Responsible for all activities in relation to fisheries and aquaculture development and technical advice in support of FAO's programme of work on Blue Transformation in the Africa Region in its three components: sustainable aquaculture development, sustainable fisheries management and upgrading of aquatic foods' value chains.
Key Functions
Plans, manages, or leads highly specialized or multidisciplinary teams; leads, coordinates, and/or participates in regional committees, project teams, and working groups, and/or provides technical leadership/secretariat services in technical networks and/or international technical policy and standard setting bodies.
Analyses global and country specific requirements and relevant technical issues to provide critical inputs into the FAO Strategic Framework, Programme of Work, work plans and the supporting budgets and/or resourcing strategies.
Implements and monitors programmes of work involving the development of the approach, evidence-based strategies, and related tools, methodologies and supporting system/database, monitoring and reporting frameworks.
Conducts, designs and oversees research and analysis of activities to support the development of technical standards, international instruments, innovation, technical reports, publications and/or on-going programme development as well as the provision of technical and/or policy advisory services.
Provides technical and policy advice to Members and technical support to Decentralized Offices in the development and implementation of their programmes.
Leads and/or collaborates in, provides technical backstopping to and ensures the quality/effectiveness of capacity development and knowledge sharing activities within Members such as policy support, organizational development and individual learning events including preparation of related information, learning, online tools.
Represents the Organization at international meetings and conferences, identifies and implements strategic partnerships, advocates best practices and increased policy dialogue, develops and negotiates effective working relationships/consensus and agreements with international and national stakeholders.
Leads and/or participates in resource mobilization activities in accordance with the FAO Strategic Framework.
