Humanitarian Preparedness Specialist

Overview

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Humanitarian Preparedness Specialist to join our team in the Asia Pacific region.

About the Role

We are looking for an individual who can manage a regional humanitarian preparedness and response initiative funded by Australia. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing technical and programmatic support to country offices in the Asia Pacific region to implement the annual workplans, preparing progress updates, annual reports, and workplans for the donor, undertaking budget monitoring, facilitating information sharing, supporting strategic capacity building, and implementing advocacy activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement annual workplans in line with the results framework for Phase III of the Regional Prepositioning Initiative.
• Monitor the programmatic aspects of the Regional Prepositioning Initiative, including the development and approval of procurement plans, prepositioning of supplies at the country and regional level, and customization of supplies for vulnerable groups.
• Undertake budget monitoring and budget revisions to ensure full implementation in line with the approved annual workplans.
• Support country offices to strengthen advocacy for SRH and GBV in emergencies, particularly related to disability inclusion, accountability to affected populations, and leaving no one behind.
• Design and facilitate strategic capacity building activities to strengthen capacities to respond to SRH and GBV needs during disasters in a sustainable way that is in line with UNFPA's localisation commitments.
• Strengthen accountability to affected populations across the Regional Prepositioning Initiative, including by supporting country offices to establish effective feedback mechanisms, analyzing the feedback received, and using it to inform programming.
• Support the integration of cash and voucher assistance within SRH and GBV preparedness and response strategies under the initiative.
• Identify operational and financial bottlenecks, liaise with UNFPA units, and develop solutions.

Requirements

• Advanced University degree in public health, sociology, economics, international development, public administration, management, or other related field.
• Five years of professional experience in development and/or humanitarian programme/project management and coordination.
• Well-developed organizational and coordination skills, ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously, and being able to work independently is essential.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills are required.
• Experience in workplan development and results frameworks, monitoring, and evaluation is highly desirable.
• Familiarity with SRHR, GBV, gender equality, and/or emergency preparedness and response is preferred.
• Familiarity with accountability to affected populations, disability inclusion, and supply chain management is desirable.
• Experience in knowledge management and resource mobilization is desirable.
• Familiarity with UN procedures and working methods, particularly with UNFPA's mandate, policies, and procedures, is highly desirable.

Salary

This position offers a competitive salary of $85,000 per annum, plus benefits.