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TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT (Fast Track)-Programme Specialist, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR)

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Country: Myanmar
Organization: United Nations Population Fund
Closing date: 3 Jan 2021

You would be responsible for:

A. Partnerships and Coordination

• Coordinate with relevant health partners to ensure implementation of UN Framework for the Immediate Socio-Economic Response to COVID-19 in Myanmar, especially for Pillar 1: Health First, as well as provide required technical support to both government and NGOs partners for their COVID-19 response and recovery activities.

• Actively participate in health meetings, consultations and workshops, provide feedback on SRHR at sub-national and local level to State Health Departments, Ethnic authorities and other key stakeholders.

• Liaise with health and protection staff in other agencies and organizations (including governments, national and international NGOs and women’s groups) for coherent programme intervention and integration of SRHR, GBV and MHPSS.

• Ensure the coordination and integration between all components of the Women and Girls First Programme and other programmes, in Kayin and Mon States, in particular the integration between SRHR, GBV, Gender, MHPSS, Youth Programming, Peace Building and Development.

• Establish linkages with existing SRHR, Gender, MHPSS and HIV programmes to ensure synergies between programmes and maximize programme impact, working closely with offices in Nay Pyi Taw, Yangon and other locations.

B. Technical Support and Programming:

• Provide analysis of the political, social and economic environment relevant to population and development, sexual and reproductive health and gender, and identify opportunities for UNFPA assistance and intervention.

• Keep abreast of international best practices, guidelines and legal frameworks as well as new national policy developments and strategies, plans and development frameworks and prepare briefs and provide inputs for policy dialogue, technical assistance coordination, and development frameworks.

• Use and systematically apply standard guidelines and protocols such as the MISP, Interagency Field Manual for SRH in Crises, the Essential Service Packages for Women and Girls subject to Violence, Minimum Standards for Prevention and Response to Gender-based Violence in Emergencies and related instruments during assessment, planning and implementation of all programming.

• Support the implementation of quality SRHR and GBV integrated programmes in Kayin and Mon States, including COVID-19 response and recovery interventions, to empower women and young people and improve their access to SRHR and GBV services, including technical guidance, reporting, and financial management and monitoring of activities. Ensure continuity of life-saving SRHR interventions during humanitarian settings, including COVID-19, and the continuity of services both at humanitarian and development settings.

• Support the development/revision of SRHR specific and related assessment tools as well as support the integration of SRHR concerns into multi sectoral assessments.

• Provide technical support and guidance to the IPs in order to ensure high quality implementation of programme activities as well as to ensure service continuity in humanitarian settings, including COVID-19.

• Support development and adaptation of SRHR IEC material as well as structured training curriculums.

• Provide technical support in the development/strengthening of humanitarian/recovery coordination mechanisms in place at state level.

• Coordinate, develop and facilitate relevant SRHR training sessions for partners to support a human integrated rights-based approaches including implementation of standard operating procedures.

• Provide technical support to the development of relevant advocacy and policy documents to address SRHR and GBV needs and broader gender issues at the district/township level.

• Support proposal development and engage in resource mobilization efforts to support joint programming and strengthen coherence in programme delivery.

C. Capacity Building

• Lead development of training material suitable to meet the needs of partners and organizations across the Southeast.

• Support development of IEC material in line with international best practices, including field testing.

• Coordinate and facilitate training sessions on SRHR for government and nongovernment actors, such as health care providers, non-governmental organizations, the IDP population, women groups, youth groups and peace groups, etc.

• Support development of capacity building strategies to ensure both linkages between SRHR, GBV, MHPSS and Youth but also across humanitarian, peace building and development spectrums of intervention.

D. Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting

• Ensure timely and high quality implementation of UNFPA’s programmes in the Southeast while addressing constraints posed by ongoing conflict and COVID-19 restrictions.

• Develop monthly reports that capture relevant information and that support the analysis and evaluation of program progress and outcomes.

• Collect and compile programme activity information and provide support for the development of annual donor reports, monitoring and evaluating progress toward achievement of programme outcomes.

• Regularly and closely follow up with partners in the field and liaise with their Yangon counterparts in all aspects of planning, programming, implementation and review.

• Undertake field monitoring visits across the Southeast to verify quality of project activities as well as arrange periodic project assessment and review with counterparts and other partners.

• Consolidate existing assessments on SRHR and GBV situation in that setting and/or engage the displaced, migrant, returnee and host populations in conducting relevant participatory analyses, rapid needs assessments, etc.

E. Management responsibilities:

• Supervise staff and consultants based in the Hpa’an Sub-Office.

• Support supervisees to develop Performance Appraisal and Development plans and provide regular feedback and support to facilitate professional development of staff; and ensure their safety and wellbeing.

• Oversee the development of action plans and help to bring innovations to programming in collaboration with various sectors/clusters and the network of UNFPA partners.

• Write monthly work plans, monthly reports, and other reports as needed or requested.

• Perform any other duties as assigned by UNFPA.

How to apply:

UNFPA has established an electronic application management system. This allows applicants to create a candidate profile, which can be updated regularly and submitted for more than one vacancy.

Download the Step by Step Guide to Applying in the E-Recruit System of UNFPA at http://www.unfpa.org/employment.

Please print out the Guide for your reference during the registration and application process.

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.


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