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The Position: The Representative leads a country office team in the design and implementation of a population and development and sexual and reproductive health country programme. Through alliances and partnerships with governments, UN and bilateral agencies, development partners, civil society, academia and the private sector, the programme aims to realize the 2030 Agenda in order to make a positive difference in the lives of millions of people; especially those furthest behind.   How you can make a difference: UNFPA is the lead United Nations agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is intended, every childbirth is safe, and every young person's potential is fulfilled. The UNFPA Strategic Plan for 2026-2029 articulates the organization's response to a complex global environment, providing a roadmap for resilience and renewal. It is designed to accelerate the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. This mandate is pursued through a focus on four interconnected outcomes: ending the unmet need for family planning; ending preventable maternal deaths; ending gender-based violence and harmful practices; and adapting to demographic change through evidence and rights-based policies.  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 who transform, inspire, and deliver high-impact and sustained results and ensure effective external relations, communications, and partnership-building and resource mobilization in a rapidly changing development and funding landscape. We need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them, and who commit to delivering excellence in programme results.   Job Purpose: Under the guidance of a Regional Director, you will lead a Country team in the development and management of an innovative Country Programme of Cooperation focused on population and development and universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, including maternal health, family planning, gender, and adolescent and youth empowerment.  You are accountable for the effective implementation of the Country Programme, playing the lead role in promoting the mandate of the organization, and ensuring the integration of issues of sexual and reproductive health and rights in the broader national development agenda. Through engagement with national counterparts, UN Country Teams, compelling advocacy, and delivery of effective programmes, including in emergency settings, you serve on the frontline of the organization, validating both the mandate of the organization and its ability to deliver high quality support and results. Your ultimate accountability is to the people that you serve; the most vulnerable, excluded, or marginalized and for the causes that you serve; human rights, sustainable development and humanitarian relief.     You would be responsible for: A.   Strategic direction, planning and management •   Lead the positioning of UNFPA on strategic issues in the country on the basis of global, regional and national policies and strategies •   Build institutional relationships with government counterparts, civil society, the private sector, the UN community, other international/national organizations, academia and bilaterals that galvanize support for UNFPA's mandate •   Promote UNFPA's role in the national development agenda, and in the changing aid environment •   Establish priorities for the work of the Country Office in line with regional and global UNFPA corporate priorities •   Ensure that policies, programming tools, state-of-the-art knowledge and sound business practices are incorporated into UNFPA country operations •   Lead and coordinate the development of a strategic plan for UNFPA's humanitarian and preparedness actions in-country B.   Management of resources •   Manage international and national staff providing them with direction and motivation; fostering empowerment, learning and career management •   Demonstrate performance appraisal and transparent leadership approaches that support a culture of growth and development, where good performance is incentivized and underperformers are held to account •   Attract and retain the highest calibre of staff for the Country Office •   Set standards of performance, and assign responsibilities for achieving results according to the Country Office Strategic Information System •   Drive the formulation and implementation of a comprehensive resource mobilization and partnership strategy including donor relations and effective mobilisation of funds; securing and efficiently using mobilised funds and assigned budget allocations for the country programme •   Ensure the safety, security and wellbeing of staff by driving compliance with Minimum Operating Security Standards (MOSS) and Minimum Operational Residential Security Standards (MORSS)   C.   Programme leadership and representation •   Advise senior management of UNFPA on country level issues •   Provide leadership in the development and execution of the organization's country level policy dialogue and programme, including delivery of technical assistance for capacity development and for humanitarian situations •   Engage national counterparts through effective advocacy on UNFPA's agenda; build support for programme objectives and create awareness of the role of ICPD issues in the overall development agenda and achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals •   Represent UNFPA within the inter-agency United Nations Country Team (UNCT) and the UN Humanitarian Team; support the UN Resident Coordinator (RC) as UNCT leader, promoting integration of population and development, and sexual and reproductive health issues in the development and humanitarian agenda; contribute to the UN reform process including the triple nexus (Development, Humanitarian and Peace) within the UNCT context •   Drive UNFPA accountability for the UN Flash Appeal/ Humanitarian Response plan and contribute actively to the achievement of the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) common results, including through chairing/co- chairing UNCT Results Groups •   Initiate programme and technical support opportunities for South to South collaboration with other countries.   D.   Programme oversight and coordination •   Drive the application of results-based management and quality assurance frameworks for the work of the Country Office; •   Enforce financial and monitoring processes to ensure the Country Office complies with UNFPA policies and procedures, corporate requirements and audit recommendations; Carry out any other duties as may be required by the Regional Director to whom you will report.   Qualifications and Experience:  Education:   Advanced university degree in any of the following disciplines: Public Health, Medicine, Sociology, Demography, Gender, International Relations, International Development, Economics, Public Administration, Management or other related field.   Knowledge and Experience:  •   At least 15 years of increasingly responsible professional experience in public administration and international development of which at least 10 years in the field of population and development, sexual and reproductive health or humanitarian at the international level; •   Current knowledge of issues of population and development, sexual and reproductive health, and their place in the development and humanitarian agenda; •   Proven ability to lead teams to achieve demonstrable and high quality results •   Experience at national and international level in advocacy and policy dialogue •   Experience in media/communication with partners, and public information •   Experience in international development, particularly in the mandate of UNFPA and dedication to the principles of the United Nations; •   Field experience is essential; experience from a developing, humanitarian or crisis context is an asset.   Languages:  Fluency in English. Working knowledge of another official UN language is desirable.   Required Competencies:  Values: - Exemplifying integrity - Demonstrating commitment to UNFPA and the UN system - Embracing cultural diversity - Embracing change   Core Competencies:  - Achieving results - Being accountable - Developing and applying professional expertise/business acumen - Thinking analytically and strategically - Working in teams/managing ourselves and our relationships - Communicating for impact   Managerial Competencies: - Providing strategic focus - Engaging in internal/external partners and stakeholders - Leading, developing and empowering people, creating a culture of performance - Making decisions and exercising judgment   UN Leadership Characteristics: - Norm-based - grounded in UN norms and standards - Principled - defends norms and standards without discrimination, fear or favour - Inclusive of all personnel and stakeholders - Accountable - Multi-dimensional - Transformational - Collaborative - Self-applied - modelled in our own behaviour   Compensation and Benefits:  This position offers an attractive remuneration package including a competitive net salary plus health insurance and other benefits as applicable. UNFPA Work Environment: UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, diversity, integrity and healthy work-life balance. We are committed to ensuring gender parity in the organization and therefore encourage women to apply. Individuals from the LGBTQIA+ community, minority ethnic groups, indigenous populations, persons with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply. Reasonable accommodation may be provided to applicants with disabilities upon request, to support their participation in the recruitment process. UNFPA promotes equal opportunities in terms of appointment, training, compensation and selection for all regardless of personal characteristics and dimensions of diversity. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is at the heart of UNFPA's workforce - click [here](https://www.unfpa.org/diversity-equity-inclusion) to learn more. Disclaimer: Selection and appointment may be subject to background and reference checks, medical clearance, visa issuance and other administrative requirements.  UNFPA does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process and does not concern itself with information on applicants' bank accounts.  Applicants for positions in the international Professional and higher categories, who hold permanent resident status in a country other than their country of nationality, may be required to renounce such status upon their appointment.                ______________________________________________________________________   Important Application Information: Please submit your application only via the official website of the hiring organization or by using the "Apply" button on CinfoPoste, which will redirect you to the organization's application site. Applications submitted through other job portals will not be forwarded to the respective organization and will not be considered. To ensure your application reaches the right destination, always follow the official application process as indicated in the job posting.   How cinfo Can Support You in the Application Process for This Position - Application and Interview Preparation: Whether you're preparing your application documents or getting ready for an interview, you can book a [Job Application Support](https://www.cinfo.ch/en/individuals/get-support/career-support-in-international-cooperation/job-application-support-in-international-cooperation) session to receive tailored guidance. - For Swiss nationals invited to the first round of the selection process (e.g., written test, interview, assessment center): Notify us at recruitment@cinfo.ch, and we will inform our HR partners in the respective organization and the Swiss Government to help increase your visibility. ______________________________________________________________________

The Position: The Programme Specialist, Monitoring and Evaluation, holds overall responsibility for UNFPA's activities in the areas of Monitoring and Evaluation and contributes to analyzing political, social, and economic trends, providing foresight analysis and technical input to country programme development, project formulation and evaluation, joint programming initiatives, and national development frameworks. This role links internal and external data, monitoring, and evaluation systems, ensuring that programme results are tracked, reported, and evaluated in alignment with UNFPA standards. It is pivotal in connecting country-level planning, foresight, and evidence-based decision-making. The Programme Specialist, Monitoring and Evaluation, provides leadership in planning, monitoring, and evaluation of the Country Programme and engages with inter-agency working groups for UNSDCF coordination and supports national partners through the UN Data Group and Data for Development platforms.   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: UNFPA Somalia's Country Programme cycle is coming to an end on the 31st of December 2025. The Country Office is now embarking on the development of the 5th Country Programme (CP) 2026-2030, focusing on three outputs: (i) sexual and reproductive health and rights; (ii) gender equality and GBV; and (iii) population dynamics and data. Under the overall guidance of the representative and the direct supervision of the deputy representative, the Programme Specialist, Monitoring and Evaluation, will work closely with all thematic leads across all programmatic areas, leading the planning, implementation and monitoring strategies for the entire programme. This includes technical support to data analysis, foresight, monitoring, reporting (including donor reporting) and knowledge management development. S/he will act as a bridge connecting population data to programmatic results by leading and participating in field M&E missions, participating in review meetings and evaluation missions and preparing regular inputs to status and progress reports. S/he will be responsible for monitoring and evaluation, providing support to population data and foresight analysis, strategic information, and reporting at both country and regional levels. The Programme Specialist, Monitoring and Evaluation, will coordinate all M&E and reporting responsibilities, with support from thematic leads, ensuring timely and high-quality reporting, knowledge generation and management, and leading the processes of programmatic evaluation in line with UNFPA guidelines   You would be responsible for: A. Programme Management ● Analyze population trends, risks and data impacting ICPD agenda and SDGs ● Coordinate CO's M&E activities for Somalia Country Programme implementation ● Identify key evaluation topics, timelines, and responsible units, integrating both mandatory and strategic evaluations and facilitate validation of the plan with relevant stakeholders. ● Facilitate inter-agency M&E coordination and UNSDCF work, ensuring quality reporting ● Provide technical advice for RBM and M&E to staff, UN and implementing partners B. Quality Technical Support and Capacity Development ● Provide technical support in national and sub-national capacity development in population data production and use, especially in demographic analysis related to sexual and reproductive health, and gender-based violence, and integration of population dynamics in policies. ● Integrate current population data into CO programme work, CCA and UNSDCF processes ● Coordinate information systems management and program monitoring ● Document and share M&E best practices and lessons learned ● Conduct field monitoring and collect programmatic evidence ● Support inter-agency UNSDCF monitoring and reporting ensuring and external evaluations ● Manage risk, donor reporting and corporate evaluation systems C. M&E Framework ● Develop/refine the Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) framework, including performance indicators, baselines, and targets. ● Ensure that the framework aligns with organizational policies, donor requirements, and international best practices. ● Build capacity among relevant staff for effective implementation of the M&E framework. D. Results and Resources Framework (RRF) ● Facilitate the development of the Results and Resources Framework in close coordination with programme and finance teams. ● Ensure that outputs, outcomes, and impact statements are SMART and aligned with strategic objectives. ● Link results to budget allocations and funding sources, ensuring traceability and accountability. ● Review and revise the RRF as needed based on feedback from stakeholders and evolving programme priorities. E. Population Dynamics and Data ● Provide technical support for national census, DHS and surveys, incorporating new technologies including GIS and satellite imagery. ● Build national capacity in census planning, data collection and analysis ● Support South-South Cooperation and modernization of national statistical systems ● Assist in reviewing new policy developments and summarizing their potential relevance to programme activities. F. Coordination and Collaboration ● Work collaboratively with other team leads, ensuring consistency and coherence across thematic areas. ● Organize and facilitate planning and review meetings with internal stakeholders to align on key deliverables. Carry out any other duties as may be required by the UNFPA CO. Qualifications and Experience:    Education:   Master's degree in Statistics, Demography, Monitoring and Evaluation, Public Health, or a related Social Science discipline such as Gender Studies or Development Studies. Knowledge and Experience:  - At least 5 years of increasingly responsible professional experience in the field of population, data and development, results-based management, monitoring and evaluation, statistics, and/or research methodologies; with additional years of experience is essential. - Postgraduate training in use of data, statistics, monitoring and evaluation and knowledge in the health sector is an added advantage. - Data analysis skills and familiarity with statistical software (i.e. SPSS, Stata); Experience in documenting results in a variety of formats, including human interest stories and more qualitative research and reports - Ability to write clear and comprehensive reports -  Experience in capacity building on analysis and data use, and aspects of M&E an asset. - Excellent computer skills especially Access, Excel, SPSS and GIS -  Strong interest in development work, especially the mission of the United Nations Population Fund and dedication to the principles of the United Nations; Knowledge of the UN system would be an advantage - Proven experience in coordinating/managing a multi-disciplinary team of staff, experts and consultants; - Field experience is an asset; - Prior experience in the UN system is an asset. Languages:  - Solid command of spoken and written English is essential. Required Competencies:  Values: - Exemplifying integrity,  - Demonstrating commitment to UNFPA and the UN system,  - Embracing cultural diversity,  - Embracing change   Core Competencies:  - Achieving results, - Being accountable, - Developing and applying professional expertise/business acumen, - Thinking analytically and strategically, - Working in teams/managing ourselves and our relationships, Functional Competencies: - Advocacy/Advancing a policy-oriented agenda - Leveraging the resources of national governments and partners/building strategic alliances and partnerships - Delivering results-oriented programmes - Internal and external communication and advocacy for resource mobilization Compensation and Benefits:  This position offers an attractive remuneration package including a competitive net salary plus health insurance and other benefits as applicable. UNFPA Work Environment: UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, diversity, integrity and healthy work-life balance. We are committed to ensuring gender parity in the organization and therefore encourage women to apply. Individuals from the LGBTQIA+ community, minority ethnic groups, indigenous populations, persons with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply. Reasonable accommodation may be provided to applicants with disabilities upon request, to support their participation in the recruitment process. UNFPA promotes equal opportunities in terms of appointment, training, compensation and selection for all regardless of personal characteristics and dimensions of diversity. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is at the heart of UNFPA's workforce - click [here](https://www.unfpa.org/diversity-equity-inclusion) to learn more. Disclaimer: Selection and appointment may be subject to background and reference checks, medical clearance, visa issuance and other administrative requirements.  UNFPA does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process and does not concern itself with information on applicants' bank accounts.  Applicants for positions in the international Professional and higher categories, who hold permanent resident status in a country other than their country of nationality, may be required to renounce such status upon their appointment.              ______________________________________________________________________   Important Application Information: Please submit your application only via the official website of the hiring organization or by using the "Apply" button on CinfoPoste, which will redirect you to the organization's application site. Applications submitted through other job portals will not be forwarded to the respective organization and will not be considered. To ensure your application reaches the right destination, always follow the official application process as indicated in the job posting.   How cinfo Can Support You in the Application Process for This Position - Application and Interview Preparation: Whether you're preparing your application documents or getting ready for an interview, you can book a [Job Application Support](https://www.cinfo.ch/en/individuals/get-support/career-support-in-international-cooperation/job-application-support-in-international-cooperation) session to receive tailored guidance. - For Swiss nationals invited to the first round of the selection process (e.g., written test, interview, assessment center): Notify us at recruitment@cinfo.ch, and we will inform our HR partners in the respective organization and the Swiss Government to help increase your visibility. ______________________________________________________________________

