Programme Specialist, Gender and Youth Empowerment

Leads UNFPA Tanzania’s gender equality and youth-empowerment portfolio. The specialist provides technical leadership on adolescent sexual and reproductive health, gender-based violence prevention, harmful practices and women’s economic empowerment; advances policy and social-behavioural change; supports disability inclusion and safe digital spaces; coordinates government, United Nations,.

• Provide technical leadership for women adolescent-girl and youth-empowerment programming
• Develop laws policies programmes and strategies for gender equality and sexual health
• Lead social and behavioural change initiatives for adolescent girls and young women
• Promote disability-inclusive programming and equitable service access
• Use digital platforms to improve safety for women and girls
• Coordinate partners to prevent harmful practices and promote youth participation
• Strengthen youth-led and women-led organizations to influence policy and decision-making
• Develop innovative financing proposals for gender equality and youth empowerment
• Generate synthesize and disseminate evidence and knowledge products
• Oversee programme design workplans budgets reporting and team performance

• Master’s degree in gender studies sociology public health development studies public policy development management or related disciplines or advanced degree in law and human rights
• At least five years in gender equality women’s empowerment sexual and reproductive health and rights or economic-empowerment programming
• English fluency
• Technical expertise in adolescent and youth development civic engagement gender equality and gender-based violence
• Policy formulation implementation and monitoring knowledge

• Kiswahili
• Another official language
• Adolescent youth human-rights or gender-equality programme experience

• Gender Equality
• Youth Empowerment
• Sexual Health
• Reproductive Health
• Gender-Based Violence
• Social Behaviour Change
• Economic Empowerment
• Advocacy
• Resource Mobilization
• People Management

• Digital technologies
• Digital platforms
• Office software applications