The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations — FAO — is recruiting a Climate Risks and Agrometeorologist Specialist to support climate-resilient agriculture and rural livelihoods in Tunisia.
The consultancy is linked to FAO’s Subregional Office for North Africa and will be implemented as a home-based assignment for a period of four months. The position will support Tunisia’s first national project being finalized for submission to the Green Climate Fund — GCF, with FAO acting as the GCF Accredited Entity.
The proposed project, Climate Resilient Agriculture and Livelihoods in Southern Tunisia — CRALST, aims to strengthen climate resilience, improve rural livelihoods and protect vulnerable arid ecosystems in southern Tunisia. To finalize the project’s funding proposal, FAO requires a Climate Impact and Potential Analysis — CIPA to strengthen the climate rationale and provide evidence-based technical recommendations.
The selected specialist will generate information and recommendations using national and sub-national data. The work will include analysis of climate-related hazards in project areas, historical and future trends in climate data, extreme events, climate impacts on agriculture, vulnerability, adaptive capacity and opportunities to better integrate resilience into the project design.
Key responsibilities will include collecting and synthesizing climate data for historical and future periods, reviewing climate indicators and extreme events, assessing impacts on agricultural production systems, compiling biophysical and socio-economic maps, analyzing loss and damage data, and reviewing how weather-informed advisories are currently delivered to the agricultural sector.
The specialist will also advise on integrating climate risk considerations into the GCF Funding Proposal and develop crop suitability maps to assess climate change impacts using impact-based analytical frameworks, including PyAEZ, under RCP 2.6 and RCP 8.5 scenarios.
Applicants should hold an advanced university degree in climate science, environmental sciences, agricultural climatology, natural resource management or a related field. Candidates with a bachelor’s degree may be considered if they have two additional years of relevant professional experience.
FAO requires at least five years of relevant experience in climate change adaptation, with demonstrated expertise in agrometeorology, climate risk analysis and/or climate impacts on agriculture, water resources or food systems. Working knowledge of English is required.
Technical skills in R programming, Jupyter Notebooks, QGIS or ArcGIS will be particularly relevant. A strong understanding of climate policies, climate risk assessments and their links with agriculture, water, energy and food security strategies is also expected.
For AfricaVET, this opportunity is highly relevant to professionals working at the intersection of climate change, agriculture, agrometeorology, food systems, water resources, GIS, data analysis and climate finance.
It also reflects the increasing importance of climate data and agrometeorological intelligence in designing resilient agricultural systems, especially in arid and semi-arid areas across Africa.
Deadline for applications: 04 June 2026.
