The Special Assistant works with both the Regional Director (RD) and the Deputy Regional Director (DRD) by providing operational, planning, managerial, technical and coordination support to all aspects of the work of the Regional Office.
You will report directly to the Regional Director.
You will supervise the Personal Assistant to the Regional Director.
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 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.
Qualifications and Experience
Education:
Advanced university degree in Development Studies, International Relations, Management, Communications or related discipline.
Knowledge and Experience:
- 5 years of increasingly responsible professional experience in developmental work
- Strong organizational, planning and analytical ability and professional experience in policy analysis and development work
- Basic research skills and familiarity with quantitative and qualitative methods
- Strong ability to multi-task and deliver effectively in a high pressure environment
- Excellent writing and strong oral communication skills
- Good networks within the academic, management and development community
- Ability to form strategic partnerships and to collect and analyse strategic information in the field of population and sexual and reproductive health
- Strong interpersonal and networking skills
- Good knowledge of UN reform, RUNSDG system and the Sustainable Development agenda
- Knowledge management and environmental scanning;
- Familiarity with UN development programmes and working methods, particularly with UNFPA's mandate, agenda, policies and programming procedures.
- Field experience in the region is a positive asset
Languages:
Fluency in English; knowledge of other official UN languages, preferably French, is desirable.
We are no longer accepting applications for this position.
