Deputy Regional Director, EECARO, D-1, Istanbul, Turkiye

Contract

This is a D-1 contract. This kind of contract is known as Professional and Director staff. It is normally internationally recruited only. It's a staff contract. It usually requires 15 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 191,259 USD and 241,349 USD.

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The Position:

The Deputy Regional Director post is located in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia Regional Office (EECARO) and reports directly to the Regional Director. The Region includes Regional Office (RO) and Country Office (CO) structures. The Deputy provides leadership and guidance to the regional team of technical and programme staff and provides leadership to the RO in the absence of the Regional 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 strategic plan (2022-2025), reaffirms the relevance of the current strategic direction of UNFPA and focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices. These results capture our strategic commitments on accelerating progress towards realizing the ICPD and SDGs in the Decade of Action leading up to 2030. Our strategic plan calls upon UN Member States, organizations and individuals to “build forward better”, while addressing the negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on women’s and girls’ access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, recover lost gains and realize our goals.

In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, 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.

Qualifications and Experience:

Education:

An advanced university degree (minimum Master’s degree or equivalent) in Social Sciences, including Public Health, Sociology, Demography, Gender, International Relations, Economics, International Development, Public Administration, Management or a related field is required.

Knowledge and Experience:

• A minimum of 15 years of increasingly responsible professional experience in public administration and international development is required, of which 10 years should be in the field of population and development at the international level;
• Prior experience in a Representative-type function, preferably within the UN, and in leading complex programmes in humanitarian contexts;
• Strong understanding of UN humanitarian architecture;
• Strong track record of leadership in development programmes;
• Proven ability to lead, develop and motivate a diverse team of technical and programme specialists to achieve demonstrable results at scale;
• Ability to promote operations as an enabler of programme results;
• Extensive network within the development community;
• Field experience is essential.

Languages:

Fluency in English is required. Fluency in any other official UN language is desirable.