The position     The Chief of the UNFPA Representation Office to the AU and the UNECA will proactively support a coordinated Pan African engagement with the African Union Commission (AUC), the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and relevant regional and multilateral partners to advance collaboration with UNFPA on issues of common interest, including the integration of the ICPD agenda in continental frameworks and the follow up and reviews of the ICPD Programme of Action,  including the Addis Ababa Declaration on Population and Development, and other related regional and global development agendas as well as the implementation of those agendas and relevant continental instruments, especially those on sexual and reproductive health and rights, youth, women's empowerment and gender equality. Working closely with, within and through Regional teams, the incumbent will provide a constant and senior level interface with Officials of the African Union Commission and other Organs and Specialized Agencies, Ambassadors of African Union (AU) Member States accredited to the African Union and Regional Economic Communities (RECs), as well as undertake relevant strategic political engagement at the bilateral level in Capitals in collaboration with respective Country, Regional and Executive Leadership teams.  Crucially, the incumbent serves as a senior strategist for policy dialogue and resource mobilization, leveraging relationships with International Financial Institutions (IFIs) and continental funding mechanisms to support the UNFPA mandate. The Chief of the UNFPA Representation Office to the AU and the UNECA advises Senior Leadership on opportunities, associated risks, human capital investments and areas requiring additional oversight. The incumbent reports to the Director for the Division for External Relations.   How you can make a difference UNFPA is the lead United Nations agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is intended, every childbirth is safe, and every young person's potential is fulfilled. The UNFPA Strategic Plan for 2026-2029 articulates the organization's response to a complex global environment, providing a roadmap for resilience and renewal. It is designed to accelerate the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. This mandate is pursued through a focus on four interconnected outcomes: ending the unmet need for family planning; ending preventable maternal deaths; ending gender-based violence and harmful practices; and adapting to demographic change through evidence and rights-based policies. 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 who transform, inspire, and deliver high-impact and sustained results and ensure effective external relations, external and internal communications, and partnership-building and resource mobilization, including domestic resource mobilization in a rapidly changing development and funding landscape. We need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them, and who commit to delivering excellence in programme results, relate and contribute to partnership strengthening and to United Nations interagency dynamics. You would be responsible for: Duties and responsibilities A. Strategic Advisory and Engagement - As the main interlocutor for UNFPA to the AU and UNECA, provide advice to Senior Leadership on coordination mechanisms aimed at reducing any potentially fragmented engagement with continental actors including mainly the African Union but also the RECs, AUDA-NEPAD, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), African Development Bank (AfDB) etc.; - Remain knowledgeable, active and vigilant on strategies related to inter-governmental processes relevant to UNFPA's mandate and the advancement of the AU's Agenda 2063 "The Africa We Want" and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); - Assist Senior Leadership in identifying and assessing opportunities for strengthening UNFPA impact in Africa, working closely with the UNECA and including through reduced duplication of efforts and alignment of thematic efforts; - Represent the Executive Director as requested. B. Representation - Represent UNFPA at the highest levels of policy dialogue and events with the African Union (AU), its constituent organs and the UNECA with regards to programming and policy matters, including Member States, major international partners and civil society organizations; - Interact with AU, UNECA and their organs, including the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) and the Pan African Parliament, to position UNFPA positively and proactively, especially regarding ICPD and related issues; - Promote the One Africa Leadership team, working closely and conferring with the Regional Directors for the Arab States Region, the East and Southern Africa Region and the West and Central Africa Region; - Tied to the Decade of Action and ongoing UN reform with an emphasis on sustainable development espoused in the goals and ambitions of the ICPD agenda, network with all relevant partners to ensure a platform for support for UNFPA's mandate; - Represent or support UNFPA's mandate in relevant intergovernmental negotiations to advance the ICPD agenda; - Lead the preparation of environmental scans on continental issues of relevance to ensure that UNFPA African Regional Offices and senior management at HQ are positioned to pursue policies that promote the cooperation with Africa's continental bodies and leadership; - Together with the Regional directors, inform continental wide approach on issues relevant to the ICPD agenda and ensure UNFPA's mandate and regional coordination within the framework of AU/UN cooperation; - Serve as the link to UNFPA on communication regarding the AU and UNECA, especially those political and strategic activities and initiatives that will have an impact on possible AU-UNFPA and UNECA-UNFPA cooperation; - Advise on and facilitate visits by UNFPA's senior leadership to Addis Ababa and other venues for AU and UNECA meetings and events; - Serve on the Interdepartmental Task Force on African Affairs (IDTFAA) Director's level convened by the Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (OSAA), and represent the Executive Director at the Principals level when appropriate; - Ensure that the UNFPA Office at the African Union represents UNFPA at regional and sub-regional ministerial and expert group meetings with the view to promoting the integration of population related issues into Africa's development debates; - Participate in panel discussions, and high-level consultative meetings on AU's strategies; - Provide briefings for UNFPA senior officials on AUC and UNECA; conversely, brief the AUC and UNECA and their related organs on UNFPA and its key mandate areas and programmes as relevant in consultation with the Country and Regional Offices.  C. Resource Mobilization and Strategic Financing - Proactively represent UNFPA with the donor community present in Addis Ababa to ensure continuing and increasing income (non-core); - Serve as a strategic liaison for funding proposals from relevant UNFPA programme units with the donor community and continental funding bodies; - Coordinate with the Division for External Relations to ensure consistency with institutional priorities and strategies with donors; D. Partnership strengthening and Policy Dialogue - Enhance HQ and Africa Region advocacy efforts by tailoring information and media outreach to the representatives accredited to the AU and for their countries and organizations collaboration with UNFPA; - Maintain and enhance partnership with AU Commissioners, Department Directors, African Ambassadors accredited to the AU, UNECA and heads of regional institutions based in Addis Ababa, executive directors of Africa's Regional Economic Communities (RECs), AUDA-NEPAD Secretariat, and heads of UN agencies convening the AUDA-NEPAD Cluster groups; - Interface with and actively engage African Union Commissioners, RECs, Pan African Parliament and sub-regional institutions in policy dialogue and advocate for mainstreaming key tenets of the ICPD Programme of Action (including, the integration of RH in HIV/AIDS interventions) in their policy frameworks, programmes and action plans that would be approved at continental and sub-regional levels; - Build strategic alliances with International NGOs, the private sector, local CSOs, non-traditional partners and the Media working with the AUC to broaden the base of political and financial support for UNFPA; E. Manage the Office - Manage the Representation Office and provide oversight and leadership while ensuring substantive and operational coherence of office affairs; - Provide team leadership and coaching. Mentor and develop young professionals, emerging leaders and high potentials at UNFPA; - Leverage opportunities to complement staffing possibilities with non-core funds and other sources, ensuring effective financial stewardship and accountability; - Ensure effective management of financial and human resources, creating a culture of performance and accountability; and - Perform other related duties as required. Qualifications and Experience  Education:   Advanced university degree in one or more of the following disciplines: Public Health, Medicine, Sociology, Demography, Gender, International Relations, International Development, Economics, Public Administration, Management or other related field. Knowledge and Experience:  - 15 years of increasingly responsible professional experience in public administration and international development of which at least 8 years in the field of population and development at the international level; - Job knowledge and technical expertise –up-to-date knowledge of issues of population and development, sexual and reproductive health, and gender, and their place in the development agenda; - Proven ability to lead and manage teams to achieve demonstrable results; - Excellent communication skills in speaking and writing in English; knowledge of French is an asset; - Strong interest in development work, especially in the mission of the United Nations Population Fund and dedication to the principles of the United Nations; and - Familiarity with intergovernmental processes. Languages:  Fluency in English; knowledge of other official UN languages, preferably French and/or Spanish, is desirable. Required Competencies:  Values: - Exemplifying integrity; - Demonstrating commitment to UNFPA and the UN system; - Embracing cultural diversity; - Embracing change. Core Competencies: - Achieving results; - Being accountable; - Developing and applying professional expertise/business acumen; - Thinking analytically and strategically; - Communicating for impact.  Functional Competencies: - Global leadership and advocacy for ICPD goals; - Organizational leadership and direction; - Ensuring operational effectiveness and accountability for result; - External and internal communication and advocacy for results mobilization. Managerial Competencies: - Providing strategic focus; - Engaging internal/external partners and stakeholders; - Leading, developing and empowering people, creating a culture of performance; - Making decisions and exercising judgment. Compensation and Benefits:  This position offers an attractive remuneration package including a competitive net salary plus health insurance and other benefits as applicable. UNFPA Work Environment: UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, diversity, integrity and healthy work-life balance. We are committed to ensuring gender parity in the organization and therefore encourage women to apply. Individuals from the LGBTQIA+ community, minority ethnic groups, indigenous populations, persons with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply. Reasonable accommodation may be provided to applicants with disabilities upon request, to support their participation in the recruitment process. UNFPA promotes equal opportunities in terms of appointment, training, compensation and selection for all regardless of personal characteristics and dimensions of diversity. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is at the heart of UNFPA's workforce - click [here](https://www.unfpa.org/diversity-equity-inclusion) to learn more. Disclaimer: Selection and appointment may be subject to background and reference checks, medical clearance, visa issuance and other administrative requirements.  UNFPA does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process and does not concern itself with information on applicants' bank accounts.  Applicants for positions in the international Professional and higher categories, who hold permanent resident status in a country other than their country of nationality, may be required to renounce such status upon their appointment.              ______________________________________________________________________   Important Application Information: Please submit your application only via the official website of the hiring organization or by using the "Apply" button on CinfoPoste, which will redirect you to the organization's application site. Applications submitted through other job portals will not be forwarded to the respective organization and will not be considered. To ensure your application reaches the right destination, always follow the official application process as indicated in the job posting.   How cinfo Can Support You in the Application Process for This Position - Application and Interview Preparation: Whether you're preparing your application documents or getting ready for an interview, you can book a [Job Application Support](https://www.cinfo.ch/en/individuals/get-support/career-support-in-international-cooperation/job-application-support-in-international-cooperation) session to receive tailored guidance. - For Swiss nationals invited to the first round of the selection process (e.g., written test, interview, assessment center): Notify us at recruitment@cinfo.ch, and we will inform our HR partners in the respective organization and the Swiss Government to help increase your visibility. ______________________________________________________________________

The Position: The Representative leads a country office team in the design and implementation of a population and development and sexual and reproductive health country programme. Through alliances and partnerships with governments, UN and bilateral agencies, development partners, civil society, academia and the private sector, the programme aims to realize the 2030 Agenda in order to make a positive difference in the lives of millions of people; especially those furthest behind.   How you can make a difference: UNFPA is the lead United Nations agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is intended, every childbirth is safe, and every young person's potential is fulfilled. The UNFPA Strategic Plan for 2026-2029 articulates the organization's response to a complex global environment, providing a roadmap for resilience and renewal. It is designed to accelerate the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. This mandate is pursued through a focus on four interconnected outcomes: ending the unmet need for family planning; ending preventable maternal deaths; ending gender-based violence and harmful practices; and adapting to demographic change through evidence and rights-based policies.  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 who transform, inspire, and deliver high-impact and sustained results and ensure effective external relations, communications, and partnership-building and resource mobilization in a rapidly changing development and funding landscape. We need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them, and who commit to delivering excellence in programme results. Job Purpose: Under the guidance of a Regional Director, you will lead a Country team in the development and management of an innovative Country Programme of Cooperation focused on population and development (P&D) and universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, including maternal health, family planning, gender, adolescent, youth empowerment and the utilization of data to inform P&D policies. You are accountable for the effective implementation of the Country Programme, playing the lead role in promoting the mandate of the organization, and ensuring the integration of issues of sexual and reproductive health and rights in the broader national development agenda. Through engagement with national counterparts, UN Country Teams, compelling advocacy, and delivery of effective programmes, including in emergency settings, you serve on the frontline of the organization, validating both the mandate of the organization and its ability to deliver high quality support and results. Your ultimate accountability is to the people that you serve; the most vulnerable, excluded, or marginalized and for the causes that you serve; human rights, sustainable development and humanitarian relief.   You would be responsible for: - Strategic direction, planning and management - Management of resources - Programme leadership and representation - Programme oversight and coordination   Strategic direction, planning and management - Lead the positioning of UNFPA on strategic issues in the country on the basis of global, regional and national policies and strategies - Build institutional relationships with government counterparts, civil society, the private sector, the UN community, other international/national organizations, academia and bilaterals that galvanize support for UNFPA's mandate - Promote UNFPA's role in the national development agenda, and in the changing aid environment - Establish priorities for the work of the Country Office in line with regional and global UNFPA corporate priorities - Ensure that policies, programming tools, state-of-the-art knowledge and sound business practices are incorporated into UNFPA country operations - Lead and coordinate the development of a strategic plan for UNFPA's humanitarian and preparedness actions in-country. Management of Resources - Manage international and national staff providing them with direction and motivation; fostering empowerment, learning and career management - Demonstrate performance appraisal and transparent leadership approaches that support a culture of growth and development, where good performance is incentivized and underperformers are held to account - Attract and retain the highest calibre of staff for the Country Office - Set standards of performance, and assign responsibilities for achieving results according to the Country Office Strategic Information System - Drive the formulation and implementation of a comprehensive resource mobilization and partnership strategy including donor relations and effective mobilisation of funds; securing and efficiently using mobilised funds and assigned budget allocations for the country programme. - Ensure the safety, security and wellbeing of staff by driving compliance with Minimum Operating Security Standards (MOSS) and Minimum Operational Residential Security Standards (MORSS)   Programme leadership and representation - Advise senior management of UNFPA on country level issues - Provide leadership in the development and execution of the organization's country level policy dialogue and programme, including delivery of technical assistance for capacity development and for humanitarian situations. - Engage national counterparts through effective advocacy on UNFPA's agenda; build support for programme objectives and create awareness of the role of ICPD issues in the overall development agenda and achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. - Represent UNFPA within the inter-agency United Nations Country Team (UNCT) and the UN Humanitarian Team; support the UN Resident Coordinator (RC) as UNCT leader,promoting integration of population and development, and sexual and reproductive health issues in the development and humanitarian agenda; contribute to the UN reform process including the triple nexus (Development, Humanitarian and Peace) within the UNCT context. - Drive UNFPA accountability for the UN Flash Appeal/ Humanitarian Response plan and contribute actively to the achievement of the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) common results, including through chairing/co- chairing UNCT Results Groups. - Initiate programme and technical support opportunities for South-to-South collaboration with other countries.   