** The vacancy is only open for Nationals of Republic of Marshall Islands**
** UNFPA offers NOC Step 1 level for this role, for more information on the salary scale, visit the UN Salaries website**
The Position:
The post of Programme Specialist is located in the Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI) as part of the UNFPA Pacific Sub-Regional Office (PSRO) in Fiji. Under the supervision of the Multi-Country Programme Coordinator in PSRO, and the guidance by the PSRO Senior Management Team, this position is responsible for the design, development, and management of an innovative and responsive country programme in RMI, in order to deliver on UNFPA’s 7th Pacific Multi-Country Programme (2023-2027). You will lead the UNFPA team in the Republic of Marshall Islands in devising tangible solutions and results, in line with national, sub-regional and global UNFPA targets, to contribute to the country’s national development goals.
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 global Strategic Plan (2022-2025) 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 UNFPA’s strategic commitments on accelerating progress towards realizing the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action in the last Decade of Action to achieve Agenda 2030 including the SDGs. UNFPA Strategic Plan calls upon UN Member States, organizations and individuals to “build forward better”, while addressing the negative impacts of health pandemics and climate crises on women’s and young people’s access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) 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 Programme Specialist will support the implementation of UNFPA’s interventions at the national and sub-national levels and to ensure that the agreed strategic interventions are implemented in line with UNFPA’s 7th Pacific Multi-Country Programme (2023-2027) for 14 Pacific Island Countries and Territories including RMI, and the Pacific UN system-wide Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework, as well as the UNFPA Strategic Plan at the global level, in the context of the 2030 Agenda, the ICPD Programme of Action, and the Pacific regional 2050 Strategy. The Programme Specialist helps make sure that UNFPA’s interventions in RMI are aligned with the national development priorities.
The position is expected to support close engagement with the Government line ministries (particularly the Ministry of Health), academic and research institutions, relevant civil society organizations and non-governmental organizations, the bilateral partners resident in country, UN agencies and other international development agencies and financial institutions, to ensure effective programme implementation as per the agreed strategic direction and work plan results framework and timeframe.
S/he would also contribute towards the analysis of political, social and economic trends, the formulation, management and evaluation of programme activities at a national level and the provision of integrated programme and operational support.
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Fluency in English is required. Fluency in the local language is an advantage.
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Compensation and Benefits
This position offers an attractive remuneration package including a competitive net salary plus health insurance, pension, dependency allowances, annual/sick leave and other benefits as applicable.
Disclaimer
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In accordance with the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations, persons applying to posts in the international Professional category, who hold permanent resident status in a country other than their country of nationality, may be required to renounce such status upon their appointment.
Notice:
UNFPA does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process. Fraudulent notices, letters or offers may be submitted to the UNFPA fraud hotline http://www.unfpa.org/help/hotline.cfm. UNFPA is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality, and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. UNFPA does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the next phase of the selection process.