Overview
Provides strategic and technical leadership for the identification, development, and validation of context-appropriate agricultural machinery and processes, including digitalization, and their enhanced adoption by farmers and other value chain actors.
Key Responsibilities
- Leads the development and dissemination of methodologies and guidelines for Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization (SAM) and digitalization.
- Enhances the incorporation of SAM, including automation, and digitalization along entire crop value chains.
- Provides leadership and support to FAO Member countries and regional bodies in developing and implementing SAM and digitalization policies.
- Nurtures and develops strategic partnerships with governments and non-state actors.
- Manages the SAM group's human and financial resources.
- Provides oversight and quality assurance for FAO's technical support to its Members for the enhanced adoption of agricultural machinery and equipment.
- Advises on the formulation and implementation of programmes and projects with SAM components.
Required Experience
- Ten years of relevant experience in agricultural mechanization and agricultural machinery, with public or private sector institutions, international organizations with an emphasis SAM including related policies including in developing countries.
- Work experience in more than one location or area of work, particularly in field positions, is essential.
- Extent and relevance of experience in planning and delivery of agricultural mechanization strategies and programmes.
- Extent and relevance of experience in systems approach to SAM, including for ecosystems management, value chains, and modern agricultural systems.
- Demonstrated skills and experience in leading multidisciplinary teams, working groups or networks related to agricultural machinery.
- Extent and relevance of knowledge and experience in related fields such as business models development, precision and conservation agriculture.
- Extent and relevance of experience in the provision of technical or policy advice to countries on SAM.
- Extent and relevance of experience in promoting capacity development and developing related educational tools and materials.
Qualifications
• Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in agricultural engineering or agricultural machinery design, agronomy with specialization in agricultural machinery, or related field.