Programme oversight and coordination - Drive the application of results-based management and quality assurance frameworks for the work of the Country Office. - Enforce financial and monitoring processes to ensure the Country Office complies with UNFPA policies and procedures, corporate requirements and audit recommendations. - Carry out any other duties as may be required by the Regional Director for whom you report to.   Qualifications and Experience:  Education:   An advanced degree (minimum Master's degree or equivalent) in Public Health, Medicine, Sociology, Demography, Gender, International Relations, International Development, Economics, Public Administration, Management and related areas is required.   Knowledge and Experience:  - 10 years of increasingly responsible professional experience in public administration and international development of which at least 8 years in the field of population and development, sexual and reproductive health or humanitarian at the international level; - Current knowledge of issues of population and development, including strong use of evidence; sexual and reproductive health, particularly maternal mortality, and their place in the development and humanitarian agenda; - Proven ability to lead teams to achieve demonstrable and high quality results; - Experience at national and international level in advocacy and policy dialogue; - Experience in media/communication with partners, and public information; - Experience in international development, particularly in the mandate of UNFPA and dedication to the principles of the United Nations; - Field experience is essential; experience from a developing, humanitarian or crisis context is an asset.   Languages:  Fluency in Spanish and English are required. Knowledge of other official UN languages is desirable.   Required Competencies:  Values: - Exemplifying integrity,  - Demonstrating commitment to UNFPA and the UN system,  - Embracing cultural diversity,  - Embracing change   Core Competencies:  - Achieving results, - Being accountable, - Developing and applying professional expertise/business acumen, - Thinking analytically and strategically, - Working in teams/managing ourselves and our relationships, - Communicating for impact   UN Leadership Characteristics: - Norm-based-grounded in UN norms and standards - Pincipled-defends and standards without discrimination, fear or favour - Inclusive of all personnel and stakeholders - Accountable - Multi-dimensional - Transformational - Collaborative - Self-applied -modelled in our behaviour Managerial Competencies: - Providing strategic focus - Engaging in internal/external partners and stakeholders - Leading, developing and empowering people, creating a culture of perfomrance - Making decisions and exercising judgment   Compensation and Benefits: This position offers an attractive remuneration package including a competitive net salary plus health insurance and other benefits as applicable. UNFPA Work Environment: UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, diversity, integrity and healthy work-life balance. We are committed to ensuring gender parity in the organization and therefore encourage women to apply. Individuals from the LGBTQIA+ community, minority ethnic groups, indigenous populations, persons with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply. Reasonable accommodation may be provided to applicants with disabilities upon request, to support their participation in the recruitment process. UNFPA promotes equal opportunities in terms of appointment, training, compensation and selection for all regardless of personal characteristics and dimensions of diversity. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is at the heart of UNFPA's workforce - click [here](https://www.unfpa.org/diversity-equity-inclusion) to learn more. Disclaimer: Selection and appointment may be subject to background and reference checks, medical clearance, visa issuance and other administrative requirements.  UNFPA does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process and does not concern itself with information on applicants' bank accounts.  Applicants for positions in the international Professional and higher categories, who hold permanent resident status in a country other than their country of nationality, may be required to renounce such status upon their appointment.              ______________________________________________________________________   Important Application Information: Please submit your application only via the official website of the hiring organization or by using the "Apply" button on CinfoPoste, which will redirect you to the organization's application site. Applications submitted through other job portals will not be forwarded to the respective organization and will not be considered. To ensure your application reaches the right destination, always follow the official application process as indicated in the job posting.   How cinfo Can Support You in the Application Process for This Position - Application and Interview Preparation: Whether you're preparing your application documents or getting ready for an interview, you can book a [Job Application Support](https://www.cinfo.ch/en/individuals/get-support/career-support-in-international-cooperation/job-application-support-in-international-cooperation) session to receive tailored guidance. - For Swiss nationals invited to the first round of the selection process (e.g., written test, interview, assessment center): Notify us at recruitment@cinfo.ch, and we will inform our HR partners in the respective organization and the Swiss Government to help increase your visibility. ______________________________________________________________________

The Position: The Programme Specialist, Social Policy & Health Financing, is located in the UNFPA Philippines Country Office. Working under the direct supervision of the UNFPA  Representative, the incumbent provides high-level strategic, technical and policy guidance on social policy and health financing, specifically health & protection sectors, Universal Health Care (UHC) reforms, and sustainable financing for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). The Social Policy & Health Financing Specialist leads UNFPA's engagement with national government agencies - particularly the Department of Health, PhilHealth, and the Department of Finance - on policy dialogue, evidence generation, and innovative financing mechanisms that advance equitable access to SRHR and gender-responsive health services across the humanitarian–development continuum.   How you can make a difference: UNFPA is the lead United Nations agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is intended, every childbirth is safe, and every young person's potential is fulfilled. The UNFPA Strategic Plan for 2026-2029 articulates the organization's response to a complex global environment, providing a roadmap for resilience and renewal. It is designed to accelerate the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. This mandate is pursued through a focus on four interconnected outcomes: ending the unmet need for family planning; ending preventable maternal deaths; ending gender-based violence and harmful practices; and adapting to demographic change through evidence and rights-based policies.  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 who transform, inspire, and deliver high-impact and sustained results and ensure effective external relations, communications, and partnership-building and resource mobilization in a rapidly changing development and funding landscape. We need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them, and who commit to delivering excellence in programme results.   Job Purpose: The Social Policy & Health Financing Specialist strengthens the CO's capacity to advocate, design, and implement sustainable financing strategies for SRHR and related population and gender priorities within the UHC framework. The Specialist provides technical leadership for policy and systems analysis, public expenditure tracking, results-based financing design, and partnership building for domestic and blended financing. He/she will contribute to ensuring that financial sustainability, equity, and rights-based approaches are embedded in health and social protection systems.   You would be responsible for: Policy Analysis, Knowledge Generation, and Innovation - Lead policy analysis on national and sub-national financing trends, fiscal space, and health and social sector expenditure to identify opportunities to increase domestic investments in SRHR, GBV prevention, and adolescent health at national and local level, and especially in BARMM. - Provide technical advice to government partners on integrating SRHR and gender-responsive services into national UHC and PhilHealth benefit packages. - Generate and disseminate evidence on cost-effectiveness, investment cases, and public-private partnership models that inform policy advocacy and decision-making. - Identify and promote innovative financing mechanisms (e.g., blended finance, outcome-based grants, social impact investments) to expand access to quality SRH and GBV services. - Contribute to regional and global knowledge sharing by documenting lessons learned and best practices from the Philippines context. Programme Planning, Management, and Coordination - Provide strategic oversight for projects focused on social policy, health financing, and systems strengthening in collaboration with the Programme Team at the national and local level, especially for the BARMM region. - Coordinate the Demographic Intelligence and Data team.  - Lead formulation of results-based annual work plans, ensuring coherence with CPD9 outcomes and the UNSDCF. - Oversee project implementation, budget utilization, and partner performance, ensuring compliance with UNFPA procedures and timely delivery of results. - Coordinate technical assistance and high-level policy dialogues with government, development partners, and private sector stakeholders on financing for SRHR and health systems resilience. - Ensure integration of financial sustainability considerations into humanitarian and sub-national programmes. Partnerships, Advocacy, and Resource Mobilization - Engage strategically with ministries of health, finance, social welfare and PhilHealth to strengthen alignment of SRHR financing with national and local investment priorities and also to support t co-financing and domestic resource mobilization initiative. - Lead policy advocacy for increased public financing for women's, adolescents', and marginalized groups' health. - Support UNFPA's resource-mobilization efforts by preparing high-quality concept notes, proposals, and donor briefs on innovative financing and system-strengthening initiatives, in close collaboration with the Partnership & Advocacy Team. - Foster partnerships with development banks, private sector, and philanthropic actors to co-finance SRHR and gender equality and adolescent and youth investments. - Represent UNFPA in inter-agency coordination mechanisms on UHC, health financing, and SDG financing, promoting a coherent UN approach. Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning - Establish indicators and frameworks to monitor financial flows, efficiency, and equity in SRHR and social protection spending. - Oversee financial and programmatic reviews, mid-term and end-of-project evaluations, and contribute to evidence-based reporting. - Ensure that knowledge products, policy briefs, and investment cases are disseminated for advocacy and learning purposes. - Strengthen national and local partners' capacity in results-based budgeting and health-financing data use. Technical and Strategic Leadership - Provide policy advice to senior management and national counterparts on emerging financing trends, fiscal reforms, and implications for UNFPA programming. - Serve as UNFPA's focal point on health financing within the UN Country Team, contributing to joint policy advocacy, financing for development, and SDG localization efforts. - Contribute to UNFPA regional and global technical networks, ensuring that Philippine experiences inform corporate guidance on health financing and social policy. Qualifications and Experience:    Education:   - Advanced university degree in economics, health and/or development economics,  health financing, public policy,  public health, development studies, or related social sciences.  - Professional certification or advanced training in health economics or financing is an asset. Knowledge and Experience:  - Minimum seven (7) years of progressively responsible professional experience in health financing, social policy, or health economics, including at least three years at the international level, required. - Proven expertise in designing or implementing financing reforms, health insurance schemes, or results-based financing in developing or middle-income contexts. - Experience in policy dialogue and partnership building with ministries of health and finance, development partners, and the private sector. - Strong analytical and quantitative skills, including familiarity with fiscal modeling and national health accounts. - Demonstrated capacity to translate complex economic analysis into policy and programmatic recommendations. - Prior UN or international development experience. - Experience on data generation and analysis. - Experience in SRHR or gender-responsive budgeting is a strong advantage. Languages:  - Fluency in English required; knowledge of another UN language is desirable. Required Competencies:  Values: - Exemplifying integrity,  - Demonstrating commitment to UNFPA and the UN system,  - Embracing cultural diversity,  - Embracing change Core Competencies:  - Achieving results, - Being accountable, - Developing and applying professional expertise/business acumen, - Thinking analytically and strategically, - Working in teams/managing ourselves and our relationships, Functional Competencies: - Advocacy and advancing a policy-oriented agenda - Leveraging the resources of national governments and partners - Innovation and marketing of new approaches - Results-based programme development and management - Financial resource management and strategic budgeting - Building strategic alliances and partnerships Managerial Competencies (if applicable): - Providing strategic focus, - Engaging in internal/external partners and stakeholders, - Leading, developing and empowering people, creating a culture of performance - Making decisions and exercising judgment.   Compensation and Benefits: This position offers an attractive remuneration package including a competitive net salary plus health insurance and other benefits as applicable. UNFPA Work Environment: UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, diversity, integrity and healthy work-life balance. We are committed to ensuring gender parity in the organization and therefore encourage women to apply. Individuals from the LGBTQIA+ community, minority ethnic groups, indigenous populations, persons with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply. Reasonable accommodation may be provided to applicants with disabilities upon request, to support their participation in the recruitment process. UNFPA promotes equal opportunities in terms of appointment, training, compensation and selection for all regardless of personal characteristics and dimensions of diversity. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is at the heart of UNFPA's workforce - click [here](https://www.unfpa.org/diversity-equity-inclusion) to learn more.   Disclaimer: Selection and appointment may be subject to background and reference checks, medical clearance, visa issuance and other administrative requirements.  UNFPA does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process and does not concern itself with information on applicants' bank accounts.  Applicants for positions in the international Professional and higher categories, who hold permanent resident status in a country other than their country of nationality, may be required to renounce such status upon their appointment.                ______________________________________________________________________   Important Application Information: Please submit your application only via the official website of the hiring organization or by using the "Apply" button on CinfoPoste, which will redirect you to the organization's application site. Applications submitted through other job portals will not be forwarded to the respective organization and will not be considered. To ensure your application reaches the right destination, always follow the official application process as indicated in the job posting.   How cinfo Can Support You in the Application Process for This Position - Application and Interview Preparation: Whether you're preparing your application documents or getting ready for an interview, you can book a [Job Application Support](https://www.cinfo.ch/en/individuals/get-support/career-support-in-international-cooperation/job-application-support-in-international-cooperation) session to receive tailored guidance. - For Swiss nationals invited to the first round of the selection process (e.g., written test, interview, assessment center): Notify us at recruitment@cinfo.ch, and we will inform our HR partners in the respective organization and the Swiss Government to help increase your visibility. ______________________________________________________________________

