National Post: Assistant

1 week ago

Hanoi, Hanoi, Vietnam UNFPA Full time

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS VACANCY IS OPEN ONLY TO NATIONALS OF VIET NAM.

The Position:

The Assistant Representative, in coordination with the Representative, designs, develops, and manages an innovative and responsive country programme.

You will lead the programme team, inspiring it to translate the regional and country goals into tangible solutions and results.


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 , 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.


Job Purpose:


You will contribute to the management of UNFPA programme activities in the areas of population and development, reproductive health and gender.

Working to advance the ICPD policy agenda in a politically sensitive environment, you will respond to changing priorities of Governments.

Promoting partnership and strategic alliances with counterparts in government, multi-lateral and bilateral agencies and civil society will be key to your role.

You will coordinate technical advisers and contribute to UN systems coordination through participation in policy dialogue and provision of inputs into joint common system initiatives.

Reporting to the UNFPA Representative, you will act on their behalf as required.

You would be responsible for:

  • Conducting policy dialogue with Government, UN and other development partners to incorporate UNFPA's priorities and agenda into national plans and strategies, and UN systems, initiatives and development frameworks.
  • Translating global strategies into countryspecific advocacy strategies. This includes creating and delivering evidencebased advocacy messages to promote UNFPA's programme goals, taking into account political and social sensitivities.
  • Promoting a resultsbased approach, integrating innovative policies and strategies into the design and formulation of country programmes, subprogrammes and projects. You will ensure programmes are responsive to the country's needs in areas of UNFPA's strategic priorities.
  • Facilitating the achievement of programme results by identifying, providing and coordinating inputs into programme development and implementation, ensuring programme monitoring and oversight, and coordinating and evaluating the inputs of consultants and technical experts.
  • Promoting knowledge sharing and continuous learning including testing, evaluating and documenting innovative strategies and best practices internal and external to UNFPA, and integrating these as appropriate.
  • Contribute to resource mobilisation by identifying potential donors, preparing proposals including outlining cofinancing resources for support to the country programme, and supporting the government and other agencies in coordinating assistance for programmes.

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 disciplines.


Knowledge and Experience:

  • Seven (7) years of progressively responsible professional experience in the field of development and population activities, including programme designing, appraisal and management.
  • Demonstrated ability to refine programme design to ensure alignment of organisational 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.

Languages:

Fluency in English and Vietnamese required; knowledge of other official UN languages is desirable.

Required Competencies:

Values:

  • Exemplifying integrity,
  • Demonstrating commitment to UNFPA and the UN system,
  • Embracing cultural diversity,
  • Embracing change

Core Competencies:

  • Achieving results,
  • Being accountable,
  • Thinking analytically and stra

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