Expert Consultant Agriculture Roster – UN Technology Bank – 19 octobre 2026

Contexte

The United Nations Technology Bank for the Least Developed Countries (UNTB) is inviting applications from experienced agricultural professionals for its Agriculture Expert Consultant Roster. This opportunity offers qualified specialists the chance to be considered for future technical assignments supporting agricultural innovation, technology transfer, research, policy development, and sustainable food systems in least developed countries (LDCs).

The roster is designed to help UNTB identify suitable experts when governments and development partners require specialised technical assistance. Successful applicants will be included in a searchable pool of professionals for four years, enabling the organisation to match expertise with country-specific development needs. The opportunity is remote, with most assignments expected to be home-based. Travel may be required depending on the scope of an individual assignment. However, inclusion in the roster does not guarantee employment, an assignment, or a consultancy contract.

UNTB is a United Nations entity dedicated to strengthening science, technology, and innovation capacities in least developed countries. Its work helps countries identify, adapt, develop, and scale technologies that respond to national development priorities.

Missions et responsabilités

Applicants must identify their primary technical domain and, where applicable, a secondary domain from the following areas:

• Agricultural water management and irrigation: Improving water-use efficiency, irrigation systems, and agricultural water management.
• Agricultural data and digital agriculture: Supporting digital technologies, agricultural information systems, and knowledge management.
• Crop production and biotechnology: Advancing crop productivity, plant breeding, and agricultural biotechnologies.
• Post-harvest management and value chains: Strengthening storage, agro-processing, and agricultural market systems.
• Sustainable farming systems: Promoting climate-smart technologies and environmentally sustainable agricultural practices.
• Fisheries and aquaculture: Supporting aquatic food systems, fisheries technologies, and sustainable aquaculture.

Applicants must also select the functional areas in which they can demonstrate relevant professional competence across four principal functional areas:

• Agricultural Technology and Engineering: Identify and assess appropriate agricultural technologies, evaluate technical feasibility and readiness, estimate costs, assess environmental and economic benefits, and develop technology profiles, operational manuals, and technical guidelines. Support technology transfer, adaptation, and scaling.
• Policy, Research, Assessments and Analysis: Agricultural needs assessments, research design, data analysis, reviews of national policies, institutional assessments, and preparation of policy briefs and technical reports. Evaluate technology adoption barriers, affordability, gender inclusion, and opportunities for agricultural transformation.
• Stakeholder Engagement and Capacity Development: Facilitate stakeholder consultations, technical workshops, and national validation processes. Design training programmes, develop learning materials, build partnerships, and promote South-South and triangular cooperation.
• Project Design, Development and Implementation: Prepare project proposals, implementation plans, results frameworks, monitoring, evaluation and learning systems, and financing strategies. Support project coordination, budgeting, risk management, and donor reporting.

Profil recherché

Applicants must meet the following minimum requirements:

• An advanced university degree, specifically a master’s degree or PhD, in agriculture, agronomy, agricultural engineering, agricultural economics, agribusiness, food systems, rural development, irrigation engineering, water resources management, environmental science, climate change, biotechnology, data science, public policy, or another relevant discipline.
• At least eight years of professional agricultural experience, including substantial experience in the selected area of expertise in at least one least developed or developing country.
• At least one relevant peer-reviewed publication or an authored or co-authored publication issued by the United Nations or a recognised international organisation, with the applicant clearly credited.
• A strong understanding of agricultural development challenges, national priorities, science and technology systems, and the barriers affecting technology adoption in least developed countries.
• Experience working with government ministries, national science and technology institutions, United Nations entities, or international development organisations.
• Demonstrated competence in the selected technical and functional areas.
• For applicants choosing agricultural technology and engineering expertise, a relevant PhD is preferred. Candidates with a master’s degree must have at least 12 years of relevant experience, including practical involvement in developing, testing, deploying, or maintaining agricultural technologies.
• Fluency in written and spoken English is required. French and Portuguese proficiency is desirable.

Conditions et avantages

• Roster Duration: Four years.
• Work Arrangement: Remote, with possible travel.
• Remuneration: Consultancy fees will be determined for specific assignments; no fixed salary or stipend is stated.
• Important Notice: Inclusion in the roster does not guarantee employment, an assignment, or a consultancy contract. There is no application fee.

Dossier de candidature

• Online application form completed through the UN Inspira recruitment system.
• Detailed responses to open-ended questions identifying selected technical domains, functional areas, years of experience, relevant assignments, and evidence of expertise.
• Examples of positions held, technical assistance delivered, technologies assessed, systems developed, publications produced, projects implemented, and countries or institutions supported.

Comment postuler

Interested professionals should review the official vacancy notice, identify their primary and secondary technical domains, prepare evidence of their experience, and complete the application through the UN Inspira recruitment system.

Application deadline: 28 October 2026.

Job Opening ID: 286469