Food systems and Climate Action data analysis Specialist

Overview

Job Description - Food systems and Climate Action data analysis Specialist (2600124)

Food systems and Climate Action data analysis Specialist

CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST - VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT : 2600124

Job Posting

Job Posting: 21/Jan/2026

Closure Date: 05/Feb/2026, 1:59:00 AM

Organizational Unit: OSG

Job Type: Non-staff opportunities

Type of Requisition: PSA (Personal Services Agreement)

Primary

Location:

Home-Based

Duration: 40 days

Post Number: N/A

IMPORTANT NOTICE:
Closure Date and Time displayed above are based on date and time settings of your personal device

• FAO is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality, background and culture.
• Qualified female applicants, qualified nationals of non- and under-represented Members and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply;
• Everyone who works for FAO is required to adhere to the highest standards of integrity and professional conduct, and to uphold FAO's values
• FAO, as a Specialized Agency of the United Nations, has a zero-tolerance policy for conduct that is incompatible with its status, objectives and mandate, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination
• All selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks
• All applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality

FAO’s commitment to environmental sustainability is integral to our strategic objectives and operations.

The Food Systems Summit (hereinafter FSS), held during the 2021 UN General Assembly, set the stage for global food systems transformation to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. Under the leadership of the Secretary-General, the FSS made it clear that transformative action in food systems is fundamental to achieving the SDGs. As a follow up to the Summit, the UN Secretary-General (UNSG) has committed the UN system to establish a UN Food Systems Coordination Hub (hereafter the Hub) to support countries implementing food system transformation pathways towards the achievement of the 2030 Agenda.

The hub is hosted by FAO in Rome on behalf of the UN System. In the same way, the UNSG committed in his Chair Summary and Statement of Action on the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit (UN FSS) to convene a global stocktaking meeting every two years to review progress in implementing the outcomes of this process and its contributions to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda.

In 2023, the first stocktaking moment - UNFSS+2 - gathered more than 3300 in-person participants, including 21 Heads of States/Governments, 126 Minister level delegates (94 Ministers and 32 Deputies), close to 100 Food Systems National Convenors, 1900 government officials, more than 500 non-state actors and close to 800 representatives from the UN and other international organizations. The UN Secretary-General’s Call to Action for Accelerated Food Systems Transformation released at the 1st UN Food Systems Summit Stocktaking Moment (UNFSS+2) in July 2023 emphasizing the need to “align the implementation of national food systems transformation pathways with the continuous updates of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) for climate action”.

In the same way, The COP
28 UAE Declaration on Sustainable Agriculture, Resilient Food Systems, and Climate Action, endorsed by the heads of 159 Member States, stresses that “any path to fully achieving the long-term goals of the Paris Agreement must include agriculture and food systems” and that “agriculture and food systems must urgently adapt and transform in order to respond to the imperatives of climate change”.

To support these calls, the Hub has launched the Convergence Initiative which aims to support national efforts to advance the alignment between the “food systems transformation (FST)” and “climate action (CA)” agendas to enable governments and stakeholders at the national level to strengthen synergetic action that will simultaneously support the achievement of the SDGs and the Paris Climate Agreement.

The national implementation of the Convergence Initiative will begin with national…