Senior Technical Officer (GEF International Waters & Chemicals And Waste Lead)

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Organizational Setting FAO is one of the top Global Environment Facility (GEF) partner implementing agencies worldwide, with a portfolio of more than 400 projects valued at more than USD 1.9 billion in grant financing. FAO supports eligible countries in accessing resources from the GEF family of funds comprised of: GEF Trust Fund (TF), the Least Development Countries Fund (LDCF), the Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF), and the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund (GBFF). OCB leads FAO's engagement and collaboration with the GEF Secretariat and across the 18 GEF Agencies and environmental conventions. The Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment (OCB) works to ensure that countries and stakeholders respond to the challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental degradation. OCB provides a cross organizational coordination role on these issues and is the focal point to major multilateral environmental agreements including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conferences (UNFCCC), and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The Office also assists FAO Members in their responses towards the interlinked challenges of food security, climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental degradation including through facilitating access to climate and environmental financing such as the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF). In addition, OCB hosts the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) Programme, the Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture as well as FAO's work on environmental safeguards and leads the Programme Priority Areas on Climate Change (PPA BE1) and Bioeconomy for Sustainable Food and Agriculture (PPA BE2). FAO brings to the GEF partnership extensive knowledge and expertise in the role sustainable agri-food systems transformations play in achieving global environmental goals, including through work on transboundary water resources management, climate action, sustainable agriculture, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture, land and ecosystems restoration, and sustainable management of areas and biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction. OCB is the coordinating unit in FAO for the UNFCCC and the UN CBD for which the GEF serves as a financing instrument and, as such, it draws on FAO's strong field presence, technical expertise and in-depth understanding of GEF policies and procedures to assist member Nations in accessing GEF financing. The OCB GEF Coordination Unit provides specialized technical and strategic expertise in the GEF International Waters (IW) and Chemicals and Waste (C-W) focal area, strengthening FAO's institutional capacity to support Member Countries in addressing complex transboundary water and pollution challenges with global environmental benefits. This position is located in the Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment (OCB) at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy. Reporting Lines The Senior Technical Officer (International Waters - Chemicals and Waste) for GEF Global Focal Areas reports to the Senior Coordinator, OCB-GEF Team. Technical Focus Leadership of FAO GEF programming and engagement across two global GEF Focal Areas International Waters and Chemicals and Waste providing strategic oversight and technical leadership to support global, regional and national action for resource mobilization and implementation of Multilateral Environmental Agreements. The position leads FAO's GEF programming on International Waters priorities, including transboundary water management, surface and groundwater, coastal and marine ecosystems, Large Marine Ecosystems, source-to-sea approaches and areas beyond national jurisdiction; and on Chemicals and Waste, including pollution prevention and reduction, life-cycle management of chemicals and waste, plastics, hazardous substances, land and sea sources of pollution and pollution in supply chains. Key Results Leadership and techn