The Position: The Programme Specialist, Social Policy & Health Financing, is located in the UNFPA Philippines Country Office. Working under the direct supervision of the UNFPA  Representative, the incumbent provides high-level strategic, technical and policy guidance on social policy and health financing, specifically health & protection sectors, Universal Health Care (UHC) reforms, and sustainable financing for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). The Social Policy & Health Financing Specialist leads UNFPA's engagement with national government agencies - particularly the Department of Health, PhilHealth, and the Department of Finance - on policy dialogue, evidence generation, and innovative financing mechanisms that advance equitable access to SRHR and gender-responsive health services across the humanitarian–development continuum.   How you can make a difference: UNFPA is the lead United Nations agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is intended, every childbirth is safe, and every young person's potential is fulfilled. The UNFPA Strategic Plan for 2026-2029 articulates the organization's response to a complex global environment, providing a roadmap for resilience and renewal. It is designed to accelerate the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. This mandate is pursued through a focus on four interconnected outcomes: ending the unmet need for family planning; ending preventable maternal deaths; ending gender-based violence and harmful practices; and adapting to demographic change through evidence and rights-based policies.  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 who transform, inspire, and deliver high-impact and sustained results and ensure effective external relations, communications, and partnership-building and resource mobilization in a rapidly changing development and funding landscape. We need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them, and who commit to delivering excellence in programme results.   Job Purpose: The Social Policy & Health Financing Specialist strengthens the CO's capacity to advocate, design, and implement sustainable financing strategies for SRHR and related population and gender priorities within the UHC framework. The Specialist provides technical leadership for policy and systems analysis, public expenditure tracking, results-based financing design, and partnership building for domestic and blended financing. He/she will contribute to ensuring that financial sustainability, equity, and rights-based approaches are embedded in health and social protection systems. You would be responsible for: Policy Analysis, Knowledge Generation, and Innovation - Lead policy analysis on national and sub-national financing trends, fiscal space, and health and social sector expenditure to identify opportunities to increase domestic investments in SRHR, GBV prevention, and adolescent health at national and local level, and especially in BARMM. - Provide technical advice to government partners on integrating SRHR and gender-responsive services into national UHC and PhilHealth benefit packages. - Generate and disseminate evidence on cost-effectiveness, investment cases, and public-private partnership models that inform policy advocacy and decision-making. - Identify and promote innovative financing mechanisms (e.g., blended finance, outcome-based grants, social impact investments) to expand access to quality SRH and GBV services. - Contribute to regional and global knowledge sharing by documenting lessons learned and best practices from the Philippines context. Programme Planning, Management, and Coordination - Provide strategic oversight for projects focused on social policy, health financing, and systems strengthening in collaboration with the Programme Team at the national and local level, especially for the BARMM region. - Coordinate the Demographic Intelligence and Data team.  - Lead formulation of results-based annual work plans, ensuring coherence with CPD9 outcomes and the UNSDCF. - Oversee project implementation, budget utilization, and partner performance, ensuring compliance with UNFPA procedures and timely delivery of results. - Coordinate technical assistance and high-level policy dialogues with government, development partners, and private sector stakeholders on financing for SRHR and health systems resilience. - Ensure integration of financial sustainability considerations into humanitarian and sub-national programmes. Partnerships, Advocacy, and Resource Mobilization - Engage strategically with ministries of health, finance, social welfare and PhilHealth to strengthen alignment of SRHR financing with national and local investment priorities and also to support t co-financing and domestic resource mobilization initiative. - Lead policy advocacy for increased public financing for women's, adolescents', and marginalized groups' health. - Support UNFPA's resource-mobilization efforts by preparing high-quality concept notes, proposals, and donor briefs on innovative financing and system-strengthening initiatives, in close collaboration with the Partnership & Advocacy Team. - Foster partnerships with development banks, private sector, and philanthropic actors to co-finance SRHR and gender equality and adolescent and youth investments. - Represent UNFPA in inter-agency coordination mechanisms on UHC, health financing, and SDG financing, promoting a coherent UN approach. Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning - Establish indicators and frameworks to monitor financial flows, efficiency, and equity in SRHR and social protection spending. - Oversee financial and programmatic reviews, mid-term and end-of-project evaluations, and contribute to evidence-based reporting. - Ensure that knowledge products, policy briefs, and investment cases are disseminated for advocacy and learning purposes. - Strengthen national and local partners' capacity in results-based budgeting and health-financing data use. Technical and Strategic Leadership - Provide policy advice to senior management and national counterparts on emerging financing trends, fiscal reforms, and implications for UNFPA programming. - Serve as UNFPA's focal point on health financing within the UN Country Team, contributing to joint policy advocacy, financing for development, and SDG localization efforts. - Contribute to UNFPA regional and global technical networks, ensuring that Philippine experiences inform corporate guidance on health financing and social policy.   Qualifications and Experience:    Education:   - Advanced university degree in economics, health and/or development economics,  health financing, public policy,  public health, development studies, or related social sciences.  - Professional certification or advanced training in health economics or financing is an asset. Knowledge and Experience:  - Minimum seven (7) years of progressively responsible professional experience in health financing, social policy, or health economics, including at least three years at the international level, required. - Proven expertise in designing or implementing financing reforms, health insurance schemes, or results-based financing in developing or middle-income contexts. - Experience in policy dialogue and partnership building with ministries of health and finance, development partners, and the private sector. - Strong analytical and quantitative skills, including familiarity with fiscal modeling and national health accounts. - Demonstrated capacity to translate complex economic analysis into policy and programmatic recommendations. - Prior UN or international development experience. - Experience on data generation and analysis. - Experience in SRHR or gender-responsive budgeting is a strong advantage. Languages:  - Fluency in English required; knowledge of another UN language is desirable. Required Competencies:  Values: - Exemplifying integrity,  - Demonstrating commitment to UNFPA and the UN system,  - Embracing cultural diversity,  - Embracing change Core Competencies:  - Achieving results, - Being accountable, - Developing and applying professional expertise/business acumen, - Thinking analytically and strategically, - Working in teams/managing ourselves and our relationships, Functional Competencies: - Advocacy and advancing a policy-oriented agenda - Leveraging the resources of national governments and partners - Innovation and marketing of new approaches - Results-based programme development and management - Financial resource management and strategic budgeting - Building strategic alliances and partnerships Managerial Competencies (if applicable): - Providing strategic focus, - Engaging in internal/external partners and stakeholders, - Leading, developing and empowering people, creating a culture of performance - Making decisions and exercising judgment.   Compensation and Benefits: This position offers an attractive remuneration package including a competitive net salary plus health insurance and other benefits as applicable. UNFPA Work Environment: UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, diversity, integrity and healthy work-life balance. We are committed to ensuring gender parity in the organization and therefore encourage women to apply. Individuals from the LGBTQIA+ community, minority ethnic groups, indigenous populations, persons with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply. Reasonable accommodation may be provided to applicants with disabilities upon request, to support their participation in the recruitment process. UNFPA promotes equal opportunities in terms of appointment, training, compensation and selection for all regardless of personal characteristics and dimensions of diversity. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is at the heart of UNFPA's workforce - click [here](https://www.unfpa.org/diversity-equity-inclusion) to learn more.   Disclaimer: Selection and appointment may be subject to background and reference checks, medical clearance, visa issuance and other administrative requirements.  UNFPA does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process and does not concern itself with information on applicants' bank accounts.  Applicants for positions in the international Professional and higher categories, who hold permanent resident status in a country other than their country of nationality, may be required to renounce such status upon their appointment.                ______________________________________________________________________   Important Application Information: Please submit your application only via the official website of the hiring organization or by using the "Apply" button on CinfoPoste, which will redirect you to the organization's application site. Applications submitted through other job portals will not be forwarded to the respective organization and will not be considered. To ensure your application reaches the right destination, always follow the official application process as indicated in the job posting.   How cinfo Can Support You in the Application Process for This Position - Application and Interview Preparation: Whether you're preparing your application documents or getting ready for an interview, you can book a [Job Application Support](https://www.cinfo.ch/en/individuals/get-support/career-support-in-international-cooperation/job-application-support-in-international-cooperation) session to receive tailored guidance. - For Swiss nationals invited to the first round of the selection process (e.g., written test, interview, assessment center): Notify us at recruitment@cinfo.ch, and we will inform our HR partners in the respective organization and the Swiss Government to help increase your visibility. ______________________________________________________________________

The Position: The Programme Specialist, HDP Nexus, is located in the UNFPA Philippines Country Office. The Specialist plays a pivotal role in strengthening the integration of humanitarian, development, and peace approaches within UNFPA Philippines' Country Programme (CPD9, 2025–2029). The incumbent supports the design, implementation, and monitoring of programmes that strengthen resilience and bridge humanitarian action  with  long-term development efforts and peacebuilding objectives, particularly in fragile and conflict-affected settings such as the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) and disaster-prone areas. The Specialist reports to the Assistant Representative and works under the overall supervision of the UNFPA Representative, collaborating closely with the thematic programme teams (SRHR, Gender/GBV, Adolescents and Youth, Population, etc.) and the Humanitarian Coordination Team.  How you can make a difference: UNFPA is the lead United Nations agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is intended, every childbirth is safe, and every young person's potential is fulfilled. The UNFPA Strategic Plan for 2026-2029 articulates the organization's response to a complex global environment, providing a roadmap for resilience and renewal. It is designed to accelerate the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. This mandate is pursued through a focus on four interconnected outcomes: ending the unmet need for family planning; ending preventable maternal deaths; ending gender-based violence and harmful practices; and adapting to demographic change through evidence and rights-based policies.  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 who transform, inspire, and deliver high-impact and sustained results and ensure effective external relations, communications, and partnership-building and resource mobilization in a rapidly changing development and funding landscape. We need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them, and who commit to delivering excellence in programme results. Job Purpose: The Programme Specialist, HDP Nexus, provides strategic technical and programmatic leadership to strengthen the humanitarian-development-peace continuum in UNFPA Philippines' Country Programme. The incumbent supports the integration of risk-informed development, resilience building, humanitarian preparedness and response, recovery, and peacebuilding across programme areas to advance and safeguard the rights and choices of women, girls, and young people. The Specialist enhances the Country Office's capacity to anticipate and manage risks, strengthen systems, and promote community and institutional resilience. This includes supporting disaster risk reduction, conflict-sensitive programming, and the localization of both humanitarian and development action. The position also ensures linkages with national frameworks such as the Humanitarian Country Team (HCT), the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF), and the Government's peace and resilience agenda. You would be responsible for: Programme Management and Integration of the HDP Nexus - Lead the integration of the HDP nexus approach across UNFPA programme areas, ensuring coherence between humanitarian action, risk-informed and climate-resilient development, and peacebuilding efforts at national and subnational levels. - Provide technical guidance and quality assurance for the design, implementation, and monitoring of programmes in line with CPD9 and national priorities, and relevant humanitarian and development frameworks - Support evidence-based programming by assessing vulnerabilities, risks and barriers, and identifying opportunities for resilience building, particularly for women, adolescents, and marginalized groups, including climate-related demographic risks and the implications of climate impacts on SRHR and GBV services. - Generate innovative approaches to operationalize the HDP nexuslinking humanitarian preparedness, anticipatory and early action, gender-responsive recovery, systems strengthening, accountability to affected populations (AAP) and localization. - Facilitate effective use of population data, risk analytics, and gender-responsive evidence to inform nexus planning and decision-making. - Monitor financial and programmatic performance of nexus-related interventions, ensuring timely, accountable and high-quality delivery. Humanitarian Coordination and Technical Support - Serve as UNFPA's focal point for humanitarian preparedness and response, ensuring coordination and alignment with the Humanitarian Country Team and relevant cluster mechanisms (Health, Protection/GBV, SRHR), while strengthening linkages with early recovery, resilience, and development actors. - Facilitate rapid assessments, mapping of partners, development of contingency and response plans, and contribute to anticipatory and early action planning, in coordination with government and UN counterparts. - Contribute to inter-agency coordination on humanitarian and early recovery, promoting conflict-sensitive, gender-responsive, and risk-informed approaches to ensure UNFPA mandate areas (SRHR, GBV, A&Y) are integrated into multisectoral responses. - Support national and local partners to strengthen institutional capacities in preparedness, response, and disaster risk reduction, including through localization, systems strengthening and alignment with national resilience and peacebuilding frameworks. - Ensure accountability to affected populations (AAP) and protection mainstreaming across humanitarian and nexus interventions. Advocacy, Policy, and Partnerships - Advocate for the inclusion of SRHR, GBV, and gender equality priorities in national disaster management, peacebuilding, climate adaptation and recovery frameworks, as well as in relevant development policies and plans. - Contribute to evidence-based policy dialogue with government, donors, and humanitarian actors to strengthen nexus-oriented planning and financing. - Support resource mobilization efforts through the development of donor proposals, briefs, and concept notes on resilience, recovery, anticipatory action and nexus programming. - Contribute to situation reports, annual reports, donor reports, and visibility materials related to humanitarian and nexus work, ensuring alignment with national priorities and UNFPA's strategic positioning. - Build strategic partnerships with national agencies (e.g., NDRRMC, BARMM ministries), CSOs, academia, and development partners to operationalize a coordinated HDP agenda, including localization and sustained engagement with women-led and youth-led organizations. Knowledge Management and Capacity Development - Document lessons learned, best practices, and innovative models of nexus programming, and facilitate their dissemination within UNFPA and among partners, ensuring linkages to national and regional learning platforms - Build capacity of CO staff and partners on humanitarian principles, nexus integration, and risk-informed programming. - Maintain close liaison with APRO and HQ on global humanitarian and nexus initiatives to ensure contextual application in the Philippines. - Ensure UNFPA participation in regional learning networks and knowledge exchanges on resilience and HDP integration, including communities of practice related to DRR, peacebuilding, accountability to affected populations and anticipatory action. Reporting and Representation - Represent UNFPA in inter-agency humanitarian and nexus coordination fora, ensuring strong articulation of SRHR, GBV, adolescents and youth, gender equality, and resilience priorities across humanitarian, development, and peacebuilding platforms. - Perform other duties as required by the Representative or Assistant Representative. Qualifications and Experience:  Education:   - Advanced university degree in public health, international relations, gender, development studies, humanitarian affairs, or a related field. Knowledge and Experience:  - Minimum five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in humanitarian and/or nexus programming, including experience in fragile, conflict-affected, or disaster-prone settings, required. - Demonstrated expertise in programme design, implementation, and monitoring using a resilience or HDP framework, required. - Experience in inter-agency coordination and familiarity with IASC humanitarian architecture, required. - Proven track record of policy engagement and partnership building with government, UN agencies, and civil society, desired. - Knowledge of SRHR, GBV, gender, and youth programming in humanitarian contexts is required. - Experience with the UN system or international organizations is desirable. Languages:  - Fluency in English required; knowledge of another UN language is desirable.  Required Competencies:  Values: - Exemplifying integrity,  - Demonstrating commitment to UNFPA and the UN system,  - Embracing cultural diversity,  - Embracing change Core Competencies:  - Achieving results, - Being accountable, - Developing and applying professional expertise/business acumen, - Thinking analytically and strategically, - Working in teams/managing ourselves and our relationships Functional Competencies: - Advocacy/advancing a policy-oriented agenda - Leveraging national partnerships and building strategic alliances - Delivering results-based programmes - Internal and external communication and advocacy for results mobilization - Promoting resilience and risk-informed development Managerial Competencies: - Providing strategic focus, - Engaging in internal/external partners and stakeholders, - Leading, developing and empowering people, creating a culture of performance - Making decisions and exercising judgment.   Compensation and Benefits: This position offers an attractive remuneration package including a competitive net salary plus health insurance and other benefits as applicable. UNFPA Work Environment: UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, diversity, integrity and healthy work-life balance. We are committed to ensuring gender parity in the organization and therefore encourage women to apply. Individuals from the LGBTQIA+ community, minority ethnic groups, indigenous populations, persons with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply. Reasonable accommodation may be provided to applicants with disabilities upon request, to support their participation in the recruitment process. UNFPA promotes equal opportunities in terms of appointment, training, compensation and selection for all regardless of personal characteristics and dimensions of diversity. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is at the heart of UNFPA's workforce - click [here](https://www.unfpa.org/diversity-equity-inclusion) to learn more. Disclaimer: Selection and appointment may be subject to background and reference checks, medical clearance, visa issuance and other administrative requirements.  UNFPA does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process and does not concern itself with information on applicants' bank accounts.  Applicants for positions in the international Professional and higher categories, who hold permanent resident status in a country other than their country of nationality, may be required to renounce such status upon their appointment.                  ______________________________________________________________________   Important Application Information: Please submit your application only via the official website of the hiring organization or by using the "Apply" button on CinfoPoste, which will redirect you to the organization's application site. Applications submitted through other job portals will not be forwarded to the respective organization and will not be considered. To ensure your application reaches the right destination, always follow the official application process as indicated in the job posting.   How cinfo Can Support You in the Application Process for This Position - Application and Interview Preparation: Whether you're preparing your application documents or getting ready for an interview, you can book a [Job Application Support](https://www.cinfo.ch/en/individuals/get-support/career-support-in-international-cooperation/job-application-support-in-international-cooperation) session to receive tailored guidance. - For Swiss nationals invited to the first round of the selection process (e.g., written test, interview, assessment center): Notify us at recruitment@cinfo.ch, and we will inform our HR partners in the respective organization and the Swiss Government to help increase your visibility. ______________________________________________________________________

