The Migration Specialist will be under the overall supervision of the Director of ESP, and the direct supervision of the DRE Team Leader and FAO Technical Migration Focal Point.
Technical Focus
Support to FAO’s work on migration at global, regional and/or country level.
Tasks and responsibilities
• Contribute to the provision of policy and technical support to Technical Divisions, Decentralized Offices and Countries for the development and implementation of policies, strategies, programmes and projects related to rural migration;
• Support the development of evidence, good practices and lessons learnt to improve the understanding of the policies, approaches and institutional contexts as well as of sectoral (agrifood system) solutions related to challenges and opportunities of rural migration;
• Support the development, dissemination and uptake of DRET/migration knowledge products, technical documents, capacity development materials and advocacy and information materials;
• Contribute to the organization of capacity development and awareness raising events and FAO’s participation in global and regional fora of relevance for rural migration;
• Contribute to country and resource partner requests for formulating programmes and projects focusing on, or relevant to, rural migration;
• Provide support to any other tasks as required.
CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING
Minimum Requirements
• Advanced university degree in migration, rural development, political or social sciences, climate change, natural resource management, agriculture or other related field.
• At least 5 years for Level B and at least 1 year for Level C of relevant experience in policy assistance and programme development in the field of rural development and/or poverty reduction and/or rural employment, with experience related to migration.
• Working knowledge (level C) of English, French or Spanish and knowledge of a second FAO language (English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Russian) is an asset.
FAO Core Competencies
• Results Focus
• Teamwork
• Communication
• Building Effective Relationships
• Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement
Technical/Functional Skills
• Familiarity with migration from a rural development perspective
• Extent and relevance of experience in specific migration topics such as climate mobility, migrant workers in agriculture, diaspora engagement in agribusiness or climate action in agrifood systems, rural reintegration of returnees, rural youth employment for prospective migrants, data/empirical analysis of rural migration
• Strong writing skills
• Extent and relevance of experience in interdisciplinary work and multistakeholder action
• Work experience in more than one location or area of work a plus
Selection Criteria
• Extent of knowledge and experience in policy support and technical assistance as well as programme/project development or knowledge generation in the field of rural migration.
• Level of knowledge and experience in concepts and methodologies related to rural migration.
• Extent of experience in advocacy, policy support, capacity development and technical assistance related to rural migration.
• Experience in working in multidisciplinary and multi-cultural teams.
Please note that all candidates should adhere to FAO Values of Commitment to FAO, Respect for All and Integrity and Transparency
