Strategy and Planning Officer (SURAGGWA-PAGGW), Dakar, Senegal

## Strategy and Planning Officer (SURAGGWA-PAGGW), Dakar, Senegal - Organization:FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Office:FAO Dakar, Senegal Strategy and Planning Officer (SURAGGWA-PAGGW) Job Posting: 30/Sep/2026 Closure Date: 22/Oct/2026, 9:59:00 PM Organizational Unit : SFWDD Job Type: Staff position Type of Requisition : Professional Project Primary Location: Senegal-Dakar Duration : Fixed-term: one year with possibility of extension Post Number : 2011176 The length of appointment for internal FAO candidates will be established in accordance with applicable policies pertaining to the extension of appointments - 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 staff are subject to the authority of the Director-General, who may assign them to any of the activities or offices of the Organization. FAO's commitment to environmental sustainability is integral to our strategic objectives and operations. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) contributes to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda through the FAO Strategic Framework by supporting the transformation to MORE efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems, forbetter production,better nutrition,a better environment,anda better life, leaving no one behind. Organizational Setting The FAO Regional Office for Africa (RAF) supports African Member States and regional integration institutions in delivering transformative results for agrifood systems, in alignment with the FAO Strategic Framework and the Four Betters: better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life, leaving no one behind. RAF works in close collaboration with regional organizations, including the African Union (AU), the African Union Development Agency (AUDA NEPAD), Regional Economic Communities such as the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), the Intergovernmental Authority on development (IGAD), the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), and other strategic partners, to accelerate the transition toward resilient, inclusive and climate smart agrifood systems across the continent. Through high level policy dialogue, technical cooperation, and multi-country coordination, RAF helps to ensure that continental priorities such as food security, climate resilience, agricultural trade, and rural livelihoods translate into tangible outcomes at national and regional levels. FAO, in partnership with the Pan African Great Green Wall (PAGGW) and national entities from 8 African countries, succeeded in raising funds from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) for the implementation of a large-scale multi-country programme to boost restoration and resilience in the targeted countries. The Scaling-Up Resilience in Africa's Great Green Wall (SURAGGWA) programme is a transformative, multi-country initiative funded by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). It targets eight Sahelian countries-Burkina Faso, Chad, Djibouti, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, and Senegal-with additional capacity-building support for Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Sudan. SURAGGWA aims to address the severe impacts of climate change in the Sahel, one of the world's most vulnerable regions, by restoring 1.4 million hectares of degraded land, enhancing climate resilience, and improving livelihoods for over 8.7 million people. The programme aligns with the African Union's Great Green Wall Initiative (GGWI), which seeks to restore 100 million hectares of land, sequester 250 million tons of CO', and create 10 million jobs by 2030. With a total budget of USD 250 million (including USD 150 million from GCF and USD 100 million in co-financing), SURAGGWA is structured around three core components: 1. Landscape Restoration: Promoting agro-ecological and agro-forestry practices to rehabilitate degraded lands, supported by community engagement and native seed systems. 2. Development of Non-Timber Forest Product (NTFP) Value Chains: Strengthening market access, technical capacity, and financial inclusion for smallholders, especially women, in value chains such as baobab, gum arabic, moringa, and honey. 3. Institutional Strengthening: Enhancing the capacity of national and regional GGW institutions for planning, monitoring, coordination, and resource mobilization, including access to carbon finance. The complexity, scale, and multi-country nature of SURAGGWA requires a dedicated Strategy and Planning Officer to ensure: Strategic coherence across countries and partners; Robust multi-year planning and prioritization Alignment with national, regional, and global frameworks. The position is located in the Subregional Office for West Africa (SFW) in Dakar, Senegal. The Strategy and Planning Officer (SURAGGWA-PAGGW) reports to the Senior Coordinator (Land Restoration-SURAGGWA Programme) at the Sub-Regional Office of FO for West Africa (SFW), with secondary reporting line to the Sub-Regional Coordinator of SFW, Budget Holder of the SURAGGWA Programme. S/he will work closely with the relevant Staff and Consultants at the targeted Countries Offices of the SURAGGWA Programme, at SFW, RAF, NFO and OCB at headquarters, and the NDAs and National Agencies of the GGW of the targeted countries, the PAGGW and the Operational Partners (OPA) others implementing partners of SURAGGWA Programme. Integrated programme planning and results-based management for SURAGGWA Programme, including strategic design of interventions, performance-driven budgeting, systematic preparation of costed annual and multi-annual work plans, ensuring prioritization based on impact, feasibility, and comparative advantage, monitoring of field activities, evidence-based reporting on outputs and outcomes, and capacity building of the PA-GGW to ensure effective strategic planning and accountable programme delivery. Research, technical analysis and related services and systems to support the planning, implementation and monitoring of programmes and projects. - Analyses, adapts and extends policies and procedures to achieve full inter-departmental and inter-agency collaboration in strategic planning, results-based programming and budgeting, monitoring and reporting. - Executes analytical tasks associated with the preparation, review and analysis of the Organization's Strategic Framework, Medium Term Plan, Programme of Work and Budget and Programme Implementation Report. - Carries out analytical tasks associated with resources management and corporate budgetary performance. - Contributes to the design and operation of procedures and systems for work planning and the issuance of allotments. - Performs analytical tasks associated with the design and operation of the corporate results-based monitoring and reporting system. - Performs other duties as required. - Contributes to the development and refinement of results frameworks, logical frameworks, and impact pathways. - Supports sequencing of interventions (policy, institutional, investment) to maximize transformational impact. - Ensures integration of gender equa