Job Summary

UNFPA has committed to scale up its humanitarian response and increase organizational capacity with a focus on preventing and responding to gender-based violence and addressing sexual and reproductive health needs in emergencies. To support this organizational need, the development of a Global Emergency Roster will ensure UNFPA has access to a pool of qualified individuals to deploy for short-term emergency assignments (up to three months for internal staff and up to six months for non-staff). UNFPA invites suitable, interested and available personnel (staff members and current UNFPA consultant contract holders), as well as, qualified independent humanitarian professionals to apply for registration in the Global Emergency Roster.

SENIOR EMERGENCY COORDINATOR: Under the Supervision of the Director, Humanitarian Officer, the Senior Emergency Coordinator is deployed in a scale up announcement and both leads on and oversees the humanitarian response led by UNFPA, in accordance with the Humanitarian Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) of a scale up emergency, in close consultation with the Regional Director, and the Country Office Representative. S/he will work in close collaboration with national authorities, humanitarian agencies (UN and international NGOs), national partners and civil society organizations to provide timely humanitarian assistance to crisis affected communities.   

Qualifications and Experience

• Advanced degree preferably in medicine, public health, social sciences, humanitarian response, international relations or a related field.
• At least 10 years of experience in coordinating, developing and implementing humanitarian interventions in crisis settings.
• A solid understanding of UNFPA’s humanitarian intervention areas of GBV, SRH.
• Demonstrated resource mobilisation success with key humanitarian donors.
• Knowledge of the humanitarian reform process and roles/responsibilities of humanitarian actors.
• Strong analytical, coordination and organizational skills.
• Proficiency in English. Depending on the duty station, another UN language such as French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese or Russian may be required.