Senior National Project Coordinator (Forest and Land Use)

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Project & Program ManagementProject Coordinator

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Project & Program ManagementProject Coordinator

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Qualified female applicants, qualified nationals of non-and under-represented Members and person with disabilities are encouraged to apply
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FAO’s commitment to environmental sustainability is integral to our strategic objectives and operations.

Organizational Setting

FAO is a specialized agency of the UN that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. FAO's goal is to achieve food security for all and ensure that people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives. With 195 Members (194 Nations and the European Union), FAO works in over 130 countries worldwide.
FAO Country Offices, working under overall corporate guidance and in line with the Strategic Framework, offer policy advice and support to countries in the mandated areas of FAO, facilitated through partnerships, resources and an active country programme to provide technical assistance, develop capacities and deliver core services while fully observing international standards of accountability to establish leadership and strengthen impact at the country level.
The offices deliver on the programmatic priorities of each country as agreed in their respective Country Programming Frameworks (CPFs) aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) and ensure effective and efficient operations with adequate human and financial resources.
Specifically, FAO Country Offices:
(i) advocate, inform and support policies and investments in the areas of FAO's mandate.
(ii) provide technical assistance and deliver core services.
(iii) assist and catalyse partnership and resource mobilization activities to support agrifood systems transformation.
(iv) position FAO as the specialized/authoritative technical agency in food and agriculture and agrifood systems transformation; and
(v) ensure risk-smart and accountable operations and management.

The field programme of the FAO Representation in Malawi includes a cluster of projects and interventions in the fields of Natural Resources and Climate Change. These include, amongst many others, the Malawi component of the regional project ‘Achieving AFR100 with forest and farm producers’, supported by the German Ministry of Environment (BMZ), and the project ‘Transforming landscapes and livelihoods - a cross-sector approach to accelerate restoration of Malawi’ under the Drylands Sustainable Landscapes Impact Programme (DSL-IP) of GEF7.

The primary objective of the AFR100 project is to restore degraded landscapes and enhance the resilience of forest and farm producers through sustainable land management, community empowerment, and climate smart interventions. This aligns with the African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative (AFR100), which aims to restore 100 million hectares of degraded land across Africa by 2030. The objective of the GEF7 DSL-IP project is to develop and implement a cross-sector approach to accelerate restoration of Malawi’s Miombo and Mopane woodlands for sustainable forest and biodiversity management.

To implement, monitor and evaluate these projects, and to support the development of the wider programme of activities in the fields of Natural Resources and Climate Change, FAO Malawi requires the services of a Senior National Project Coordinator (Forest and Land Use).