Fishery and Aquaculture Officer

Under the supervision of the Subregional Coordinator for Central Asia, the functional guidance of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Department (FI), the incumbent will implement normative and field activities in fishery and aquaculture in the Central Asian Subregion. In particular, the incumbent will:
? Monitor the fishery and aquaculture situation in countries and groups of countries in the subregion, and study and
analyse their technical assistance needs, identifying major problems of fisheries and aquaculture in marine and
inland waters, including issues of a social and economic nature;
? Provide technical backstopping to field projects in the subregion as required through assisting in the identification,
formulation, implementation and review of project activities with respect to inland and marine capture fisheries and
aquaculture production;
? Plan and participate in missions, including sector review missions, relating to the identification, formulation and
implementation of field projects;
? Liaise with FI to identify, plan and implement programmes for the development and management of fisheries and
aquaculture in the subregion;
? Coordinate FAO’s activities with those of other international organizations and institutions concerned with fisheries
and aquaculture in the subregion (such as EU, IUCN, WWF and WB);
? Collaborate with and support regional fishery bodies including GFCM and EIFAC and regional networks concerned
with fisheries and aquaculture in the subregion, act as secretary for the Central Asia and Caucasus Regional
Fisheries and Aquaculture commission;
? Act as focal point for the Subregional Office for the collection and dissemination of information on fishery and
aquaculture in the subregion;
? Assist the Subregional Coordinator to identify and approach possible sources of extra-budgetary funding and
match them with the Subregional Office and the FI’s Goals and Objectives, as well as the overall organizational
objectives of alleviating poverty and achieving food security;
? Undertake technical work planned under the new Strategic Framework, and report systematically to the FI
technical divisions concerned;
? Coordinate the work of the FTPP project team, composed of 2 experts and an administrative assistant, and the
Junior Technical Officer
? Perform other related duties as required.