Dear all, Here below several FAO vacancies. More details about the positions, requirements and how to apply can be found in the individual links. Please note that FAO seeks gender, geographical and linguistic diversity in order to best serve FAO Members in all regions. Qualified female applicants are encouraged to apply. People with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. Director, Animal Production and Health https://jobs.fao.org/careersection/fao_external/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&searchExpanded=true&job=2002121 Closure Date: Ongoing Grade Level: D-2 Primary Location: Italy-Rome Food Safety Officer https://jobs.fao.org/careersection/fao_external/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&searchExpanded=true&job=2002265 Closure Date: 21/Oct/2020 Grade Level: P-3 Primary Location: Italy-Rome Technical Focus Surveillance and monitoring programmes to improve data collection on antimicrobial resistance development and trends in the food and agriculture sector including related monitoring programmes on antimicrobial use and antimicrobial residues. Assessment of the existing information on AMR and supporting the development of scientific advice as a basis for establishment of relevant international standards and good practices in the food and agriculture sector aimed at reducing the risk form AMR organisms and determinants and improving food safety Food Safety Officer https://jobs.fao.org/careersection/fao_external/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&searchExpanded=true&job=2002266 Closure Date: 21/Oct/2020 Grade Level: P-3 Primary Location: Italy-Rome Technical Focus Contributes to the strengthening of systems of food safety surveillance and to improve the availability and use of food safety intelligence and information at national, regional and global levels to prevent food safety incidents or to limit their impact. Provides support to food safety risk assessment for food additives, residues of veterinary drugs in foods and contaminants in foods. National Professional Officer (Animal Husbandry Expert) https://jobs.fao.org/careersection/fao_external/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&searchExpanded=true&job=2000908 Closure Date: 14/Oct/2020 Grade Level: N-4 Primary Location: Saudi Arabia-Riyadh Technical Focus Programme development and management, coordination and operational support based on the knowledge of the local conditions, culture, language, and institutions of Saudi Arabia. Senior Consultant on ASSP 1 assessment and formulation of ASSP II- including Livestock sector https://jobs.fao.org/careersection/fao_external/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&searchExpanded=true&job=2002254 Closure Date: 13/Oct/2020 Grade Level: N/A Primary Location: Tanzania, United Republic of Technical Focus Under the responsibility/supervision of the National Project Coordinator (NPC) and in close collaboration with other national consultants, the senior consultant’s principal task will be to support the government of Tanzania in assessing the performance of the ASSP I and designing a new Strategic Plan for Agricultural statistics (ASSP 2). The senior consultant will also cover --as part of his/her duties the assessment and formulation of the plan for the livestock sub-sector. Specifically, the tasks will be the following Consultant on Veterinary Formulary https://jobs.fao.org/careersection/fao_external/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&searchExpanded=true&job=2002268 Closure Date: 14/Oct/2020 Grade Level: N/A Primary Location: Philippines-Quezon City Technical Focus The project will support the engagement of the food and agriculture sector in selected countries in the development and implementation of National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), with a focus on several of the key factors identified above namely regulatory platforms, legislation, capacity to collect data on antimicrobial use (AMU), AMR, and antimicrobial residues and improving practices to minimize the need for and use of antimicrobials and transmission of AMR along the food chain. Veterinary Epidemiologist https://jobs.fao.org/careersection/fao_external/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&searchExpanded=true&job=2002181 Closure Date: 21/Oct/2020 Grade Level: N/A Primary Location: Various Locations Technical Focus Technical backstopping support and guidance for risk assessments including systems characterisation and value chains mapping and analyses, planning and evaluation of epidemiological surveillance, contingency planning and simulation exercises and various