Sexual and Reproductive Health Specialist

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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: Right to work required in advance
  • Remuneration: Remuneration not disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 26/02/2026
  • Location: Suriname
Health Sexual & reproductive rights (SRHR)
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:

Under the direct supervision of the UNFPA Deputy Director for the UNFPA Sub-regional Office for the Caribbean (SROC), the SRH specialist will ensure the effective implementation of UNFPA’s sub-regional programmes and initiatives in sexual and reproductive health in the context of the ICPD Programme of Action and UNFPA Strategic Plan 2026-2029. S/he maintains primary responsibility for the provision of technical assistance and programme support to priority countries in the sub-region in SRH, including Reproductive Health Commodities Security (RHCS), Adolescents RH, Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE), integrated SRH/Gender-based Violence services and humanitarian preparedness and response. The SRH specialist will coordinate and monitor the work of consultants, implementing partners, and technical experts. S/he will establish and maintain collaborative relationships with counterparts in government, multi-lateral and bilateral donor agencies, and civil society to address emerging issues and effectively influence diverse stakeholders to contribute to achieving UNFPA’s mandate in the English and Dutch speaking Caribbean.

Qualifications and Experience: 

  • Master's degree in public health, health economy, medicine, social sciences, public policy or a related field.
  • A minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible experience in SRHR programming, including project development, implementation of innovative solutions, monitoring, and evaluation, of which at least 3 years are at the international level.
  • Substantive knowledge and practical experience in SRHR, Gender, and adolescent sexual and reproductive health issues is a requirement.
  • Proven experience in providing high-level technical assistance to government and civil society partners.
  • Demonstrated capacity to build strategic partnerships or alliances across sectors.
  • Excellent communication and writing skills and ability to present to diverse, technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Experience in program/project management, including expertise in large multi-sector projects and inter agency initiatives.
  • Experience in drafting, implementing, and reporting on initiatives.
  • Field experience in the Caribbean or SIDS context.
  • Fluency in written and spoken English is required. 

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