The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is the leading UN organization in Reproductive Health and Population and Development.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Sexual and Reproductive Health Programme Specialist, NOC
Position Numbers: Abuja (00220609), Yola (00220610), Ilorin (00220611) and Sokoto (0022612)
Locations: Abuja, Yola – Adamawa, Ilorin – Kwara and Sokoto
Level: NOC
Contract type: Fixed Term Appointment
Duration: 1 year (renewable based on availability of funds and satisfactory performance).
Rotational / Non Rotational: Non Rotational
The Position
- UNFPA Nigeria Country Office (CO) works to ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH), promote reproductive rights, and reduce maternal mortality and morbidity.
- The Programme Specialist SRH will support coordination of the CO SRH programme, ensure adequate and timely implementation of the CO SRH programme in the assigned location, provide programmatic and technical support to partners in coordination and collaboration with relevant stakeholders across the UN, CSOs, Federal and State Governments, LGA and Communities.
- The Programme Specialist SRH will report to the SRH Programme Coordinator.
How you can make a difference
- UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. 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), focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices.
- UNFPA Nigeria commenced the implementation of the 9th Country Programme (CP) (2023-2027) of which the four main outputs are : (a) strengthened data systems; (b) strengthened capacities of national and subnational health systems to deliver quality sexual and reproductive health information and services; (c) strengthened capacity of critical actors and systems the provision of life and dignity-saving interventions in humanitarian settings; (d) strengthened capacities and knowledge of critical actors to address discriminatory gender and social norms.
- 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.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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