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Humanitarian Programme Specialist - SRH
UNFPA
 Vacancy No: 21-2016
 Contract Type: Fixed Term
 Position Number: 00114093
 Section/Unit: Programme
 Grade Level: NO-C
 Supervisor: Humanitarian Program Coordinator
 Duty Station: Khartoum
 Duration: One year initially with 3 months’ Probation period
 Closing Date: 31 Oct 2016

 
 Background:

The Sudan Country Programme (2013-2017) combines emergency preparedness, humanitarian response, conflict recovery, resilience and development support within a complex political, logistical and security-compromised environment. The country programme is designed around six integrated and inter-related outputs with an overall goal of improving maternal health in Sudan. Attention to population dynamics and gender are supportive strategies and the programme targets the most underserved populations, especially women and youth/adolescents. Interventions follow a tiered approach at national, state and locality levels and seek to integrate humanitarian response with more long-term development interventions with special attention to the displaced, conflict and environmentally affected communities, nomadic groups, refugees and urban migrants. UNFPA delivers its humanitarian programme in a number of focus states among which are the 5 Darfur States. With its main office in Khartoum, UNFPA has sub-offices in Darfur and project personnel in other locations in Sudan.

 

Work Relations:

The Humanitarian Programme Specialist – SRH - reports directly to the Humanitarian Program Coordinator under the overall Leadership of the UNFPA Country Representative, Deputy Representative and the SRH programme Specialist.

(S) he coordinates and works closely with the Country Office SRH Programme Team and the RH Officers in the field duty stations. The RH HRU Programme Specialist is responsible for the overall management of the RH Program in humanitarian setting in Sudan and provides quality technical backstopping to all partners in the country.

S(he) works closely with external partners including humanitarian sectors, mandate related UN agencies, donor representatives, state organizations and institutions, INGOs/ NGOs, and CBOs in order to develop and maintain strategic partnerships, discuss joint programme activities and build capacity.

 

Job Purpose:

The Humanitarian Programme Specialist – Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) ensures the overall development and effective management of UNFPA activities in the areas of SRH in emergency and humanitarian response both at federal and state levels. S/he oversees programme formulation, implementation and evaluation, and joint programming initiatives in alignment to national humanitarian and development frameworks, specifically the Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) and alignment to the UNDAF.  S/he leads the programme team in providing technical advice and support to the Ministries of Health and co-ordinates and collaborates with the CO’s operations and administrative support staff.



 
 Duties and responsibilities:

  1. Programme:
  • S/he leads the SRH team in the humanitarian programme both at Khartoum and field levels and provides technical advice including through regular field visits; supports the UNFPA SRH team in the state to provide on-the-job support for partners at state level to enhance their humanitarian technical and operational capacity;
  • Provides technical support in result-based development, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of SRH programmes, strategies and policies with particular focus on maternal and neonatal health in humanitarian settings.
  • Ensures comprehensive planning and management (both programmatic and financial) of UNFPA Country Programmes related to SRH HRU, and submits timely and quality reports to relevant UNFPA entities (RO, HQ) and donors and coordination with the procurement unit on all procurement related to SRH programme in humanitarian settings including Emergency RH Kits;
  • Oversees the achievement of emergency and humanitarian programme results by ensuring appropriate policies and procedures are applied by the programme team, and appropriate monitoring and oversight mechanisms and systems are established and implemented.
  • Reviews the political, social and economic environment in Sudan relevant to emergency and humanitarian response, and pursues opportunities for UNFPA assistance and intervention.
  • Promotes the use of the Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP) for SRH in Crisis Situations, National Guidelines on the Medical Management of Rape and sexual violence, IASC GBV and HIV & AIDS guidelines in emergencies and the RH refugee field manual.
  • Ensures the creation and documentation of knowledge about current and emerging RH/HIV& AIDS, GBV and gender issues in emergency and humanitarian response through the analysis of programme strategies, approaches and on-going experience for lessons learned, best practices, and uses this knowledge for information sharing and planning future strategies.
  • Expedites and coordinates project implementation through the establishment of collaborative relationships with executing agencies, experts, government counterparts and other UN agencies facilitating timely and efficient delivery of project inputs and addressing training needs of project personnel.
  • In collaboration with the Ministry of Health, the Division of Emergency and Humanitarian Action (EHA), UN agencies, I/NGOs and other partners, s/he oversees the formulation and design of the country SRH emergency and humanitarian response programme and its component programmes in line with Sudan Government priorities and according to UNFPA programme policies and procedures.
  • Actively provides the MOH with technical advice on the forecasting, procurement and pre-positioning of commodities in contingency and emergency preparedness planning.
  • Creates and documents knowledge about current and emerging program issues, by analyzing programs, projects, strategies, approaches and on-going experience for lessons learned, best practices, and shares with senior management for use in knowledge sharing and planning future strategies. In collaboration with key stakeholders, identifies and reviews emerging humanitarian and development issues and their linkages to program planning, management and research.

 

  1. Advocacy/Resource Mobilization
  • Advances the policy and advocacy agenda in support of UNFPA humanitarian programming to provide supportive platform for interventions directed towards promoting gender equality, eliminating GBV, integration of youth issues and contributing towards the reduction of maternal and neonatal deaths and disabilities;
  • Participates in advocacy and resource mobilization efforts of the Country Office by ensuring the inclusion of the MISP and GBV in emergency and humanitarian response funding appeals (CERFs, SHF and other Emergency Response Appeals) and preparing project proposals, documentation, i.e. sitreps, programme summaries, conference papers, speeches, donor profiles, and participating in related donor meetings and public
  • Supports health partners to seek RH funding through humanitarian planning processes and appeals in coordination with the health sector.

     

  1. Coordination
  • Supports UNFPA reproductive health emergency and humanitarian response implementation, establishing collaborative partnerships and representing the office in meetings with UNOCHA, Health sector meetings and other humanitarian coordination fora.
  •  Provides regular information on UNFPA humanitarian response initiatives and advocates for the integration of reproductive health and gender concerns into humanitarian response planning and implementation with particular attention to providing inputs to the standard planning processes (Humanitarian Needs Overview/Humanitarian Response Plan – HNO/HRP)
  • Supports the mid-year review and end-year review of relevant humanitarian sector plans within the strategic response plan ensuring adequate reflection of UNFPA’s humanitarian mandate areas. (i.e. health and GBV);
  • Provides guidance and support to Sub-offices to coordinate/strengthen the RH component within the Health Sector in Darfur states; participates in Health Sector meetings (Khartoum) and provides updates on RH sub-sector work in all Darfur States; contributes to the prioritization of health sector challenges/gaps;
  • Ensures the inclusion of RH and gender and the MISP within common standards for joint / inter-agency assessments and contributes to the monitoring and reporting on humanitarian programmes and needs issues (includes assessments and surveys) with a focus on gender and reproductive health needs.
  • Ensures synergies and inter-linkages with related UNFPA programme components (HIV, RH development program, Youth and Adolescents, DDR, Gender, PD).
  • Liaises with other sectors (protection, water and sanitation, community services, camp coordination, etc.) addressing RH-related concerns;
  • Leads the development and implementation of the RH HRU overall M&E framework and regularly reviews the tools for monitoring and evaluation, and makes adjustment to facilitate objective measurement of indicators in the Programme based on the MISP indicators.
  • Monitors and evaluates programme and project progress in terms of achieving results, using existing monitoring and evaluation tools; identify constraints and resource deficiencies and recommend corrective action.
  • Monitors projects expenditures and disbursements to ensure delivery is in line with approved project budgets and to realize targeted delivery levels and funds are implemented in a timely and effective manner.
  •  Coordinates with UNFPA field officers to ensure that implementation and monitoring system are properly designed , and that data collection and analysis from filed visits are coordinated and standardized across the programme to feed into to programme performance monitoring;
  • Backstops the Humanitarian program coordinator in relevant coordination fora and tasks as assigned.
  • Undertake other activities as assigned by the immediate supervisor.

 
 Minimum Qualification, Skills and Experience Required:

Education:

Advanced University Degree in Medicine, from an accredited University and currently licensed to practice within home country or other national jurisdiction; a Master’s Degree in Public Health, Community Medicine or related social sciences would be an advantage

Experience:

 

Minimum 5 years of increasingly responsible professional experience in management and development relevant to population and development, sexual and reproductive health, and gender;

  • Substantive experience with programming and implementing Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP) for Reproductive Health (RH) implementation and RH Emergency Kits;
  • Strong analytical, co-ordination and organizational skills;
  • Experience in programme and/or technical assistance with the IASC Humanitarian System
  • Extensive Field experience in humanitarian setting is required

Languages:

Arabic native speaker with strong communications and writing skills in English

Computer Skills:

Proficiency in current office software applications and corporate IT systems.

Other Desirable Skills:

Initiative, strong conceptual and analytical abilities, sound judgment, liaison skills, negotiation skills, administrative and management skills, strong interest in humanitarian and early recovery work, especially the mission of the United Nations Population Fund and dedication to the principles of the United Nations.

Required Competencies:

Values:

  • Exemplifying integrity
  • Demonstrating commitment to UNFPA and the UN system
  • Embracing Cultural diversity
  • Embracing change)

 

Core Competencies:

  • Achieving results
  • Being accountable
  • Developing and applying professional Expertise/business acumen
  • Thinking analytically and strategically
  • Working in teams/managing ourselves and our relationships
  • Communicating for impact

 

Managerial competencies :

  • Providing strategic focus
  • Engaging internal/external partners and stakeholders
  • Leading, developing and empowering people/creating a culture of performance,
  • Making decisions and exercising sound judgment)

 

Functional competencies:

  • Advocacy/Advancing a policy-oriented agenda
  • Leveraging the resources of national governments and partners/building strategic alliances and partnerships
  • Delivering results-based programmes
  • Internal and external communication and advocacy for results mobilization

UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, teamwork, respect for diversity, integrity and a healthy balance of work and life.  We are committed to maintaining our balanced gender distribution and therefore encourage women to apply. Notice: There is no application, processing or other fee at any stage of the application process.  UNFPA does not solicit or screen for information in respect of HIV or AIDS and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status


UNFPA offers an attractive compensation package commensurate with experience







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