Deputy Regional Representative, Regional Office for Latin America and The Caribbean

Job Posting: 12/Jun/2025

Closure Date: 10/Jul/2025, 4:59:00 PM

Organizational Unit: Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (RLC)

Job Type: Staff position

Type of Requisition: Senior-level

Grade Level: D-1

Primary Location: Chile-Santiago

Duration: Fixed term: Two years with possibility of extension

Post Number: 2000924

CCOG Code: 1A11
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**Organizational Setting**

FAO is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that leads international efforts to defeat hunger.

FAO’s goal is to achieve food security for all and make sure that people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives. With 195 Members - 194 countries and the European Union, FAO works in over 130 countries worldwide.

The Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (RLC) is responsible for leading FAO's response to regional priorities for food security, agriculture and rural development through the identification, planning and implementation of FAO's priority activities in the region. It oversees the network of Country Offices and the Subregional Office for the Caribbean (SLC) - Bridgetown and the Subregional Office for Mesoamerica (SLM) - Panama City. It ensures a multidisciplinary approach to programmes, identifies priority areas of action for the Organization in the region and, in collaboration with Offices and Divisions at headquarters, develops, promotes and oversees FAO's strategic response to regional priorities and the implementation of the Organization’s strategies through programmes and projects in the region.

The Regional Office (RLC) supports the formulation and implementation of the Country Programmes and Projects including Country Programming Frameworks (CPFs) and their contribution to the FAO Strategic Framework and the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) at country level, advising Decentralized Offices on corporate priorities as per the Strategic Framework and on the incorporation of regional priorities into the Organization's programme of work and budget.

The Regional Office (RLC) leads, formulates, implements, monitors and reports on the Organization´s programmes and budget in the region and draws management attention to problems, deficiencies, and risks.

The Regional Office (RLC) leads the preparation for the Regional Conferences and Statutory Bodies/Regional Commissions in the region.

The Regional Office (RLC) develops and maintains relations with region-wide institutions including the Regional Economic Integration Organizations (REIOs) and participates in the United Nations Regional Architecture, such as UN Regional Forums on Sustainable Development and UN Regional Collaborative Platforms and related mechanisms.

The Regional Office (RLC) delivers an improved, integrated and collaborative business model to enhance efficiency, effectiveness, consistency, innovation, agility and responsiveness in logístical, operational financial and other support services at all levels to accelerate the achievement of the Organization´s programme in the region and compliance with the Internal Control Framework (ICF).

The position is located in the FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (RLC) in Santiago, Chile.

**Reporting Lines**

The Deputy Regional Representative (DRR) reports to the Assistant Director-General/Regional Representative (ADG/RR) and is a core member of the Regional Leadership Team.

**Summary of Duties and Functions**

The Deputy Regional Representative (DRR) supports and advises the Assistant Director-General/Regional Representative (ADG/RR) in the overall leadership, management, administration and supervision of the Regional Office, Subregional Office, and Decentralized Office network, helping to ensure prioritized and strategic direction, cross-team collaboration and learning, and a culture of constant improvement and innovation.

In particular:

- _Strategic Planning and Foresight_: Based on corporate guidance, assists the ADG/RR with the formulation of a clear vision and regional strategic direction and analysis by looking forward to programmatic planning based on needs and priorities of the region; contributes to the preparation of corporate planning and budgetary processes and, in this connection, the formulation of the quarterly budgetary