NATIONAL POST: Assistant Representative, Islamabad, Pakistan Country Office, NOD

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS VACANCY IS ONLY FOR NATIONALS OF PAKISTAN

Closing Date: 15 November 2018 (5 pm Karachi/ Islamabad time)

The Position:

The Assistant Representative is responsible for designing, developing and implementing an innovative and responsive country programme. You will respond creatively to complex challenges and frequently changing demands in terms of a fluctuating resource base, multiple funding arrangements and donor contacts, and complex programme execution modalities.

You will report directly to the UNFPA Deputy Representative.

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 the face of challenges resulting from the delay in reducing fertility in Pakistan, including gaps in fulfilment of women’s reproductive rights, the need for significant expansion of infrastructure and services to serve a larger population, the difficulty in achieving education goals with the growth of its school-aged population and a less favorable age structure for economic development, UNFPA is seeking candidates that transform, inspire and deliver high impact and sustained results; we need principled and ethical staff, who embody human rights norms and standards, and who will defend them courageously and with full conviction; 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:

In a highly complex operating environment, you will play a vital role in promoting partnership, synergy and strategic alliances with counterparts in government, multi-lateral and bi-lateral agencies and civil society.

You will contribute to the management of UNFPA activities in the areas of reproductive health, population and development and gender, and provide information on achievement of results in the implementation of the country programme.

You will facilitate and coordinate technical advisers and experts and contribute to UN systems coordination through participation in policy dialogue and provision of inputs into joint common system initiatives.

Requirements:

Qualifications and Experience

Education: 

Advanced university degree in Population Studies, Demography, Statistics, Public Health, or related Social Science field.

Knowledge and Experience:

At least 7 years of increasingly responsible professional experience, preferably in programme/project management in the public or private sector;

Excellent organization skills, attention to detail, precision and accuracy;

Demonstrated ability to refine programme design and to ensure alignment of organizational programme objectives to national priorities/capacities;

Proven ability to lead and manage teams to achieve demonstrable results;

Excellent communication skills to foster partnerships at a high level of representation and to maintain political partnerships in the assigned country;

Strong interest in development work, especially the mission of the United Nations Population Fund and dedication to the principles of the United Nations; and.

Knowledge of the UN system would be an advantage;

Experience in a humanitarian or crisis context is an asset.

Languages:

Fluency in English and Urdu are required, knowledge of local languages is an asset.