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The UN Food Systems Coordination Hub (hereafter the Hub) supports countries implementing food system transformation pathways that have been developed in the occasion of the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit, towards achieving the 2030 Agenda. FAO hosts the Hub in Rome on behalf of the UN system. As per the Hub’s approved programme of work for 2024-2026 “the strategic work, decision-making, and engagement of the Hub continues to be steered by an Oversight Steering Group comprising the Principals of FAO, WFP, IFAD, UN-DCO WHO and UNDP, with participation from the UN DSG.”
The Hub has a coordinating and connector role, drawing on the capacities of the UN system and leveraging the advice and expertise of the wider ecosystem of support, serving countries by incentivizing existing institutions to deliver on their mandates systemically. In this context, the Hub covers work under five coordination clusters as follows:

• Landing the Vision of Food Systems Transformation (Overarching Cluster) | Policy and Governance Cluster | Science and Knowledge Cluster | Strategic Partnerships and Collaboration Cluster | Finance and Investment Cluster

The overall objective under the Finance and Investment Cluster is to support countries most in need to move the needle on the level and quality of financing for food systems transformation by: (i) leveraging three sources of financing in a complementary manner, namely domestic public spending, private investments, and concessional financing; and (ii) enabling country access to quality and timely financing analytics and budgeting tools for impactful financing decisions. Support is focused on the countries of the Global South, where, in the context of multiple crises, tight fiscal conditions, increasing interest rates, and gloomy global growth prospects are the most challenged in financing food systems transformation. The Food System Finance and Investment Specialist is expected to play a leading role in leveraging the ecosystem support to scale and scope financial flows to food systems. The Specialist will provide conduct analysis and research of complex and/or innovative strategies, structures and scenarios for pre-emptive input, direction, and advice, and to ensure consistency in the interpretation and application of data and tools related to financial flows of food systems. He/She will also provide expert guidance to inform decision-makers and stakeholders with robust data and evidence-based to accelerate transformation of financing to food systems.