GFAR: Programme Development Officer (Research, Innovation and Partnership)
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GFAR: Programme Development Officer (Research, Innovation and Partnership)
Programme Development Officer (Research, Innovation and Partnership), Rome, Italy
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Job Posting : 03/Dec/2022
Closure Date : 24/Dec/2022, 10:59:00 PM
Job Type : Staff position
Primary Location : Italy-Rome
Duration : Fixed-term: one year with possibility of extension
Key Results
Technical and policy expertise to devise and implement GFAR Programme of Work and facilitate GFAR activities, especially Collective Actions.
Key Functions
- Mobilizes dialogue and collective actions among Partners in the Forum.
- Spearheads GFAR’s vision to improve agrifood research and innovation for Sustainable Development, including policy and strategy development.
- Develops methodologies, tools, and systems to support programme planning and delivery.
- Manages reports, assessments, analyses; leads multidisciplinary teams; participates in networks and studies.
- Coordinates technical support and ensures quality of capacity development and knowledge sharing activities.
- Supports international meetings to advance GFAR’s mission and engages members and partners.
- Collaborates with FAO units and organizes related technical events.
Specific Functions
- Advises GFAR leadership on strategy, resource mobilization, and transforming research governance for innovation.
- Supports co-creation and co-research approaches focusing on smallholder producers.
- Contributes to strategic documents like Theory of Change and Partnership Principles.
- Engages GFAR members and partners in activities, facilitating multi-stakeholder Collective Actions.
- Coordinates actions on Forgotten Foods, Participatory Research, and Higher Education.
- Assists in developing research agendas aligned with SDGs.
- Collaborates on knowledge management and communication activities.
- Prepares surveys, studies, articles, and organizes presentations related to GFAR’s initiatives.
- Organizes outreach activities and inputs for key meetings.
- Participates in international conferences and workshops to promote GFAR’s work.
- Builds relationships with stakeholders like FAO, IFAD, and CGIAR.