SWEDD Director

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United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: 10+ years
  • Organisation type: Inter-governmental
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: International contract
  • Remuneration: Not Disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 20/06/2025
  • Location: Senegal
Sexual & reproductive rights (SRHR) Health
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. 
 
Job Purpose:

The Special SWEDD Director reports directly to the Regional Director, who provides overall direction and guidance. Under direct day to day oversight and coordination with the Deputy Regional Director, She/he is the coordinator of all technical and programme support functions for the UNFPA-managed regional activities carried out under the SWEDD project and is responsible for the smooth functioning of the Regional Technical Secretariat (RTS). 

Working with and drawing from UNFPA Regional Office technical teams, She/He provides state-of-the-art technical expertise and easy access to knowledge through high quality advisory services based on global applied research and best practices, builds partnerships, promotes regional capacity building initiatives and activities to allow participating governments and other development partners to identify, create and share knowledge relevant to solving development challenges in the areas of reproductive and maternal health, gender, youth and adolescents, human capital and demographic dividend. The Director is also responsible for ensuring that quality and timely technical inputs and guidance is provided to the participating countries. Timely and quality donor reporting is critical. 

She/He prioritizes the strengthening of existing continental strategies and initiatives, such as the AU Gender Strategy 2017 -2027, Agenda 2030, Agenda 2063, the Maputo Plan of Action on the Operationalization of the Continental Policy Framework for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (2016-2030), the protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (the Maputo Protocol), the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, the AU Roadmap on Harnessing the Demographic Dividend, the African Youth Charter (2006), the Common Position on Ending Child Marriage in Africa (2015) and others.

Qualifications and Experience: 
  • Advanced university degree in international development management, public policy or administration, Political Science, economics, sociology, demography, public health, or equivalent development management areas. 
  • A minimum of 15 years of increasingly responsible professional experience in the management of complex, donor-funded and multi-partner programmes including 10 years at the international level. 
  • Demonstrated success in developing and implementing resource mobilization strategies, resulting in the successful diversification of funding portfolios and securing significant financial resources from a broad range of donors, including bilateral and multilateral agencies, private foundations, corporations, and innovative financing mechanisms. 
  • Proven experience in cultivating and managing high-level strategic partnerships with diverse stakeholders, including governments, regional bodies (WAHO, AUC), international organizations and private sector leaders. 
  • Strong understanding of the international donor landscape, including funding trends, priorities, and compliance requirements, with a proven ability to develop and submit compelling grant proposals and high-quality donor reports that secure and maintain funding for large-scale development programmes.
  • Work experience in a developing country context in Africa. 
  • Strong verbal and writing communication skills in English and French is required. 

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