NATIONAL POST: Assistant Representative, NOD, Guinea-Bissau

Senior

Overview

Design and manage innovative UNFPA country programme for success in Guinea-Bissau.

You have:

• Advanced degree in Public Health, Medicine, Sociology, Demography, Gender, International Relations, International Development, Economics, Public Administration, Management or related discipline.
• 7 years of progressively responsible professional experience in development and population activities, including programme designing, appraisal, and management.
• Demonstrated ability to refine programme design to align organisational objectives to national priorities/capacities.
• Proven ability to lead and manage teams to achieve demonstrable results.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills for high-level partnerships and maintaining political partnerships.
• Fluency in Portuguese and English or Portuguese and French; knowledge of other UN languages is desirable.

Contract

This is a NO-D contract. This kind of contract is known as National Professional Officers. It is normally only for nationals. It's a staff contract. It usually requires 7 years of experience, depending on education. More about NO-D contracts.

Location: Guinea-Bissau, Bissau

Position:

The Assistant Representative, in Coordination with the Representative, designs, develops, and manages an innovative and responsive country programme. You will lead the programme team, inspiring it to translate the regional and country goals into tangible solutions and results.

Scope of Work:

You will contribute to the management of UNFPA programme activities in the areas of population and development, reproductive health and gender. Working to advance the ICPD policy agenda in a politically sensitive environment, you will respond to changing priorities of Governments. Promoting partnership and strategic alliances with counterparts in government, multi-lateral and bilateral agencies and civil society will be key to your role. You will coordinate technical advisers and contribute to UN systems coordination through participation in policy dialogue and provision of inputs into joint common system initiatives.

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

Requirements:

Education:

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

Experience:

• 7 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 organisational programme objectives to national priorities/capacities.
• 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.
• Fluency in Portuguese and English or Fluency in Portuguese and French;
• Knowledge of other official UN languages, preferably English, French and/or Spanish, is desirable.

Disclaimer

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In accordance with the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations, persons applying to posts in the international Professional category, who hold permanent resident status in a country other than their country of nationality, may be required to renounce such status upon their appointment.

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