The Position: The Resource Mobilization Analyst is a key player in the Public Financing and Funding Branch (PFFB) of the Division of External Relations (DER) at UNFPA headquarters in New York. In coordination with the North America Representational Office in Washington, you will create and maintain relevant research/ analysis/ products for resource mobilization purposes, visibility of and outreach to specific Member States of the United Nations. Under the overall guidance of the Chief of PFFB, you will report directly to the Humanitarian Financing and Partnerships Specialist in the Public Funding and Financing Branch.  The post will play a key role in tracking and analysing humanitarian funding trends, supporting donor engagement around appeals such as the Humanitarian Action Overview (HAO), and strengthening the Branch's outreach to public-sector partners contributing to UNFPA's humanitarian response.   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: In a global organization where many of our people are based in challenging environments, you will play a vital role in resource mobilization, visibility, and ensuring the smooth management of core and humanitarian grants from specific Member States of the United Nations.   You would be responsible for:  A. Creation and maintenance of relevant research, analysis and products for resource mobilization purposes - Conduct research and analysis pertaining to specific horizontal themes, trends, or Member States of the United Nations policy objectives on behalf of the Public Funding and Financing Branch and North American Representational Office - In line with skills and needs, serve as country/Regional resource mobilization focal point for primarily the USA, including a) regularly scan political, economic and social environments of specific Member States of the United Nations, c) flagging key moments relevant to UNFPA's work and fundraising; and c) draft and/or update the relevant information documents for key donors, including donor profiles; donor priority countries; areas of interest etc.  - Support analysis of humanitarian funding contributions, donor trends, and gaps to inform UNFPA's resource mobilization efforts for crisis-affected contexts. - Contribute inputs for humanitarian donor briefs, funding snapshots, appeals (including the HAO), and other products used for engagement with key Member States. - Monitor and analyse evolving Member State policies with potential implications for UNFPA's SRHR and humanitarian financing, and prepare evidence-based talking points and internal guidance to support senior leadership engagement. B. Dissemination of rules and regulations for the effective spending and reporting on grants   - Elaborate practical information about funding regulations and processes to all relevant UNFPA business units, incl. supporting development of systems to ensure robust compliance with partner requirements. - Answer questions from UNFPA business unit recipients regarding the management and spending of grants from specific Member States of the United Nations - Support relevant business units in preparing funding proposals and submitting spending reports - Help consolidate and communicate key donor requirements related to humanitarian grants, including spending flexibilities, visibility expectations, and compliance considerations. C. Create, update and finalize visibility products for specific Member States of the United Nations; organize events around key moments - Create visibility products following protocols and guidance of each government for relevant grants - Update and finalize UNFPA's donor visibility profiles to be included in UNFPA's donor portal, with a view to increasing visibility/recognition efforts in coordination with the Media and Communications Branch - In coordination with The Public Funding and Financing Branch and North America Representational Office, organize events (online or in-person) around key moments to highlight partnership between UNFPA and specific Member States of the United Nations - Develop or update visibility and storytelling material highlighting the impact of humanitarian contributions, in coordination with HRD and the Media and Communications Branch. - Support organization of virtual or in-person engagements tied to humanitarian funding moments, including briefings for Member States around appeal launches and crisis-specific updates. D. Support UNFPA PFFB in its day-to-day work as assigned by the Chief of the Branch.  - Provide routine analytical and coordination support to the Humanitarian Financing and Partnerships Specialist on donor outreach, tracking of humanitarian contributions, and follow-up with COs and HRD as required. E. Carry out any other duties as may be required by UNFPA leadership.    Qualifications and Experience:  Education:   Advanced university degree in International Policy, Development, or related discipline.   Knowledge and Experience:  - Minimum of two years of relevant work experience, including experience working in UN resource mobilization; - Self-starter; able to work well without constant direction; - Strong organizational skills and attention to detail; - Strong knowledge of relevant software applications; - General knowledge of international development policies, international affairs, and knowledge of the UN system. - Experience working on humanitarian financing, appeals, or donor engagement in crisis contexts is an asset. Languages:  - Strong written and verbal communications in English; knowledge of other official UN languages, preferably French and/or Spanish, is desirable.  Required Competencies:  Values: - Exemplifying integrity,  - Demonstrating commitment to UNFPA and the UN system,  - Embracing cultural diversity,  - Embracing change Core Competencies:  - Achieving results, - Being accountable, - Developing and applying professional expertise/business acumen, - Thinking analytically and strategically, - Working in teams/managing ourselves and our relationships, - Communicating for impact Functional Competencies: - Job knowledge/technical expertise, - Strong interpersonal and communication skills, - Organizational awareness   Compensation and Benefits:  This position offers an attractive remuneration package including a competitive net salary plus health insurance and other benefits as applicable.   UNFPA Work Environment: UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, diversity, integrity and healthy work-life balance. We are committed to ensuring gender parity in the organization and therefore encourage women to apply. Individuals from the LGBTQIA+ community, minority ethnic groups, indigenous populations, persons with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply. Reasonable accommodation may be provided to applicants with disabilities upon request, to support their participation in the recruitment process. UNFPA promotes equal opportunities in terms of appointment, training, compensation and selection for all regardless of personal characteristics and dimensions of diversity. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is at the heart of UNFPA's workforce - click [here](https://www.unfpa.org/diversity-equity-inclusion) to learn more.   Disclaimer: Selection and appointment may be subject to background and reference checks, medical clearance, visa issuance and other administrative requirements.  UNFPA does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process and does not concern itself with information on applicants' bank accounts.  Applicants for positions in the international Professional and higher categories, who hold permanent resident status in a country other than their country of nationality, may be required to renounce such status upon their appointment.                ______________________________________________________________________   Important Application Information: Please submit your application only via the official website of the hiring organization or by using the "Apply" button on CinfoPoste, which will redirect you to the organization's application site. Applications submitted through other job portals will not be forwarded to the respective organization and will not be considered. To ensure your application reaches the right destination, always follow the official application process as indicated in the job posting.   How cinfo Can Support You in the Application Process for This Position - Application and Interview Preparation: Whether you're preparing your application documents or getting ready for an interview, you can book a [Job Application Support](https://www.cinfo.ch/en/individuals/get-support/career-support-in-international-cooperation/job-application-support-in-international-cooperation) session to receive tailored guidance. - For Swiss nationals invited to the first round of the selection process (e.g., written test, interview, assessment center): Notify us at recruitment@cinfo.ch, and we will inform our HR partners in the respective organization and the Swiss Government to help increase your visibility. ______________________________________________________________________

The Position: This position is located in the Facilities and Administrative Services Branch (FASB) within the Division for Management Services (DMS). FASB provides and oversees a broad range of support services relating to facilities and asset management, travel, mail & pouch and administrative/general services for both Headquarters and Field Offices. The term Field Offices includes all offices located outside of Headquarters including Regional/Sub-Regional Offices, Liaison Offices and Country Offices. The incumbent reports directly to the Chief of the Branch and supervises 2 Professional and 4 General Service staff. The incumbent maintains professional contacts with staff at UNFPA-Headquarters, Development Coordination Office (DCO), UNDP and other agencies together with field based colleagues. Provides professional support, analyses, clarification, and information and maintains regular contact with staff, within and outside the Organization as may be required.   How you can make a difference: UNFPA is the lead United Nations agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is intended, every childbirth is safe, and every young person's potential is fulfilled. The UNFPA Strategic Plan for 2026-2029 articulates the organization's response to a complex global environment, providing a roadmap for resilience and renewal. It is designed to accelerate the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. This mandate is pursued through a focus on four interconnected outcomes: ending the unmet need for family planning; ending preventable maternal deaths; ending gender-based violence and harmful practices; and adapting to demographic change through evidence and rights-based policies.  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 who transform, inspire, and deliver high-impact and sustained results and ensure effective external relations, communications, and partnership-building and resource mobilization in a rapidly changing development and funding landscape. We need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them, and who commit to delivering excellence in programme results.    Job Purpose: Reporting to the Chief of the Facilities and Administrative Services Branch, the Section Chief provides leadership and supervision in the areas of Facilities and Asset Management globally. The primary roles are specifically: a)  Formulate and implement a comprehensive strategy to optimize, develop, and maintain UNFPA's office premises; b)  Endorse and coordinate Field Office relocations/alterations/renovations/constructions; c)  Develop and implement relevant policies and procedures; d)  Represent UNFPA as required on various inter-agency working groups, specifically in the UNSDG Task Team on Common Premises (TTCP); e)  Coordinate financial data related to fixed assets and leases; f)  Oversee and manage the asset management and lease management function. You would be responsible for: a)  Provide strategic guidance and leadership in the area of facilities management - Develop and maintain, with the assistance of a team of professionals and specialists, a comprehensive set of policies and procedures for the area of facilities management. - Interpret, provide guidance and monitor compliance with all such policies and procedures. - Identify needs for new or modified policies and procedures; review and initiate action as may be required. - Oversee and ensure an accurate and up to date database of all UNFPA premises. b)  Development and implementation of a UNFPA strategy for all facilities/premises - Monitor and review facilities/premises needs for UNFPA Field Offices and HQ and provide solutions in order to ensure cost effective, efficient and adequate UNFPA premises. - Develop and implement norms and standards for all UNFPA Offices, taking into account developments at the inter-agency level. - Review and endorse Field Office requests for relocation and/or alterations/renovation/construction works if it is determined to be in the interest of UNFPA. - Analyze pros and cons of Field Office moves and advise Field Offices accordingly. - Advise Field Offices on UNFPA norms & standards and their application. - Manage, coach, and advise the Space Planner and Facilities Management Associates (Field Offices and HQ)  - Oversee the expenditures for Field Office moves including any required renovation and alteration works. - Review and advise on leases and Memoranda of Understanding and Agreement to ensure compliance with UN/UNSDG standards and UNFPA requirements. - Analyze the utilization and functioning of premises, and forecast needs and requirements c)  Provide guidance, support, and oversight for management of building facilities and equipment at Headquarters and provide technical expertise for UNFPA premises globally. - Manage leases for office accommodation; negotiate terms and extensions with landlord/s.  Compare and analyse alternative lease offers in the event that new premises must be found. - Provide space management services in consultation with the requesting Divisions/Units. - Provide technical advice on premises at all UNFPA locations in the event of renovation, relocation, construction, etc. - Review proposals and provide guidance for procurement and implementation of programme-funded construction projects, and make recommendations for senior management approval of such proposals in line with PPM. - Provide guidance on common premises in context of UN reform. - Coordinate general liability insurance with UN insurance unit. d)  Represent UNFPA in the Interagency Task Team on Common Premises (or relevant other forum) - Undertake preparatory work and anticipate discussions in the TTCP; represent UNFPA as principal in Task Team discussions. - Ensure that UNFPA's interests are taken into account in TTCP decisions and that they are in line with UN reform policy. - Develop and research background information, and make cases for the most favorable position for UNFPA in the TTCP.  - Manage the Reserve for Field Accommodation funding or its successor - Participate in discussions on UN Reform issues related to common premises. e)  Coordinate financial data related to fixed assets and leases - Ensure accurate and up to date lease data is submitted to Finance Branch for year end closure - Ensure accurate and up to date fixed asset data is submitted to Finance Branch for year end closure - Ensure other relevant financial data is submitted timely and accurately to the Finance Branch as required.  f)  Provide strategic guidance and leadership in the area of fixed asset management and lease management - Develop and maintain, with the assistance of a team of professionals and specialists, a comprehensive set of policies and procedures for fixed asset management;  - Ensure that policies & procedures are practical and usable in the day-to-day business - Identify needs for new or modified policies and procedures; review and initiate action as may be required; - Manage UNFPA's lease database and ensure through supervision of staff members that data is accurate and up to date at all times; - Oversee the identification of leases where UNFPA is the lessor; - Ensure accurate data is provided in the required form for lease accounting purposes - Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders as required. g)  Other duties  - Represent UNFPA as required on various inter-agency working groups such as International Network of Facilities Managers (INFM). - Serve as acting or replacement Chief of Branch as required; and - Perform any other activity as required in order to assure the success of the work team in support of the UNFPA mandate and strategy. Qualifications and Experience:  Education:   Advanced University Degree in Architecture, Engineering, Business Administration, or any other relevant discipline.  Knowledge and Experience:  - Minimum seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience in real estate and facilities management operations in a multi-cultural environment. - Knowledge of basic engineering, architecture, real estate or facilities management practices and techniques. - Experience with ERP and general IT-knowledge (including data base entry, data maintenance and reporting) required. - Experience in leading small but high performing teams. Languages:  Fluency in written and spoken English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language an asset. Required Competencies:  Values: - Exemplifying integrity,  - Demonstrating commitment to UNFPA and the UN system,  - Embracing cultural diversity,  - Embracing change Core Competencies:  - Achieving results, - Being accountable, - Developing and applying professional expertise/business acumen, - Thinking analytically and strategically, - Working in teams/managing ourselves and our relationships, - Communicating for impact Functional Competencies: - Working in teams, - Self-management/Emotional Intelligence, - Communication, - Analytical and Strategic Thinking, - Results orientation/Commitment to excellence, - Appropriate and transparent decision making, - Knowledge sharing/Continuous learning Managerial Competencies: - Providing strategic vision and focus, - Engaging internal / external partners and stakeholders, - Leading, developing and empowering people / creating a culture of performance, - Making decisions and exercising judgment, - Performance Management. Compensation and Benefits: This position offers an attractive remuneration package including a competitive net salary plus health insurance and other benefits as applicable. UNFPA Work Environment: UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, diversity, integrity and healthy work-life balance. We are committed to ensuring gender parity in the organization and therefore encourage women to apply. Individuals from the LGBTQIA+ community, minority ethnic groups, indigenous populations, persons with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply. Reasonable accommodation may be provided to applicants with disabilities upon request, to support their participation in the recruitment process. UNFPA promotes equal opportunities in terms of appointment, training, compensation and selection for all regardless of personal characteristics and dimensions of diversity. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is at the heart of UNFPA's workforce - click [here](https://www.unfpa.org/diversity-equity-inclusion) to learn more.  Disclaimer: Selection and appointment may be subject to background and reference checks, medical clearance, visa issuance and other administrative requirements.  UNFPA does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process and does not concern itself with information on applicants' bank accounts.  Applicants for positions in the international Professional and higher categories, who hold permanent resident status in a country other than their country of nationality, may be required to renounce such status upon their appointment.              ______________________________________________________________________   Important Application Information: Please submit your application only via the official website of the hiring organization or by using the "Apply" button on CinfoPoste, which will redirect you to the organization's application site. Applications submitted through other job portals will not be forwarded to the respective organization and will not be considered. To ensure your application reaches the right destination, always follow the official application process as indicated in the job posting.   How cinfo Can Support You in the Application Process for This Position - Application and Interview Preparation: Whether you're preparing your application documents or getting ready for an interview, you can book a [Job Application Support](https://www.cinfo.ch/en/individuals/get-support/career-support-in-international-cooperation/job-application-support-in-international-cooperation) session to receive tailored guidance. - For Swiss nationals invited to the first round of the selection process (e.g., written test, interview, assessment center): Notify us at recruitment@cinfo.ch, and we will inform our HR partners in the respective organization and the Swiss Government to help increase your visibility. ______________________________________________________________________

