The Position:
The International Programme Coordinator will lead the programme team, inspiring it to translate the regional and country goals into tangible solutions and results and will report to the UNFPA Representative.
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:
The International Programme Coordinator in Iran will lead the programme team and contribute to the management of UNFPA programme activities in the areas of population and development, reproductive health and women empowerment including in humanitarian situations and coordinate the work of the programme staff of the office.
The incumbent will act on behalf of the representative as requested and will contribute to the UN systems coordination through participation in inter-agency policy dialogue and provision of inputs into joint common system initiatives.
Qualifications and Experience:
Education:
- Advanced university degree in Public Health, Medicine, Sociology, Demography, Gender, International Relations, International Development, Economics, Public Administration, Management or other related discipline.
Knowledge and Experience:
- At least 7 years of progressively responsible professional experience in programme management and/or development, including project designing, appraisal and management, relevant to population and development activities.
- Demonstrated ability to refine programme design to ensure alignment of organizational programme objectives to national priorities/capacities.
- Proven ability to lead and manage teams to achieve demonstrable results.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills to foster engaged partnerships at a high level of representation and to maintain political partnerships.
- Field experience and prior experience in the UN system is an asset.
Languages:
Fluency in English. Knowledge of other official UN languages is desirable.
We are no longer accepting applications for this position.
