreach activities in relation to the organization’s work on climate change. In particular, the candidate will help organize meetings, workshops, and webinars on climate change related topics, assist in dissemination of best practices, prepare factsheets, brochures and presentations, and assist with project implementation activities as requested.

The candidate will report to the Supervisor, providing regular updates on progress of outputs in line with set timelines. Regular meetings with the Supervisor and team will be organized. The candidate will also participate in bi-weekly meetings with the Land, Biodiversity and Climate Change team as well as in monthly meetings with the RP3 team.

Under the direct supervision of Senior Programme Officer, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:

• Support organization of events, workshops, and/or webinars on climate change topics.
• Assist in preparation of information material (factsheets, brochures, presentations, etc).
• Provide assistance with country and regional projects on climate change and natural resources management, as needed.
• Disseminate identified best practices and case studies, including water-energy-food nexus solutions and climate-smart agriculture practices, across teams and through FAO channels and networks such as the RP3 newsletter, and the UN Decade on Eco-system Restoration network.
• Facilitate potential south-south learning and dissemination exchanges on natural resources management with China.
• Perform other duties as required.