The Position:
The Programme Adviser post is located in the Bangkok Regional Office of UNFPA and is under the overall supervision of the Regional Director and reports directly to the Deputy Regional Director. They are the coordinator of programme support functions in the Regional Office, responsible for ensuring that this support and guidance is provided to countries in an integrated and coordinated manner, and with a system strengthening approach which is fundamental to UNFPA’s overall strategy. They lead and guide the Programme Support Team in terms of strategic direction and day-to-day management.
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.
Job Purpose:
The Programme Adviser supports the Deputy Regional Director in ensuring the provision of integrated technical and programme support to country programmes which are firmly placed in the context of: the ICPD Programme of Action; national development processes; the global development agenda; the achievement of the SDGs; and the process of UN reform.
Also, they ensure the coordination and integration of knowledge management; capacity building for technical and programme support; and synergy between regional programme and other activities at the country level; overseeing the development of regional strategies; and, advising on technical and programmatic priorities in the region. In all activities, they foster collaboration within the Regional Office, particularly amongst the team providing integrated programme and technical support to countries and with the team managing the regional programme; with the programme and technical staff in the Sub-Regional Offices; with the Programme Division, including the Regional Desk Adviser; and with other HQ Divisions, ensuring the timeliness, adequacy, relevance and quality of programming and technical support to countries.
Qualifications and Experience:
Education:
Advanced University Degree in public health, medicine, sociology, demography, gender, economics, international relations, international development, public administration, management or other related fields.
Knowledge and Experience:
- 10 years of increasingly responsible professional experience in development programmes, of which seven years at the international level.
- Strong track record of leadership, and proven ability to produce demonstrable results.
- Substantive knowledge and practical experience in population and development, sexual and reproductive health, and gender.
- Ability to think and work both politically and programmatically.
- Field and service oriented, with deep knowledge of UNFPA country operations ideally from having worked in a country office or in a programme support role from a regional office.
- Ability to work with and adjust to different styles and ways of working of various stakeholders, and to gain the trust of Country Office senior managers.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills.
- Experience in programme and/or technical assistance with the UN System.
- UN inter-agency experience in a strong asset.
- Field experience is required.
- Openness to directly act as desk officer and to directly support needs of country offices.
- Interest in coaching and developing team members.
Languages:
Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of other official UN languages is desirable.
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