L’UNFPA recrute un Spécialiste de programme – Reporting et partenariats stratégiques, Kinshasa, République démocratique du Congo
The position:
Under the direct supervision of the UNFPA Representative and in collaboration with the Deputy Representative, the Programme Specialist will be assisting the country office in reporting and strategic partnerships development in DRC. More specifically, he/she will perform tasks indicated below and thereby strengthen UNFPA’s capacity in improving donor relations and expending partnership especially with nontraditional donors and private sector.
How you can make a difference:
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), reaffirms the relevance of the current strategic direction of UNFPA and focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices. These results capture our strategic commitments on accelerating progress towards realizing the ICPD and SDGs in the Decade of Action leading up to 2030. Our strategic plan calls upon UN Member States, organizations and individuals to “build forward better”, while addressing the negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on women’s and girls’ access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, recover lost gains and realize our goals.
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.
Job purpose:
In line with UN/UNFPA policies and guidelines, the Programme Specialist will perform various tasks and provide vital technical inputs to all activities pertaining to strategic partnership development, resource mobilization and innovation.
You would be responsible for:
Partnerships and Resource Mobilisation
- Ensure timely and quality reporting to donors and private sector partners, by working closely and effectively with all programme staffs;
- Develop a mechanism to maintain regular and trustful interactions with the donors and private sector;
- Liaise with the bi-lateral and multi donors and other government institutions to enhance UNFPA’s position as strategic partner in the implementation of the programme related to Sexual and Reproductive Health, GBV and the Population Census
- Conduct scanning of the environment and donors’ mapping in relation to UNFPA’s areas of intervention in DRC;
- Develop a stakeholder plan and manage all UNFPA relationships externally and internally in partnership with the country leadership
- Explore resource mobilization and partnerships opportunities with traditional and non-traditional donors and the private sector in and outside the country;
- Support the CO in the proposal writing efforts;
- Support the CO to expend the existing partnership with private sector;
- Identify and develop innovative finance and funding strategy for the CO and implement same to support efforts to move from funding to financing
- Revise the UNFPA DRC CO Resource Mobilization Strategy and Action Plan in line with the Country Programme;
- Support DRC CO media communication and Knowledge Management functions in line with resource mobilisation efforts ;
- Lead the development and implementation of the CO Resource Mobilization Capacity Building Plan;
- Liaise with UN sister agencies to optimize UNFPA resource mobilization and partnerships development efforts (including with private sector) in support of UNSDCF;
- Liaise with the UNFPA Regional Office to coordinate resource mobilisation and partnerships functions
Innovation
- Identify opportunities and position UNFPA strategically by providing conceptual innovation.
- Analyse ongoing trends, evolving needs and emerging issues to identify appropriate responses for capacity-building
- Provide innovation and digitalisation technical guidance and tools to improve the quality of UNFPA programmatic engagement
- Develop operating standard procedures and guidance, aimed at the integration of innovation in operations, programmes and services provided as per UNFPA mandate
- Monitor overall alignment of programmes with the UN Principles of Innovation and the strategic plan for innovation including the regional innovation and digitalisation strategy
Perform any other duty as directed by the Representative.
Qualifications and Experience:
Education:
- Advanced degree(Master) in Public Health, Medicine, Sociology, Demography, Gender, International Relations, International Development, Economics, Public Administration, Management or other related discipline.
Knowledge and Experience:
- A minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible professional working experience at national and international levels in programme planning, management, monitoring and evaluation, in a related field.
- Strong understanding of private sector partnership and resource mobilization
- Strong knowledge and understanding of innovation
- Good analytical skills and ability to interpret complex socio-cultural backgrounds as well as quickly obtain an overview of a variety of activities and approaches of national and international actors.
- Proven capacity in resource mobilization and leveraging of national partner resources
- