TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT

Duration: 364 days

Closing date: 28 May 2021 (5 pm New York time)

Duty Station: Suva, Fiji

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The Position:

The International Programme Coordinator will support the UNFPA Pacific Sub regional Office (PSRO) with the smooth and timely implementation of relevant regional programmes. You will be a part of a dynamic inter-disciplinary team that provides integrated programme and technical support within a system strengthening approach that is fundamental to UNFPA’s overall strategy. 

You will report directly to the UNFPA PSRO Deputy Director.

How you can make a difference:

UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering 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 a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff, who embody the international human rights norms and standards, and who will work to respect, promote and defend them boldly, visibly and vocally. 

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:

The International Programme Coordinator will manage relevant programme components implemented by in-country programme teams, liaising closely with other programme management staff, as well as the technical advisors at the UNFPA Pacific Sub-regional Office, and across other UN agencies in the Pacific. She/he will work to ensure cohesion in the delivery of the various funded programmes, at both regional and national levels, towards achieving UNFPA’s mandate, particularly the 6th Pacific Sub-Regional Programme. 

All programme management will necessarily be in alignment with National Plans Policies/Strategies and UNFPA’s Sub-Regional Programme for the Pacific, to create an environment conducive to empowering women and men, particularly young women and men and marginalized groups, to make informed choices about their sexual and reproductive health and protect their sexual and reproductive rights.  

The primary role of the International Programme Coordinator is:

• Regional programme management and coordination of in-country implementation towards results

Requirements:

Qualifications and Experience

Education:  

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

Knowledge and Experiences: 

• At least 7 years of increasingly responsible professional experience in programme management and development relevant to population and development, sexual and reproductive health, and gender, including five at the international level;

• Substantive knowledge and practical experience in population and development, sexual and reproductive health, and gender;

• Experience in programme and/or technical assistance with the UN System;

• Excellent organization skills and attention to detail, deadlines and policy compliance;

• Ability to work independently and as part of an integrated, diverse team and be comfortable in multiple, high varied settings, and tight deadlines with different work and learning styles;

• Proficient in MS Office programmes;

• Familiarity of the Pacific context is an asset.

Languages: 

Proficiency in both spoken and written English. . Working knowledge of Pacific languages is an asset.