Exciting Opportunity: Join UNIDO as an International Expert in Plant Health (4 Home-based International Experts positions available)
Closing Date: 10 July 2025
Exciting Opportunity: Join UNIDO as an International Expert in Plant Health (4 Home-based International Experts positions available)
Overview
Are you a Plant Health specialist with a passion for strengthening global plant health systems? UNIDO is looking for four home-based International Experts to support the validation of diagnostic methods under the GQSP Albania project in four categories: virology, bacteriology, nematology, and entomology.
About UNIDO
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is the specialized agency of the United Nations that promotes industrial development for poverty reduction, inclusive globalization and environmental sustainability. The mission of UNIDO, as described in the Lima Declaration adopted at the fifteenth session of the UNIDO General Conference in 2013 as well as the Abu Dhabi Declaration adopted at the eighteenth session of UNIDO General Conference in 2019, is to promote and accelerate inclusive and sustainable industrial development (ISID) in Member States. The relevance of ISID as an integrated approach to all three pillars of sustainable development is recognized by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
UNIDO’s mandate is fully recognized in SDG-9, which calls to “Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation”. The relevance of ISID, however, applies in greater or lesser extent to all SDGs. Accordingly, the Organization’s programmatic focus is structured in four strategic priorities: Creating shared prosperity; Advancing economic competitiveness; Safeguarding the environment; and Strengthening knowledge and institutions.
Each of these programmatic fields of activity contains a number of individual programmes, which are implemented in a holistic manner to achieve effective outcomes and impacts through UNIDO’s four enabling functions: (i) technical cooperation; (ii) analytical and research functions and policy advisory services; (iii) normative functions and standards and quality-related activities; and (iv) convening and partnerships for knowledge transfer, networking and industrial cooperation. Such core functions are carried out in Divisions/Offices in its Headquarters, Regional Offices and Hubs and Country Offices.
Responsibilities
If selected, you will:
- Design impactful training materials
- Deliver hands-on lab training
- Support method validation
Requirements for the International Expert in Plant Health role
Qualified applicants must have an advanced university degree in microbiology, plant pathology, or a related field, with a 7+ years of experience in laboratory quality assurance and accreditation as well as an extensive experience in diagnostics, including morphological identification.
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