PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS VACANCY IS ONLY FOR NATIONALS OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA

The Position:

The Assistant Representative, in collaboration with the Deputy Representative, will support the design, development, and management of an innovative and responsive country programme. You will be the key liaison with the government and national partners and will be the technical lead in Gender and GBV in emergencies and translate the country goals into tangible solutions and results.

You will report directly to the UNFPA Deputy Representative.

How you can make a difference:

UNFPA is the lead UN agency for reproductive health and rights and delivers a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled.  UNFPA’s new strategic plan (2018-2021), focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices.

In the efforts to reduce the high mortality ratio in PNG as well as advancing gender equality and reproductive rights, preventing and responding to GBV, and increasing evidence-based planning, implementation and monitoring of national policies, including at the sub national levels and humanitarian settings where implementation challenges are significant; we need principled and ethical staff, who embody these international norms and standards, and who will defend them courageously and with full conviction.

UNFPA is seeking candidates that transform, inspire and deliver high impact and sustained results; we need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to deliver excellence in programme results.

Job Purpose:

You will contribute to the management of UNFPA programme activities in the areas of population and development, reproductive health and gender in development and humanitarian settings. Working to advance the ICPD policy agenda in a challenging environment, you will respond to changing priorities of Governments.

You will support the country office to promoting partnership and strategic alliances with counterparts in government, multi-lateral and bilateral agencies and civil society. You will contribute to UN systems coordination through participation in policy dialogue and provision of inputs into joint common system initiatives.

Reporting to the UNFPA Deputy Representative, you will act on her/his behalf as required.

Requirements:

Qualifications and Experience

Education:

Advanced degree in Public Health, Medicine, Sociology, Demography, Gender, International Relations, International Development, Economics, Public Administration, Management or other related discipline.

Knowledge and Experience:

5 years of progressively responsible professional experience in the field of development and population activities, including programme designing, appraisal and management.

Demonstrated ability to refine programme design to ensure alignment of organizational programme objectives to national priorities/capacities.

Experience in gender programming in development and/or humanitarian settings.

Proven ability to lead and manage teams to achieve demonstrable results.

Excellent written and oral communication skills to foster engaged partnerships at a high level of representation and to maintain political partnerships.

Languages:

Fluency in English; knowledge of other official UN languages, preferably French and/or Spanish, is desirable.