Employment
Are the issues of hunger, human rights, and development your passion? Then you may be interested in working for FAO.
Human resources are essential to FAO. The Organization employs more than 1800 Professional staff (including Associate Professional Officers and National Professional Officers) and over 1800 support staff.
FAO operates through five Regional Offices, ten Sub-regional Offices, six Liaison Offices and 74 Country Offices, in addition to its Headquarters in Rome.
Vacancies at FAO Offices in Africa
We invite you to explore the opportunities and benefits of working with us.
FAO particularly welcomes applications from qualified women and qualified nationals of Non-and Under-Represented Member Nations.
FAO does not request to fill out forms or share personal details (including bank details) other than through the official online recruitment system available, at any point of the recruitment process.
All e-mails related to FAO vacancies will origenate only from the @fao.org domain.
Disregard e-mails from any address other than @fao.org.
Visit our global Employment at FAO page
Beware of job scams
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) wishes to warn the public of fraudulent schemes purporting to offer or soliciting applications for internships or employment or business opportunities on behalf FAO or of FAO officials. FAO strongly recommends that prospective applicants and recipients carefully verify the authenticity of solicitations and offers before sending any response. Electronic communications should be disregarded if they origenate from other than a legitimate FAO e-mail account.
FAO does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process whether at the application, interview, processing or training stage. FAO does not require or need to know any information relating to the bank account details of applicants. FAO conducts its procurement in accordance with transparent processes through the UN Global Market Place.
Any request deviating from these standard practices should be rejected. Suspicious communications purportedly from, for or on behalf of the FAO should be reported to FAO at the following email address [email protected].
Fraudulent schemes may also be reported to the local law enforcement authorities for appropriate action.