epidemiology capacity development activities in target countries. EuFMD – Programme Specialist https://jobs.fao.org/careersection/fao_external/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&searchExpanded=true&job=2001564 Closure Date: 31/Oct/2020 Grade Level: N/A Primary Location: Italy-Rome Technical Focus Support to delivery of donor-funded work programmes of the EuFMD Commission at global, regional sub-regional and country level. The EuFMD workplan develops in three Pillars: Pillar I – Improving preparedness for management of FMD and similar TADs (‘FAST disease’) crises by Members and across Europe as a whole. Pillar II – Reduced risk to Members from the FAST disease (FMD and similar TADS) situation in the European neighbourhood. Pillar III – Sustaining and enhancing progress in the roll out of the GF-TADs Global Strategy for control of FMD, and on increasing security in the supply of effective FMD vaccines. The EuFMD provides virtual and face-to-face courses and events and, considering the level of the progression along the FMD Progressive Control Pathway (PCP), identifies specific needs in the regions and the opportunities of making the best use of national and international expertise to assess the effectiveness of Risk Based Strategic Plans (RBSP). These plans focus on improving disease risk information and assisting in the design, implementation and evaluation of risk based surveillance and risk based control measures. Technical Specialist (Animal Health) https://jobs.fao.org/careersection/fao_external/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&searchExpanded=true&job=2002205 Closure Date: 24/Dec/2020 Grade Level: N/A Primary Location: Various Locations Technical Focus Below is a list of areas that will be covered by the Technical Specialist (Animal Health) roster: * Disease prevention and control in major Transboundary Animal Diseases (TADs), Emerging Infectious Diseases (EIDs) and zoonotic diseases present in the region (e.g. Avian Influenza (AI), African Swine Fever (ASF), Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD), Petite de Peste Ruminants (PPR), etc.) * Epidemiology * Laboratory * Disease Surveillance * Animal Health Economics * Herd Health Management * One Health approach * Antimicrobial Resistance in Animal Health * Communications (animal health related) * Monitoring and Evaluation (animal health related) * Programme/Project Management and Operations (animal health related) * Report writing (animal health related) National Livestock Production Specialist https://jobs.fao.org/careersection/fao_external/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&searchExpanded=true&job=2002208 Closure Date: 09/Oct/2020 Grade Level: N/A Primary Location: Bangladesh-Dhaka National Animal Health Specialist https://jobs.fao.org/careersection/fao_external/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&searchExpanded=true&job=2002210 Closure Date: 12/Oct/2020 Grade Level: N/A Primary Location: Bangladesh-Dhaka National Dairy Specialist https://jobs.fao.org/careersection/fao_external/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&searchExpanded=true&job=2002211 Closure Date: 12/Oct/2020 Grade Level: N/A Primary Location: Bangladesh-Dhaka National Livestock Risk Management Specialist https://jobs.fao.org/careersection/fao_external/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&searchExpanded=true&job=2002219 Closure Date: 12/Oct/2020 Grade Level: N/A Primary Location: Bangladesh-Dhaka National Livestock Value Chain Specialist https://jobs.fao.org/careersection/fao_external/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&searchExpanded=true&job=2002220 Closure Date: 12/Oct/2020 Grade Level: N/A Primary Location: Bangladesh-Dhaka Climate Smart Livestock Specialist https://jobs.fao.org/careersection/fao_external/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&searchExpanded=true&job=2002221 Closure Date: 12/Oct/2020 Grade Level: N/A Primary Location: Bangladesh-Dhaka National Laboratory Specialist https://jobs.fao.org/careersection/fao_external/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&searchExpanded=true&job=2001545 Closure Date: 15/Oct/2020 Grade Level: N/A Primary Location: Cambodia-Phnom Penh Spécialiste National en Laboratoire https://jobs.fao.org/careersection/fao_external/jobdetail.ftl?lang=fr-FR&searchExpanded=true&job=2002238 Date de dépublication: 12/oct./2020 Grade: N/A Lieu principal: Congo, The Democratic Republic of the-Kinshasa ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the FAO-LIVESTOCK-NETWORK-L list, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(FAO-LIVESTOCK-NETWORK-L,SIGNOFF);