General Service Staff 

IFAD relies on General Service staff to support our mandate by performing administrative and secretarial tasks, as well as specialized technical functions.

General Service staff are locally recruited and must have a valid work permit for the country in which the office is located. 

General Service staff may be engaged on the following types of appointment:

• Fixed-term: to perform functions of a continuous nature; it is granted for at least one year and may be extended.

• Co-terminus: to perform project-related functions of a non-continuous nature with clearly limited funding and scope; it is granted for a fixed period of one year or more, not exceeding the project’s duration, and with a maximum duration of seven years.
• Short-term: to support temporary needs of staff functions for up to 11 months in a calendar year (followed by a one-month break), for a maximum of 44 cumulative months. A six-month break will be then required to be re-engaged by the organization.