The Position:
The Project manager ensures the effective management of UNFPA activities in the areas of reproductive health especially Family Planning project. You will oversee project formulation and evaluation, joint programming initiatives and national development frameworks. You will part the programme team and collaborates with the Iraq Country Office’s operations/administrative support staff. You will report to the UNFPA Programme Specialist SRH.
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: (a) ending the unmet need for family planning; (b) ending preventable maternal deaths; and (c) ending gender-based violence and harmful practices, including female genital mutilation and child, early and forced marriage. 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. Working within a large and complex country office environment, you will ensure the effective management of UNFPA activities in the areas of reproductive health especially Family Planning project in line with the Country Programme Document (CPD) 2020 – 2024 and the project proposal focusing on strengthening national capacity for the provision of high-quality integrated sexual and reproductive health services, especially for the most vulnerable populations, including women, young people, internally displaced people and those in refugee camps.
Employing your programme management experience, you will oversee the work of the project team as well as consultants, advisors, and experts. You will provide quality, timely and integrated technical and programmatic leadership in terms of UNFPA policy and strategy related to address reproductive health issues. You will work to increase the national capacity for demand creation of sexual and reproductive health services, including provision of information, especially for women and young people. You will contribute to policy making and strategies related to reproductive health and their inclusion in the global development agenda as outlined in the Iraq Poverty Reduction Strategy, Iraq National Development Plan (2018-2022) and Iraq Vision 2030; which is aligned to the four outcomes of the UNFPA Strategic Plan, 2018-2021, the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) for Iraq (2020-2024), and the UNFPA Iraq Country Programme Document (2020 – 2024). You will establish and maintain collaborative relationships with counterparts in government, multi-lateral and bilateral donor agencies and civil society to address emerging issues, and effectively influence diverse stakeholders to contribute to achieving UNFPA’s mandate.
Requirements
Education:
Master degree in Public health, Medicine or other related social science field.
Knowledge and Experience:
• Five years of increasingly responsible professional experience in the field of Reproductive Health.
• Experience in programme/ project management including experience in large multi-sector projects, designing and appraising proposals and actively liaising with relevant and potential project partners.
• Knowledge of international Reproductive Health issues with specific attention to gender-aware and gender-sensitive and human rights approaches.
• Experience in handling of web-based management systems.
• Proven experience in coordinating/managing a multi-disciplinary team of staff, experts and consultants.
• Experience in drafting and implementing legislation.
• Field experience is an asset.
• Prior experience in the UN system is an asset.
• Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.).
Languages:
Fluency in English; knowledge of Arabic is desirable.
We are no longer accepting applications for this position.
