Deputy Representative
Category | Grade:Director | P-5Deadline:21 Aug 2026Job ID:35868Posted on:30 Jul 2026
Overview
UNFPA seeks a deputy representative based in Damascus to lead the design, delivery and day-to-day management of the UNFPA country programme; align population, sexual and reproductive health, gender and youth priorities with national plans; build government, United Nations, donor and civil-society partnerships; supervise staff
Languages
Required: English
Desired: Another official United Nations language
Job Areas
Minimum Experience
10 years
Estimated Salary
Not available
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, delivery and day-to-day management of the UNFPA country programme
- Align population, sexual and reproductive health, gender and youth priorities with national plans
- Build government, United Nations, donor and civil-society partnerships
- Supervise staff and operations
- Mobilise resources
- Strengthen humanitarian preparedness
- And assure programme results, compliance and security
Requirements
- Postgraduate degree in public health, medicine, sociology, demography, gender, international development, economics, public administration, management or a related field
- 10 years of increasingly responsible international-development and public-administration experience
- Programme design, management, advocacy and policy-dialogue experience
- Field experience
- Required language fluency
Skills
Strategic leadershipProgramme managementStakeholder engagementTechnical analysisResults reporting
Additional info
Not available