The Position: The Representative leads a country office team in the design and implementation of a population and development and sexual and reproductive health country programme. Through alliances and partnerships with governments, UN and bilateral agencies, development partners, civil society, academia and the private sector, the programme aims to realize the 2030 Agenda in order to make a positive difference in the lives of millions of people; especially those furthest behind.   How you can make a difference: UNFPA is the lead United Nations agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is intended, every childbirth is safe, and every young person's potential is fulfilled. The UNFPA Strategic Plan for 2026-2029 articulates the organization's response to a complex global environment, providing a roadmap for resilience and renewal. It is designed to accelerate the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. This mandate is pursued through a focus on four interconnected outcomes: ending the unmet need for family planning; ending preventable maternal deaths; ending gender-based violence and harmful practices; and adapting to demographic change through evidence and rights-based policies.  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 who transform, inspire, and deliver high-impact and sustained results and ensure effective external relations, communications, and partnership-building and resource mobilization in a rapidly changing development and funding landscape. We need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them, and who commit to delivering excellence in programme results.   Job Purpose: Under the guidance of a Regional Director, you will lead the Country team in the development and management of an innovative Country Programme of Cooperation focused on population and development and universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, including maternal health, family planning, gender, and adolescent and youth empowerment. You are accountable for the effective implementation of the Country Programme, playing the lead role in promoting the mandate of the organization, and ensuring the integration of issues of sexual and reproductive health and rights in the broader national development agenda. Through engagement with national counterparts, UN Country Teams, compelling advocacy, and delivery of effective programmes, including in emergency settings, you serve on the frontline of the organization, validating both the mandate of the organization and its ability to deliver high quality support and results. Your ultimate accountability is to the people that you serve; the most vulnerable, excluded, or marginalized and for the causes that you serve; human rights, sustainable development and humanitarian relief.   You would be responsible for: A. Strategic direction, planning and management: - Lead the positioning of UNFPA on strategic issues in the country on the basis of global, regional and national policies and strategies - Build institutional relationships with government counterparts, civil society, the private sector, the UN community, other international/national organizations, academia and bilaterals that galvanize support for UNFPA's mandate - Promote UNFPA's role in the national development agenda, and in the changing aid environment - Establish priorities for the work of the Country Office in line with regional and global UNFPA corporate priorities - Ensure that policies, programming tools, state-of-the-art knowledge and sound business practices are incorporated into UNFPA country operations - Lead and coordinate the development of a strategic plan for UNFPA's humanitarian and preparedness actions in-country. B. Management of resources:  - Manage international and national staff providing them with direction and motivation; fostering empowerment, learning and career management - Demonstrate performance appraisal and transparent leadership approaches that support a culture of growth and development, where good performance is incentivized and underperformers are held to account - Attract and retain the highest calibre of staff for the Country Office - Set standards of performance, and assign responsibilities for achieving results according to the Country Office Strategic Information System - Drive the formulation and implementation of a comprehensive resource mobilization and partnership strategy including donor relations and effective mobilisation of funds; securing and efficiently using mobilised funds and assigned budget allocations for the country programme - Ensure the safety, security and wellbeing of staff by driving compliance with Minimum Operating Security Standards (MOSS) and Minimum Operational Residential Security Standards (MORSS). C. Programme leadership and representation: - Advise senior management of UNFPA on country level issues - Provide leadership in the development and execution of the organization's country level policy dialogue and programme, including delivery of technical assistance for capacity development and for humanitarian situations - Engage national counterparts through effective advocacy on UNFPA's agenda; build support for programme objectives and create awareness of the role of ICPD issues in the overall development agenda and achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals - Represent UNFPA within the inter-agency United Nations Country Team (UNCT) and the UN Humanitarian Team; support the UN Resident Coordinator (RC) as UNCT leader, promoting integration of population and development, and sexual and reproductive health issues in the development and humanitarian agenda; contribute to the UN reform process including the triple nexus (Development, Humanitarian and Peace) within the UNCT context - Drive UNFPA accountability for the UN Flash Appeal/ Humanitarian Response plan and contribute actively to the achievement of the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) common results, including through chairing/cochairing UNCT Results Groups - Initiate programme and technical support opportunities for South to South collaboration with other countries. D. Programme oversight and coordination: - Drive the application of results-based management and quality assurance frameworks for the work of the Country Office; - Enforce financial and monitoring processes to ensure the Country Office complies with UNFPA policies and procedures, corporate requirements and audit recommendations; Carry out any other duties as may be required by the Regional Director to whom you will report. Education:   - Advanced university degree in any of the following disciplines: Public Health, Medicine, Sociology, Demography, Gender, International Relations, International Development, Economics, Public Administration, Management or other related field. Knowledge and Experience:  - 10 years of increasingly responsible professional experience in public administration and international development of which at least 8 years in the field of population and development, sexual and reproductive health or humanitarian at the international level; - Current knowledge of issues of population and development, sexual and reproductive health, and their place in the development and humanitarian agenda; - Proven ability to lead teams to achieve demonstrable and high quality results - Experience at national and international level in advocacy and policy dialogue - Experience in media/communication with partners, and public information - Experience in international development, particularly in the mandate of UNFPA and dedication to the principles of the United Nations; - Field experience is essential; experience from a developing, humanitarian or crisis context is an asset. Languages:  Fluency in English and French is required. Required Competencies:  Values: - Exemplifying integrity,  - Demonstrating commitment to UNFPA and the UN system,  - Embracing cultural diversity,  - Embracing change Core Competencies:  - Achieving results, - Being accountable, - Developing and applying professional expertise/business acumen, - Thinking analytically and strategically, - Working in teams/managing ourselves and our relationships, - Communicating for impact Managerial Competencies: - Providing strategic focus, - Engaging in internal/external partners and stakeholders, - Leading, developing and empowering people, creating a culture of performance, - Making decisions and exercising judgment UN Leadership Characteristics: - Norm-based - grounded in UN norms and standards - Principled - defends norms and standards without discrimination, fear or favour - Inclusive of all personnel and stakeholders - Accountable - Multi-dimensional - Transformational - Collaborative - Self-applied - modeled in our own behaviour   Compensation and Benefits:  This position offers an attractive remuneration package including a competitive net salary plus health insurance and other benefits as applicable. UNFPA Work Environment: UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, diversity, integrity and healthy work-life balance. We are committed to ensuring gender parity in the organization and therefore encourage women to apply. Individuals from the LGBTQIA+ community, minority ethnic groups, indigenous populations, persons with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply. Reasonable accommodation may be provided to applicants with disabilities upon request, to support their participation in the recruitment process. UNFPA promotes equal opportunities in terms of appointment, training, compensation and selection for all regardless of personal characteristics and dimensions of diversity. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is at the heart of UNFPA's workforce - click [here](https://www.unfpa.org/diversity-equity-inclusion) to learn more. Disclaimer: Selection and appointment may be subject to background and reference checks, medical clearance, visa issuance and other administrative requirements.  UNFPA does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process and does not concern itself with information on applicants' bank accounts.  Applicants for positions in the international Professional and higher categories, who hold permanent resident status in a country other than their country of nationality, may be required to renounce such status upon their appointment.                ______________________________________________________________________   Important Application Information: Please submit your application only via the official website of the hiring organization or by using the "Apply" button on CinfoPoste, which will redirect you to the organization's application site. Applications submitted through other job portals will not be forwarded to the respective organization and will not be considered. 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The Position The Representative leads complex business units and country offices' teams in the design and implementation of population and development and sexual and reproductive health country programmes in humanitarian-development-peace and security nexus contexts. Through alliances and partnerships with governments, UN and bilateral agencies, development partners, civil society, academia, and the private sector, the programme aims to realize the 2030 Agenda in order to make a positive difference in the lives of millions of people; especially those furthest behind.   How you can make a difference UNFPA is the lead United Nations agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is intended, every childbirth is safe, and every young person's potential is fulfilled. The UNFPA Strategic Plan for 2026-2029 articulates the organization's response to a complex global environment, providing a roadmap for resilience and renewal. It is designed to accelerate the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. This mandate is pursued through a focus on four interconnected outcomes: ending the unmet need for family planning; ending preventable maternal deaths; ending gender-based violence and harmful practices; and adapting to demographic change through evidence and rights-based policies.  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 who transform, inspire, and deliver high-impact and sustained results and ensure effective external relations, communications, and partnership-building and resource mobilization in a rapidly changing development and funding landscape. We need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them, and who commit to delivering excellence in programme results.   Job Purpose Under the guidance of the Regional Director, you will lead the Country team in the development and management of innovative Country Programmes of Cooperation focused on population and development and universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, including maternal health, family planning, gender, and adolescent and youth empowerment. You are accountable for the effective implementation of the Country Programmes, playing the lead role in promoting the mandate of the organization, and ensuring the integration of issues of sexual and reproductive health and rights in the broader national development agenda. Through engagement with national counterparts, UN Country Teams, compelling advocacy, and delivery of effective programmes, including in emergency settings, you serve on the frontline of the organization, validating both the mandate of the organization and its ability to deliver high quality support and results. Your ultimate accountability is to the people that you serve; the most vulnerable, excluded, or marginalized and for the causes that you serve; human rights, sustainable development and humanitarian relief.   You would be responsible for: - Strategic direction, planning and management - Lead the positioning of UNFPA on strategic issues related to the ICPD Agenda on the basis of global, regional and national policies and strategies, - Build institutional relationships with government counterparts, civil society, the private sector, the UN community, other international/national organizations, academia and bilaterals that galvanize support for UNFPA's mandate - Promote UNFPA's role in national development agendas, and in the changing national development environment, and consequently establish priorities for the Country Offices in line with national, regional and global UNFPA corporate priorities, - Ensure policies, programming tools, state-of-the-art knowledge and sound business practices are incorporated into UNFPA country programme delivery, - Lead and coordinate the development of strategic plans for UNFPA's humanitarian and preparedness actions in-country as may be applicable - Management of resources - Manage international and national staff, providing them with strategic direction and motivation; fostering empowerment, learning and career management - Demonstrate transparent leadership and undertake effective performance management approaches that support a culture of growth and development,  - Facilitate UNFPA's ability to attract and retain expertise and talent tailored to the Country programme in response to national priorities, - Set standards of performance, and assign responsibilities for achieving results according to the Country Offices Strategic Information Systems - Drive the formulation and implementation of  comprehensive resource mobilization and partnership strategies including donor relations and effective mobilisation of funds; securing and efficiently using mobilised funds and assigned budget allocations for the country programmes - Ensure the safety, security and wellbeing of staff by driving compliance with Minimum Operating Security Standards (MOSS) and Minimum Operational Residential Security Standards (MORSS) - Programme leadership and representation - Guided by prevailing national landscape, provide UNFPA senior management with relevant advice to guide UNFPA country programming within the broader UN system, - Provide leadership in the development and execution of the organization's country level policy dialogue and programme, including delivery of technical assistance for capacity development and for humanitarian situations - Engage national counterparts through effective advocacy on UNFPA's agenda; build support for programme objectives and create awareness of the role of ICPD issues in the overall development agenda and achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals - Represent UNFPA within the United Nations Country Teams (UNCTs) and the UN Humanitarian Teams where applicable; support the UN Resident Coordinators (RCs), promote integration of population and development, and sexual and reproductive health issues in the humanitarian, development and peace agenda; - Drive UNFPA accountability for the UN Flash Appeal/ Humanitarian Response plans and contribute actively to the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Frameworks (UNSDCF) results, including through chairing/co- chairing UN Results Groups; - Initiate programme and technical support opportunities for South to South collaboration with other countries. - Programme oversight and coordination - Drive the application of results-based management and quality assurance frameworks for the work of the Country Offices; - Enforce financial and monitoring processes to ensure the Country Offices comply with UNFPA policies and procedures, corporate requirements and audit recommendations; Carry out any other duties as may be required by the Regional Director.   Qualifications and Experience Education Advanced university degree in any of the following disciplines: Public Health, Medicine, Sociology, Demography, Gender, International Relations, International Development, Economics, Public Administration, Management or other related field. Knowledge and Experience: - 15 years of increasingly responsible professional experience in public administration and international development of which at least 10years in the field of population and development, sexual and reproductive health or humanitarian at the international level; - Current knowledge of issues of population and development, sexual and reproductive health, and their place in the development and humanitarian agenda; - Proven ability to lead teams to achieve demonstrable and high quality results - Experience at national and international level in advocacy and policy dialogue - Experience in media/communication with partners, and public information - Experience in international development, particularly in the mandate of UNFPA and dedication to the principles of the United Nations; - Field experience is essential; experience from a developing, humanitarian or crisis context is an asset. Languages: Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of any other UN Language is Desirable   Required Competencies: Values: - Exemplifying integrity, - Demonstrating commitment to UNFPA and the UN system, - Embracing cultural diversity, - Embracing change Core Competencies: - Achieving results, - Being accountable, - Developing and applying professional expertise/business acumen, - Thinking analytically and strategically, - Working in teams/managing ourselves and our relationships, - Communicating for impact Managerial Competencies: - Providing strategic focus, - Engaging in internal/external partners and stakeholders, - Leading, developing and empowering people, creating a culture of performance - Making decisions and exercising judgment UN Leadership Characteristics: - Norm-based - grounded in UN norms and standards - Principled - defends norms and standards without discrimination, fear or favour - Inclusive of all personnel and stakeholders - Accountable - Multi-dimensional - Transformational - Collaborative - Self-applied - modelled in our own behaviour   Compensation and Benefits This position offers an attractive remuneration package including a competitive net salary, health insurance and other benefits as applicable.   