Programme Specialist

Overview

Oversee programme implementation and development for UNFPA activities.

You have:

• Experience in programme management in a humanitarian or development context, particularly with UN agencies or NGOs.
• Knowledge of reproductive health and gender issues, particularly in emergency contexts.
• Ability to engage with stakeholders and manage partnerships effectively.
• Experience in donor proposal writing and reporting.
• Strong knowledge management skills, especially in capturing best practices.

Contract

This is a P-3 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 5 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 74,649 USD and 97,747 USD.

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The Position:

The Programme Specialist oversees the daily implementation and progress of Implementing Partners (IPs) work plans and monitor IP program implementation according to agreed work plans, and leads on the programme development and reporting. You will collaborate with the Country Office’s programme, operations and administrative support staff.

You will report to UNFPA’s Humanitarian Coordinator.

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 (2022-2025), 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 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:

Working within a Country Office (CO) environment, you will ensure the effective management of UNFPA activities in the areas of population and development, reproductive health and gender.

Employing your programme management experience, you will oversee the work of the implementing partners, and lead the programme development and reporting for the office. You will establish and maintain collaborative relationships with counterparts in multi-lateral and bilateral donor agencies and civil society to address emerging issues, and effectively influence diverse stakeholders to contribute to achieving UNFPA’s mandate.

You would be responsible for:

• Overseeing achievement of programme results by ensuring appropriate policies are applied and monitoring and oversight mechanisms are established and implemented.
• Reviewing the political, social and economic environment relevant to UNFPA programme activities, and pursuing opportunities for UNFPA assistance and intervention.
• Assessing implications of new policy developments and strategies on programme execution, and ensuring their integration.
• Overseeing project implementation; establishing partnerships with executing agencies, experts, and other UN agencies to facilitate timely and efficient delivery of project inputs.
• Ensuring effective knowledge management strategies are implemented by the implementing partners, capturing lessons learned and best practices for future planning; addressing training needs of project personnel.
• Participating in advocacy and resource mobilisation efforts of the CO, by ensuring preparation of relevant documentation, i.e. project summaries, conference papers, speeches, donor profiles, and participating in related meetings and public events.
• Lead on the preparation of donor proposals and quality assurance of quarterly, mid-term and annual donor reports for UNFPA Programme in north-west Syria.
• Act as main focal point ensuring Accountability to Affected People (AAP), including through TPM and other relevant monitoring modalities.

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