Programme Specialist, Gender

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United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: 5-10 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: 16/11/2025
  • Location: Panama
Generic (e.g. 'gender focal point' role Gender equality and Social inclusion (GESI)
The Position:
The Gender Program Specialist provides strategic, technical, and programmatic support to UNFPA's work in Latin America and the Caribbean in addressing gender-based violence and harmful practices and mainstreaming gender, intersectional, and intercultural approaches.

They will work under the direct supervision of the Regional Gender Advisor and in close collaboration with country offices, Headquarters, and regional partners to ensure the effective implementation of the actions and strategies promoted by LACRO.
 
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.

Job Purpose:

UNFPA is seeking a dynamic Program Specialist with strong technical knowledge to contribute to regional initiatives aimed at reducing gender-based violence and harmful practices, particularly child marriage and early and forced unions. The Program Specialist will also contribute to mainstreaming gender and intersectional approaches.

The Program Specialist will provide technical and programmatic support to country offices in Latin America and the Caribbean, contributing to program management. The Program Specialist will also help supervise the work of consultants, implementing partners, and experts.


Qualifications and Experience: 
  • Master's degree in gender, human rights, gender-based violence, harmful practices, particularly early and forced marriage and child unions, social sciences, humanities, or related fields.
  • A minimum of 5 years of increasingly responsible professional experience in management and development related to gender-based violence, harmful practices, particularly early and forced marriages and child unions, and mainstreaming gender, human rights, intercultural, and intersectional approaches.
  • A minimum of 3 years experience working in the LAC region on issues related to the UNFPA mandate.
  • Substantive knowledge and practical experience in GBV and harmful practices in particular CMEU
  • Experience in programs and/or technical assistance with the United Nations System.
  • Field experience in countries in the region and related to the UNFPA mandate is a plus.
  • Fluency in written and spoken Spanish and English is required. Working knowledge of French and Portuguese will be an advantage.

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