UNFPA Work Environment UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, diversity, integrity and healthy work-life balance. We are committed to ensuring gender parity in the organization and therefore encourage women to apply. Individuals from the LGBTQIA+ community, minority ethnic groups, indigenous populations, persons with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply. Reasonable accommodation may be provided to applicants with disabilities upon request, to support their participation in the recruitment process. UNFPA promotes equal opportunities in terms of appointment, training, compensation and selection for all regardless of personal characteristics and dimensions of diversity. 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Applicants for positions in the international Professional and higher categories, who hold permanent resident status in a country other than their country of nationality, may be required to renounce such status upon their appointment.                  ______________________________________________________________________   Important Application Information: Please submit your application only via the official website of the hiring organization or by using the "Apply" button on CinfoPoste, which will redirect you to the organization's application site. Applications submitted through other job portals will not be forwarded to the respective organization and will not be considered. 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The Position: The Gender and Human Rights Advisor serves in UNFPA's Arab States Regional Office, in Cairo, Egypt, and is under the overall supervision of the Regional Director and reports directly to the Deputy Regional Director. As the principal advisor at the regional level for programme, technical and policy advice in gender and human rights, s/he works closely with relevant staff in the regional office (RO) ensuring integrated support to country offices (COs).   The Advisor plays a leadership role in strengthening protection systems for advancing human rights and promoting and protecting sexual and reproductive rights, leading on GBV programming (including in emergencies), as well as advancing gender equality and women's empowerment - seeking to address social and gender norms.   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. The UNFPA Strategic Plan, 2026-2029 is a roadmap for resilience and renewal, aimed at ensuring universal access to sexual and reproductive health, realizing reproductive rights, and accelerating the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), more than 30 years after its historic adoption in Cairo in 1994. Grounded in the ICPD Programme of Action, the Strategic Plan focuses on four interconnected outcomes: (a) Accelerating progress on meeting the unmet need for family planning; (b) Accelerating progress on ending preventable maternal deaths; (c) Accelerating progress on ending gender-based violence and harmful practices; and (d) Adapting to demographic change through evidence and rights-based policies. 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 Gender and Human Rights Advisor provides technical, policy and programmatic support across the region, to ensure the regional and country offices remain abreast of  UNFPA's policies and programme strategies, as well as current thinking, innovation and academic advancement in the substantive area of gender equality and social norms change and human rights. The Advisor analyses regional trends, and contributes to action in response to these, and ensures that gender and human rights are adequately addressed within regional and national development frameworks and programmes, including the achievement of the SDGs, ICPD Programme of Action, the African Union Agenda 2063 and relevant League of Arab States outcome documents / decisions. In all activities, the Advisor works within an interdisciplinary team providing integrated policy, programme and technical support to the region and the respective country teams - working across humanitarian and development contexts. The Advisor also liaises with other regional teams, especially other Programme Advisors, ensuring the timeliness, adequacy, relevance and quality of support to UNFPA country offices. The Advisor also collaborates within the broader organization across other regions and with the Headquarters teams working on gender and human rights.     You would be responsible for:    Strategic advice and programme oversight - Provide technical, policy and programme leadership, management advice and  guidance in gender equality and human rights, with a focus on strengthening regional and national protection systems for GBV, advancing gender equality and empowerment of  women and girls, and ensuring reproductive rights (using a human rights based, gender transformative and development, peace responsive and humanitarian nexus approach);  - Identify and provide analysis and advice on promoting gender equality, human rights, and human rights-based programming and UNFPA's comparative advantage and  specific contribution in the changing development agenda and participate in related  policy dialogues and advocacy at global, continental and regional and sub-regional levels; - Provide oversight of the regional dimensions of the global programmes on child marriage and FGM, and ensure effective integrated implementation across RO and COs; - Identify and analyze trends, threats and risks related to the promotion and realization of gender equality and human rights that may affect the ICPD PoA, 2030 Agenda,  AU Agenda 2063, and UNFPA's work in the Arab region, and ensure that they are appropriately addressed at the regional and/or sub-regional levels; - Support the integration and implementation of strategic action to engage men and boys to advance progress toward gender equality and the protection of the rights of women and girls as well as positive masculinity and aspects of gender, diversity and  inclusion;  - Contribute to the development and implementation of an integrated strategy for the delivery of technical assistance and programme support in the region and manage the gender and human rights components of the regional programme as per identified priorities in close coordination with the technical teams; - Contribute to the substantive elaboration and contextualization of the UNFPA Strategic Plan and to its implementation in the region with focus on gender and social norm change as well as focusing on reaching the furthest behind; - Identify requirements for and contribute to the development of new or updated policies, positioning, frameworks, guidance, standards, instruments and tools to ensure UNFPA is addressing the region-specific gender and human rights agenda; - Participate in the UNFPA gender and human rights networks, maintaining communication and feedback loops on all substantive work. Technical support and capacity development - Advise COs on the implementation and proper application of UNFPA policies, strategies, guidelines and tools on gender equality and women's empowerment (including protection from GBV),  with a focus on promoting positive gender and social norm change; - Provide technical support in applying gender transformative approaches to programming, documenting practices and strengthening evidence on effective approaches to promote gender equality and women's empowerment; - Ensure that evidence-informed thinking and research on gender and human rights is integrated within the work of the regional/country offices and partnership networks, including through strengthening intersectionality and interlinkages between gender equality, sexual and reproductive health, adolescents and youth and population and development sectors; - Review products of technical support at key stages of UNFPA, UN, and national development planning exercises, including reviewing draft CCAs, UNSDCF, and CPDs; - Analyze technical and programmatic and substantive reports from the field and recommend required follow-up actions; - Organize and contribute toward regional and inter-country capacity development activities in gender equality and women's empowerment, social and gender norm change, positive masculinities, and human rights for COs, national/regional counterparts; - Support the regional adaptation of training materials, manuals and tools in gender and human rights, including mainstreaming gender and human rights in programming and advocacy, and ensure their availability and promote their use for capacity development; - Support country offices on the work of international and regional human rights  mechanisms with a mandate to promote, monitor and protect sexual and reproductive health and rights, and promote a life free of violence, including tracking  and supporting the implementation of recommendations of the Universal Periodic  Review of the Human Rights Council, UN Treaty Bodies and Special Procedure  mandate-holders; - Work with country offices to support civil society networks and organizations such as national Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) advocating gender equality and women's empowerment and human rights including sexual and reproductive health and rights; - Support the development of regional institutional capacities to promote gender equality and to deliver high-quality technical support in gender transformative  approaches to programming as well as human rights-based programming;  - Ensure quality technical support received at the country level, for gender  and human rights, for effective policy dialogue and programming - including across development and humanitarian contexts, especially GBV in emergencies programming; - Coach and manage relevant professional/support staff and consultants, if any, on  gender transformative approaches and human rights-based programming and facilitate working groups and task teams. Evidence and knowledge management - Play a key role in strengthening, coordinating and monitoring regional knowledge, through evidence-informed gender and human rights programming, impact evaluations and documentation of promising practices, including in other thematic knowledge platforms; - Contribute to developing a mechanism to share technical skills and knowledge within  and among programme countries and/or other regions in gender and human rights; - Facilitate and support the use of tools that effectively capture best practices, partnerships and consultant rosters and help ensure their accessibility  to all relevant colleagues at RO and CO levels; - Collect, analyze and synthesize information/data and experience and prepare white  papers, briefings and materials on gender and human rights to be used in national,  regional and global advocacy;  - Coordinate analysis and synthesis of substantive trends, emerging needs and  research findings in the region in order to produce new, cutting-edge technical  knowledge; - Coordinate the reporting on Regional UN-SWAP on gender mainstreaming and  supports the countries in Arab States to report timely using the analysis to further  strengthen the institutional mainstreaming of gender equality;  - Disseminate and promote the use of state-of-the-art technical knowledge, evidence,  lessons learned, and success stories and ensure their use to improve the  effectiveness of UNFPA programming. Management and coordination of knowledge networks - Coordinate overall provision of technical support to the country offices in the region in gender equality and women's empowerment, with a specific focus on GBV as well as gender and social norms. This will include leading relevant communities of practice of country focal points, as well as participating in appropriate global communities of practice and result-focused networks; - Develop and coordinate the substantive elements of partnerships and collaboration in GBV prevention and response - across development and humanitarian contexts - with other UN agencies, particularly with the regional technical arms of these agencies, as well as with regional institutions; - Identify sources of technical knowledge among institutions and consultants; and - Establish and maintain relationships with institutions in the region. Technical representation, advocacy and partnership development - Represent UNFPA to further enhance UNFPA's regional and global role in the field of gender, protection from GBV and human rights; - Participate in policy advocacy, knowledge generation and high-quality programming; - Participate in policy dialogue and advocate for substantive progress of gender and  human rights in international, inter-governmental, U.N., and other policy and  technical meetings and fora; - Collaborate with UN agencies, academia, research and training institutions, think  tanks, centers of excellence, and other key stakeholders in the region to advance  gender and human rights; - Participate as the focal point for inter-agency working groups on gender and human rights issue-based coalitions, where relevant, as part of the regional  collaborative platform; - Liaise with respective counterparts corporately including the UNFPA Programme Division to identify opportunities for South-South  and triangular cooperation in the region and with other regions. Carry out any other duties as may be requested by the Regional Director and/or the Deputy Regional Director. Qualifications and Experience:   Education: - Advanced university degree or equivalent in gender studies, anthropology, public health, medicine, sociology, human rights, law, cultural studies, international  development, or another field directly related to GBV prevention and response. Knowledge and Experience: - At least 10 years of increasingly responsible professional experience in GBV programming, gender mainstreaming, and/or rights-based programming, of which seven years at the international level; Knowledge and understanding of a Human Rights based approach essential; - Extensive experience in gender mainstreaming and programming for women's development; - Experience in evidence informed policy advocacy for gender and human rights and development of national actions plans to address gender and social equity; - Demonstrated experience in leading capacity building initiatives in gender and human rights in development settings; - Knowledge and experience of working on social protection and Civil Society involvement in related security & protection; - Strong track record of technical leadership, and proven ability to produce demonstrable  results; - Demonstrated ability to network within the academic and development community; - Familiarity with UN systems and procedures, management and monitoring tools; - Field experience - including both humanitarian and development contexts - is strongly desirable; Languages: - Fluency in English and Arabic is required; knowledge of French is highly desirable. Required Competencies    Values: - Exemplifying integrity,  - Demonstrating commitment to UNFPA and the UN system,  - Embracing cultural diversity,  - Embracing change     Core Competencies: - Achieving results, - Being accountable, - Developing and applying professional expertise/business acumen, - Thinking analytically and strategically, - Working in teams/managing ourselves and our relationships, - Communicating for impact    Managerial Competencies: - Providing strategic focus - Engaging staff and partners - Leading, developing and empowering people/creating a culture of performance - Making decisions and exercise judgment. Compensation and Benefits: This position offers an attractive remuneration package including a competitive net salary plus health insurance and other benefits as applicable. UNFPA Work Environment: UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, diversity, integrity and healthy work-life balance. We are committed to ensuring gender parity in the organization and therefore encourage women to apply. Individuals from the LGBTQIA+ community, minority ethnic groups, indigenous populations, persons with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply. Reasonable accommodation may be provided to applicants with disabilities upon request, to support their participation in the recruitment process. UNFPA promotes equal opportunities in terms of appointment, training, compensation and selection for all regardless of personal characteristics and dimensions of diversity. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is at the heart of UNFPA's workforce - click [here](https://www.unfpa.org/diversity-equity-inclusion) to learn more. Disclaimer: Selection and appointment may be subject to background and reference checks, medical clearance, visa issuance and other administrative requirements.  UNFPA does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process and does not concern itself with information on applicants' bank accounts.  Applicants for positions in the international Professional and higher categories, who hold permanent resident status in a country other than their country of nationality, may be required to renounce such status upon their appointment.                ______________________________________________________________________   Important Application Information: Please submit your application only via the official website of the hiring organization or by using the "Apply" button on CinfoPoste, which will redirect you to the organization's application site. Applications submitted through other job portals will not be forwarded to the respective organization and will not be considered. 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The Position: The Programme Adviser post is located in the Gender, Human Rights Branch of the Programme Division and reports directly to the Branch Chief who provides overall strategic direction. They are the principal technical adviser and authoritative expert in the Fund for human rights and its linkages with the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Programme Adviser works in an integrated, coordinated, and systems strengthening approach which is fundamental to the Division's and UNFPA's overall strategy.   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.   