AGRIS

FAO is looking for Information Management specialists to work on AGRIS

FAO

The Partnerships and UN Collaboration Division (PSU) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has issued a call for expressions of interest to attract suitable individuals to undertake consultancies and/or PSAs as Information Management Specialists to work on the International System for Agricultural Science and Technology (AGRIS).

Tasks of the Information Management Specialists dedicated to AGRIS will include:

  • Implementing and delivering training programs, online seminars and workshops in the context of access to scientific information resources in food and agriculture through AGRIS.
  • Delivering capacity development activities to increase capacity and awareness on how to manage, access, exchange and use information more efficiently in the AGRIS Network.
  • Providing strategic guidance and maintenance of agricultural bibliographic information services.
  • Reviewing and publishing structured metadata about scientific literature in food and agricultural sciences.
  • Supporting the inclusion of new OAI compliant data repositories into AGRIS.
  • Promoting the use of AGRIS.
  • Contributing to drafting reports/working papers and to disseminating results.

The Organization frequently engages experts to work on short-term activities and projects as international consultants or under personal service agreements (PSA). International consultants or PSAs are engaged by the Organization to provide expertise, skills or knowledge for the performance of a specific task or piece of work, which is short-term by nature. The assignment may involve fulltime or part-time functions. The assignment can be for a period of one month up to a maximum of 11 months. The possibility of extension is subject to satisfactory performance and depends on the resources and needs of the Organization.

Interested professionals should apply for the opening by Monday, 31 October 2022.

For more information and details about how to apply, visit the dedicated FAO career webpage here.