Job title: Adolescent & Youth Technical Advisor
Level: P5
Position Number: 00039797
Location: Cairo, Egypt
Full/Part time: Full time
Fixed term/Temporary: Fixed term
Rotational/Non-Rotational: Non-Rotational
Duration: One Year (renewable)
The Position
Adolescents and youth policy underpinned by enabling laws, youth participation, leadership and accountability are at the core of UNFPA’s mandate and the three transformative results. Sexual and reproductive health and rights is an integral part of adolescent and young people’s transition into adulthood. Decisions about these are closely tied to their education, employment, sustainable livelihood and participation in decision-making processes. UNFPA is one of the pioneering agencies in working with young people and has contributed to shaping the youth space within the UN system. As such, UNFPA’s work on youth leadership and participation provides a crucial backbone for its mandate. Through its Strategic Plan 2022-2025 and the UNFPA’s Strategy on Youth, known as My Body, My Life, My World, UNFPA supports global, regional and national youth networks and organizations in advancing youth development issues, human rights, humanitarian action and peacebuilding efforts. S/He will lead and monitor country level technical support progress and needs while working with a team of regional Technical Advisors for accelerating the achievement of the UNFPA’s transformative results through integrated programming and thought leadership.
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 Programme of Action (PoA) and SDGs within 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.
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 through traditional and innovative approaches.
Job Purpose
The Adolescent & Youth Technical Advisor will contribute to the coordination and management of innovative, quality, timely and integrated technical leadership and programme support advancing the regional objectives in the context of the ICPD Programme of Action, Agenda 2030 and UNFPA Strategic Plan 2022-2025. S/he will contribute to integrated nature of country programme documents and are fully reflective of the key UN system documents - CCA, CF, UNSDF, others as well as national development processes, frameworks and UN reform.
You would be responsible for:
- Youth Policy Advice in the context of the ICPD PoA
- Quality Technical Support to Country Offices
- Youth in humanitarian action and youth, peace and security
- Leadership, Knowledge Management and Strategic Positioning
To view the full posting, please click on the link below and submit your application by 04 March 2023, 17.00 hrs New York Local time
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