You would be responsible for: A. Strategic technical support - Identify priority areas in the area of human rights, particularly reproductive rights in the context of ICPD, the SDGs and develop UNFPA strategic positions and related policies, frameworks, evidence-based arguments, and operational strategies, in collaboration and coordination with other branches, and Geneva Liaison Office, including in the context of increasing polarization, pushback, crises, and climate induced humanitarian situations; - Support the mainstreaming of human rights and leaving no one behind (LNOB) in national and regional efforts to improve sexual and reproductive health, including in the context of UNFPA's four Strategic Outcomes of its 2026-2029 Strategic Plan: family planning maternal health , and Gender Based Violence including Harmful Practices and demographic change; - Leading Leaving No One Behind efforts within UNFPA, including in taking forward ongoing focus areas related to Indigenous Issues, supporting UNFPA's work on persons with disabilities, persons of African Descent, supporting LGBTQI+ efforts, and overall efforts to address discrimination and inequalities; - Support the integration of the human rights-based vision of the ICPD mandate in UN intergovernmental discussions and fora, including the Agenda 2030 development agenda and any other special events and conferences; - Understand and respond to the needs of the country offices through the regional offices, in developing and updating policies, methodology, frameworks, guidance, standards, instruments and tools related to incorporation of human rights including leaving no one behind and its linkages to the ICPD mandate; - Support the implementation and coordination of the UNFPA-OHCHR Framework of Cooperation 2026-2030; - Support UNFPA's work in measuring, strengthening, and implementing laws to guarantee access to SRHR and protect women and girls from violence and discrimination. B. Results-based management - Ensure incorporation of evaluation results, lessons learned and new knowledge in the updating of strategies, policies, tools and approaches on human rights and their linkages with the achievement of the SDGS; - Develop substantive indicators, tools and guidance, and substantive quality assurance framework, for human rights and LNOB-related programming and evaluations; - Contribute to technical and programming support efforts, in coordination with the Division External Relations, in the area of human rights and LNOB and linkages with UNFPA's four outcomes. C. Capacity development - Support the work of international human rights mechanisms with a mandate to promote, monitor and protect sexual and reproductive health and rights, including the Universal Periodic Review of the Human Rights Council, UN Treaty Bodies and Special Procedure mandate-holders;  - Liaise and support civil society networks and organizations advocating for human rights and sexual and reproductive health and rights; - Provide technical assistance and support to UNFPA regional, sub-regional and country offices to mainstream human rights in their programming frameworks and advocacy strategies;  - Guide the organizational effort to develop technical capacity of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) to conduct country assessments of sexual and reproductive health and rights, national public inquiries and policy dialogues; - Provide substantive technical capacity development of government officials, Civil Society Organizations, NHRIs and other relevant national stakeholders to track the implementation of recommendations issued by international human rights mechanisms with a focus on the Universal Periodic Review; - Identify, develop and adapt training materials and manuals on reporting to international human rights mechanisms and implementation of recommendations with a focus on the Universal Periodic Review; and treaty bodies; - Develop the capacities of UNFPA staff capacities on human rights and application of a Human Rights-Based Approach to programming through the development and roll-out of training and learning materials, including through in-person workshops at global, regional or national level and online courses;  - Coach and manage mid level and junior professional staff and associates, direct expert consultants and facilitate working groups and task teams. D. Evidence and knowledge development and dissemination - Lead the analysis methodology and conceptual thinking related to UNFPA's work on SDG indicators 5.6.1 and 5.6.2 (women's decision-making for SRHR and laws that guarantee full and equal access to SRHR) and jointly with UNFPA's data teams, strategically position women's sexual and reproductive agency, and its measurement, in the post 2030 Agenda;      - Ensure that evidence, technical knowledge and analysis of lessons learned on HRBA and LNOB to programming and sexual and reproductive health and rights are collected, managed, disseminated and available for application in UNFPA operations, in collaboration with the Regional Offices, and UNFPA technical networks; - Assemble briefing and background materials on human rights and its linkages with reproductive health and poverty reduction strategies and the achievement of the SDGS for senior management staff; - Prepare briefing notes and background materials on a human rights based approach and LNOB to programming and on the promotion and protection of sexual and reproductive rights to serve the information needs of senior managers, other UNFPA colleagues and relevant partners. E. Technical representation - Represent UNFPA on human rights leaving no one behind, and gender equality  issues, elaborate UNFPA's human rights global perspective, and advocate in international, inter-governmental, U.N., and other policy and technical meetings and fora; - Support the Executive Director in her role in the UN Principal Level Human Rights Group, to be created as part of UN Reforms; - Collaborate with UN agencies, academia, research and training institutions, professional societies, and act as technical focal point for inter-agency working groups on human rights, including the Inter-Agency Working Group for the SG's Call to Action on Human Rights, the UN Interagency group on CEDAW reporting and any other UN inter-agency mechanism and theme groups, as required; - Act as the Division's substantive focal point on human rights and LNOB; and carry out any other duties as may be required by the Branch Chief or Division Director.   Work relations: Support partnership on human rights across UN entities, as well as with civil society and academia and donor countries. Work closely with any other LNOB functions in the Division   Knowledge and Experience:  - 10 years of increasingly responsible professional experience in human rights and its linkages with reproductive health and poverty reduction strategies and the achievement of the SDGs of which seven years are at the international level; - An acknowledged expert and recognized authority in the technical area;  - Understanding of human rights dimensions of gender equality policies and programmes, essential - Broad experience in gender programming, essential - Knowledge and experience of working on legal issues and civil society involvement in related security & protection, an asset - Strong track record of technical leadership, publications, and proven ability to produce demonstrable results; - Extensive network within the academic and development community; - Field experience is essential.   Education:   - Advanced University Degree in human rights and development, or other fields directly related to the substantive area identified in the title of the post. Languages:  - Fluency in English required and French or Spanish desirable. Good knowledge of another UN official language is an asset. - Excellent drafting skills in English required, and in French and/or Spanish desirable.     Required Competencies:  Values: - Exemplifying integrity,  - Demonstrating commitment to UNFPA and the UN system,  - Embracing cultural diversity,  - Embracing change Core Competencies:  - Achieving results, - Being accountable, - Developing and applying professional expertise/business acumen, - Thinking analytically and strategically, - Working in teams/managing ourselves and our relationships   Functional Competencies: - Conceptual innovation in the provision of technical expertise - Leveraging the resources of national governments and partners/Building strategic alliances and partnerships - Job knowledge/Technical expertise.   Managerial Competencies (if applicable): - Providing strategic focus;  - Engaging internal/ external partners and stakeholders;  - Leading, developing and empowering people/creating a culture of performance; - Making decisions and exercising judgment     Compensation and Benefits: This position offers an attractive remuneration package including a competitive net salary plus health insurance and other benefits as applicable.   UNFPA Work Environment: UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, diversity, integrity and healthy work-life balance. We are committed to ensuring gender parity in the organization and therefore encourage women to apply. Individuals from the LGBTQIA+ community, minority ethnic groups, indigenous populations, persons with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply. Reasonable accommodation may be provided to applicants with disabilities upon request, to support their participation in the recruitment process. UNFPA promotes equal opportunities in terms of appointment, training, compensation and selection for all regardless of personal characteristics and dimensions of diversity. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is at the heart of UNFPA's workforce - click [here](https://www.unfpa.org/diversity-equity-inclusion) to learn more.   Disclaimer: Selection and appointment may be subject to background and reference checks, medical clearance, visa issuance and other administrative requirements.  UNFPA does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process and does not concern itself with information on applicants' bank accounts.  Applicants for positions in the international Professional and higher categories, who hold permanent resident status in a country other than their country of nationality, may be required to renounce such status upon their appointment.                        ______________________________________________________________________   Important Application Information: Please submit your application only via the official website of the hiring organization or by using the "Apply" button on CinfoPoste, which will redirect you to the organization's application site. 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The Position: The Partnerships & Advocacy Specialist is located in the UNFPA Philippines Country Office. The specialist reports directly to the UNFPA Representative.  Under the overall guidance of the Representative, the Partnerships and Advocacy Specialist leads the Country Office's efforts to strengthen UNFPA's visibility, strategic positioning, and engagement with government, UN agencies, civil society, other development partners, international financial institutions (IFIs), and private sector partners. The incumbent ensures that partnerships, advocacy, and resource mobilization efforts are strategically aligned with the UNFPA Strategic Plan (2022–2025), the Philippines Country Programme Document (CPD9), and the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF). The Specialist contributes to positioning UNFPA as a key partner in advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), gender equality, and population and development priorities - mobilizing political, technical, and financial support to achieve transformative results.   How you can make a difference: UNFPA is the lead United Nations agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is intended, every childbirth is safe, and every young person's potential is fulfilled. The UNFPA Strategic Plan for 2026-2029 articulates the organization's response to a complex global environment, providing a roadmap for resilience and renewal. It is designed to accelerate the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. This mandate is pursued through a focus on four interconnected outcomes: ending the unmet need for family planning; ending preventable maternal deaths; ending gender-based violence and harmful practices; and adapting to demographic change through evidence and rights-based policies.  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 who transform, inspire, and deliver high-impact and sustained results and ensure effective external relations, communications, and partnership-building and resource mobilization in a rapidly changing development and funding landscape. We need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them, and who commit to delivering excellence in programme results.   Job Purpose: The Partnerships and Advocacy Specialist will strengthen and manage partnerships and advocacy strategies that elevate UNFPA's thought leadership, influence policy, and leverage resources to advance the national development agenda. The incumbent will drive efforts to promote UNFPA's mandate with national and local governments, the private sector, parliamentarians, media, civil society, IFIs and development partners through evidence-based advocacy and strategic communications and resource mobilization. Additionally, will contribute to the development of communications and advocacy materials and document best practices and lessons learned.  The Partnership and Advocacy Specialist duties focus on building and sustaining partnerships, advocacy and communications, event and information management, and resource mobilization.   You would be responsible for: Building and Sustaining Strategic Partnerships - Lead the design and implementation of the Country Office partnership and resource mobilization strategy aligned with the CPD9 and UNSDCF. - Identify, engage, and maintain strategic relationships with key government counterparts, development partners, IFIs, UN agencies, civil society, private sector entities, and philanthropic foundations. - Position the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) as a partner of choice for business by convening and influencing industry to advance Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and gender equality; aligning corporate assets (capital, data, distribution, expertise) with national priorities and the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework; catalyzing shared-value and blended-finance approaches alongside public funding; and upholding UN principles through principled engagement and due diligence - Coordinate the preparation of high-quality concept notes, funding proposals, and donor briefs, articulating UNFPA's value proposition and results. - Monitor partnership performance and ensure compliance with UNFPA policies, donor requirements, and reporting standards. - Support co-financing and domestic resource mobilization initiatives with government, local partners, and IFIs. - Coordinate UNFPA convening efforts with public and private partners in flagship initiatives to accelerate our achievements in the CPD9. Advocacy, Policy Influence, and Communication - Design and implement advocacy initiatives and campaigns that promote UNFPA's mandate and position the organization as a thought leader on SRHR, gender equality, GBV prevention and response, and adolescent and youth empowerment, in collaboration with the Programme teams. - Coordinate the preparation of advocacy and communication materials, including policy briefs, talking points, speeches, and social media content in collaboration with the Programme and Operations teams. - Support the organization of high-level dialogues, forums, and events to raise visibility and promote policy change. - Foster media engagement and contribute to consistent messaging on UNFPA's priorities and achievements. Coordination, Knowledge Management, and Representation - Represent UNFPA in inter-agency and multi-stakeholder coordination mechanisms on partnerships, advocacy, and financing for development. - Facilitate policy dialogue and contribute to joint initiatives under the UN Country Team, ensuring UNFPA perspectives are integrated. - Document and disseminate best practices, lessons learned, and success stories in partnerships and advocacy. - Build the capacity of staff and implementing partners in partnership management and advocacy approaches, sharing updates, policies and procedures. - Maintain close liaison with APRO and HQ on partnerships, resource mobilization and advocacy units and ensure participation in learning and knowledge exchanges. Project Management, Reporting, and Accountability - Ensure timely and quality preparation of donor reports and partnership updates, in coordination with programme and operations teams. - Support capacity development initiatives delivered by the regional office or HQ by ensuring the integration of country needs and perspective in the trainings  - Maintain accurate and up-to-date information on partnership pipelines and results. - Support programme monitoring and evaluation related to advocacy and partnership indicators. - Contribute to CO reporting requirements including annual reports, donor visibility reports, and knowledge products. - Perform any other duties as required.   Qualifications and Experience:  Education:   - Advanced university degree in international relations, public policy, development studies, communication, or related field.   Knowledge and Experience:  - At least 5 years of progressively responsible experience in partnership building, resource mobilization, and advocacy, preferably within the UN system, international organizations, or development cooperation, required. - Demonstrated success in developing and managing public partnerships and donor relations, required.  - Proven experience in advocacy, public and private engagement and strategic communication on gender equality, SRHR, or population issues, is required. - Experience in proposal development and results-based donor reporting is required. - Excellent understanding of the Philippine development and policy landscape is a strong asset. - Demonstrated success closing and delivering corporate partnerships with measurable resource mobilization and shared-value results required - Familiarity with ESG, corporate philanthropy, and innovative finance instruments; strong commercial acumen and negotiation skills required. - Experience with private-sector due diligence and risk management in the UN or International Organization context, is desirable. Languages:  - Fluency in English required; knowledge of another UN language is desirable. Required Competencies:  Values: - Exemplifying integrity,  - Demonstrating commitment to UNFPA and the UN system,  - Embracing cultural diversity,  - Embracing change Core Competencies:  - Achieving results, - Being accountable, - Developing and applying professional expertise/business acumen, - Thinking analytically and strategically, - Working in teams/managing ourselves and our relationships, Functional Competencies: - Advocacy/advancing a policy-oriented agenda - Leveraging the resources of national governments and partners - Building strategic alliances and partnerships - Resource mobilization and donor relations - Internal and external communication and media relations - Client orientation and organizational awareness Managerial Competencies: - Providing strategic focus, - Engaging in internal/external partners and stakeholders, - Leading, developing and empowering people, creating a culture of performance - Making decisions and exercising judgment   Compensation and Benefits:  This position offers an attractive remuneration package including a competitive net salary plus health insurance and other benefits as applicable. UNFPA Work Environment: UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, diversity, integrity and healthy work-life balance. We are committed to ensuring gender parity in the organization and therefore encourage women to apply. Individuals from the LGBTQIA+ community, minority ethnic groups, indigenous populations, persons with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply. Reasonable accommodation may be provided to applicants with disabilities upon request, to support their participation in the recruitment process. UNFPA promotes equal opportunities in terms of appointment, training, compensation and selection for all regardless of personal characteristics and dimensions of diversity. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is at the heart of UNFPA's workforce - click [here](https://www.unfpa.org/diversity-equity-inclusion) to learn more. Disclaimer: Selection and appointment may be subject to background and reference checks, medical clearance, visa issuance and other administrative requirements.  UNFPA does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process and does not concern itself with information on applicants' bank accounts.  Applicants for positions in the international Professional and higher categories, who hold permanent resident status in a country other than their country of nationality, may be required to renounce such status upon their appointment.                ______________________________________________________________________   Important Application Information: Please submit your application only via the official website of the hiring organization or by using the "Apply" button on CinfoPoste, which will redirect you to the organization's application site. Applications submitted through other job portals will not be forwarded to the respective organization and will not be considered. To ensure your application reaches the right destination, always follow the official application process as indicated in the job posting.   How cinfo Can Support You in the Application Process for This Position - Application and Interview Preparation: Whether you're preparing your application documents or getting ready for an interview, you can book a [Job Application Support](https://www.cinfo.ch/en/individuals/get-support/career-support-in-international-cooperation/job-application-support-in-international-cooperation) session to receive tailored guidance. - For Swiss nationals invited to the first round of the selection process (e.g., written test, interview, assessment center): Notify us at recruitment@cinfo.ch, and we will inform our HR partners in the respective organization and the Swiss Government to help increase your visibility. ______________________________________________________________________