Senior Animal Health Officer

Job Posting: 18/Aug/2025

Closure Date: 08/Sep/2025, 4:59:00 PM

Organizational Unit: RAP

Job Type: Staff position

Type of Requisition: Professional Project

Grade Level: P-5

Primary Location: Thailand-Bangkok

Duration: Fixed-term: one year with possibility of extension

Post Number: 2007943

CCOG Code: 1H01

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**Organizational Setting**

The Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (RAP) 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 ensures a multidisciplinary approach to programmes, identifies priority areas of action for the Organization in the Region and, in collaboration with Divisions/Offices/Centres at headquarters, develops, promotes and oversees FAO's strategic response to regional priorities. RAP also advises on the incorporation of regional priorities into the Organization's Programme of Work and Budget and implements approved programmes and projects in the region, monitors the level of programme implementation and draws attention to problems and deficiencies.

RAP develops and maintains relations with region-wide institutions including the Regional Economic Integration Organizations (REIOs). RAP supports regional policy dialogue on food security, agriculture and rural development issues, facilitates the emergence of regional partnerships, and supports capacity development and resource mobilization for food security, agriculture and rural development in the region.

The post is located in the Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Disease (ECTAD) in the RAP office in Bangkok, Thailand. ECTAD RAP is dedicated to working with the governments in the region in preventing and controlling emerging infectious and zoonotic diseases, minimizing risks and impacts of animal health threats and supporting the Sustainable Livestock Transformation initiative.

**Reporting Lines**

The Senior Animal Health Officer (ECTAD Regional Manager for Asia and the Pacific) reports to the Deputy Regional Representative (DRR) in RAP. The Senior Animal Health Officer works under the technical guidance of the Chief Veterinarian (CVO) and the Chief, One Health and Disease Control Branch (NSAH-CJW).

**Technical Focus**

Manage and oversee the regional portfolio of the ECTAD programme with a focus on regional capacity building for the management of animal health threats in Asia and the Pacific region, in collaboration with the Senior Animal Production and Health Officer in RAP, and with relevant officers and consultants at the global, regional, subregional and country levels.

**Key Results**

Leadership and technical policy expertise for the planning, development and implementation of programmes of work, projects, products, services in accordance with the FAO Strategic Framework.

**Key Functions**- Plans, manages, or leads highly specialized or multidisciplinary teams, leads, coordinates, and/or participates on Organization-wide, cross-divisional committees, project teams, and working groups, and/or provides technical leadership/secretariat services on technical networks and/or international technical policy and standard setting bodies.- Analyses global and country specific requirements and relevant technical issues to provide critical input into the FAO Strategic Framework, Programme of Work, work plans and the supporting budgets and/or resourcing strategies.- Implements and monitors programmes of work involving the development of the approach, evidence-based strategies, and related tools, methodologies and the supporting system/database, monitoring and reporting frameworks.- Conducts, de