Programme Specialist for Humanitarian Coordination and Gender-Based Violence

Leads UNFPA Myanmar's humanitarian coordination and GBV programming, integrating SRH and protection priorities across emergency response, recovery, peacebuilding and development work with partners and inter-agency mechanisms.

• Coordinate planning, implementation and monitoring of UNFPA's humanitarian response in Myanmar
• Lead SRH and GBV programming across humanitarian, peacebuilding and development activities
• Represent UNFPA in inter-agency coordination, donor and partner meetings
• Guide procurement, distribution and use of emergency reproductive-health and dignity kits
• Develop guidelines, strategies and standard operating procedures for SRH and GBV response
• Build partner capacity through training, technical assistance and institutional strengthening
• Monitor project expenditure, disbursement, reporting and implementation progress
• Supervise and support field-based SRH and GBV staff and partners

• Advanced university degree in humanitarian assistance, gender studies, social work, social sciences, public or community health, law or a related discipline
• Seven years of increasingly responsible relevant professional experience, including GBV coordination and programme management
• Experience with large multi-sectoral projects, proposal design and partner liaison
• Experience on gender issues in development, humanitarian coordination and GBV, including international human rights standards
• Operational and advocacy experience implementing UN Security Council resolutions on Women, Peace and Security
• Knowledge of SRHR and protection issues across the development, humanitarian and peacebuilding nexus
• Prior training in gender and GBV issues and their application in humanitarian, conflict, recovery and development settings
• Excellent written and verbal English

• Full-time consultancy expected for six months from contract date or as soon as possible
• Duty station is Yangon; services may be delivered remotely while awaiting visa approval
• Selection may be subject to background and reference checks, medical clearance, visa issuance and other administrative requirements