The Position:
The Special Assistant reports directly to the Regional Director (RD) by providing operational, planning, managerial, technical and coordination support to all aspects of the work of the Regional and Country Offices and outside the Region.
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:
The Special Assistant to the RD will provide timely analytical information, coherent policy advice and will have a proven ability to work and act under pressure and with discretion in a sensitive and challenging environment. She/he has to have excellent communication and organization skills to manage the substantive and normative agenda acting as an interface with all units within and outside the Regional Office (RO), within the RO’s overall integrated, and systems strengthening approach.
Education:
Advanced university degree in public health, demography, social sciences ,management or a related subject in international development
Knowledge and Experience:
- 5 years of increasingly responsible professional experience in developmental work, preferably in management
- Strong analytical ability and professional experience in policy development
- Basic research skills and familiarity with quantitative and qualitative methods
- Strong writing and oral communication skills
- Good network within the academic and development community
- Field experience is a strong asset
Languages:
Fluency in English; knowledge of other official UN languages. Strong preference for advanced levels of Arabic or French.
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