GFAR: Programme Development Officer (Research, Innovation and Partnership)

GFAR: Programme Development Officer (Research, Innovation and Partnership)

Position: Programme Development Officer (Research, Innovation and Partnership), Rome, Italy

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Job Posting Date: 03/Dec/2022

Closure Date: 24/Dec/2022, 10:59:00 PM

Job Type: Staff position

Location: Italy-Rome

Duration: Fixed-term: one year with possibility of extension

Key Results

Provide technical and policy expertise to devise and implement GFAR Programme of Work and facilitate GFAR activities, especially Collective Actions.

Key Functions

1. Mobilize dialogue and collective actions among Forum Partners.
2. Articulate GFAR’s vision for making agrifood research and innovation more effective, responsive, and equitable to achieve Sustainable Development outcomes, including policy and strategy development.
3. Develop and implement methodologies, tools, and systems to support program planning and delivery, collective actions, and other GFAR initiatives.
4. Manage reports, assessments, and analyses; lead multidisciplinary teams; participate in technical networks and cross-sector studies.
5. Coordinate technical support and ensure quality and effectiveness of capacity development and knowledge sharing activities, including learning events.
6. Represent GFAR in international meetings to advance its mission, supporting member and partner engagement.
7. Collaborate with FAO units and corporate activities, including the development of strategies and organization of international scientific and innovation meetings.

Specific Functions

1. Advise the GFAR Executive Secretary on strategizing and implementing GFAR's action plan, mobilizing resources, and transforming research governance and innovation development.
2. Lead methodological support for co-creation and co-research approaches focusing on smallholder producers and food system transformation.
3. Contribute to developing strategic documents such as the Theory of Change, Engagement Principles, and Partnership Principles.
4. Mobilize GFAR members and partners for active engagement and facilitate multi-stakeholder Collective Actions, ensuring equitable participation and resource inclusion.
5. Coordinate Collective Actions on Forgotten Foods, Participatory Research, and Higher Education.
6. Support the development of research and innovation agendas aligned with SDGs through Collective Actions.
7. Coordinate content development for knowledge management and communication activities.
8. Oversee surveys, reviews, studies, publications, and presentations related to GFAR’s flagship initiatives and partnerships.
9. Organize outreach activities and prepare inputs for key meetings such as the Executive and Steering Committees.
10. Represent GFAR at international conferences and workshops, facilitating Collective Actions.
11. Build and sustain relationships with FAO, IFAD, CGIAR, and other stakeholders.