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- Career category: Programme/ Project design & management, Health professional
- Job type: Job
- Experience level: 5-10 years
- Organisation type: Inter-governmental
- Remote option: Remote (global)
- Right to work requirements: Anyone can apply
- Remuneration: Not Disclosed
- Work schedule: Full-time
- Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
- Deadline: 28/03/2025
- Location: Remote (global)
Sexual & reproductive rights (SRHR)
Health
UNFPA SURGE RESPONSE ROSTER - SRH POSITIONS
UNFPA is building a roster of highly qualified Sexual and Reproductive Health experts ready to be deployed to humanitarian crises worldwide. As a member of our roster, you will be called upon to provide critical support in ensuring the timely and efficient delivery of essential supplies and services to affected populations. This is a unique opportunity to make a tangible impact on the lives of millions of people.
UNFPA is the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. Our mission is to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled.
We promote gender equality and empower women, girls, and young people to take control of their bodies and their futures. We work with partners in more than 150 countries to provide access to a wide range of sexual and reproductive health services. Our goal is ending unmet need for family planning, preventable maternal death, and gender-based violence and harmful practices including child marriage and female genital mutilation by 2030.
What We Offer:
UNFPA is building a roster of highly qualified Sexual and Reproductive Health experts ready to be deployed to humanitarian crises worldwide. As a member of our roster, you will be called upon to provide critical support in ensuring the timely and efficient delivery of essential supplies and services to affected populations. This is a unique opportunity to make a tangible impact on the lives of millions of people.
UNFPA is the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. Our mission is to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled.
We promote gender equality and empower women, girls, and young people to take control of their bodies and their futures. We work with partners in more than 150 countries to provide access to a wide range of sexual and reproductive health services. Our goal is ending unmet need for family planning, preventable maternal death, and gender-based violence and harmful practices including child marriage and female genital mutilation by 2030.
What We Offer:
- The opportunity to make a direct impact during humanitarian emergencies, protecting the health and rights of women and girls.
- Deployment for short term (3 to 6 months) surge missions as part of UNFPA humanitarian response.
- A platform to utilize your expertise in Sexual and Reproductive Health.
Experts selected for the roster will be deployed for emergencies to:
- Promote Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) services in crises, recovery and post crisis situations;
- Facilitate the procurement and delivery of emergency medical supplies and equipment;
- Orient on SRH related issues (including reproductive, maternal and new-born health, family planning information and services, STIs and HIV prevention, care and treatment, and care for survivors of sexual violence).
- Ensure meaningful inter-agency coordination (including leading a SRH working group under the health cluster when the cluster system is activated) and other tasks
What are we looking for:
- Compassionate and committed individuals with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience with clinical degree (e.g.: medicine, midwifery, nursing)
- Advanced university degree in Public Health or relevant Social Sciences are strongly preferred.
- 5+ years experience on Integrated SRH program development and management and preferably in an emergency context (eg: implementation of the MISP).
- Field experience in complex emergencies, including humanitarian emergency response.
- Ability to develop and coordinate Integrated SRH programs that target adolescent refugees, IDPs/returnees and their host communities.
- Fluency in English is required; additional language skills are a strong advantage.
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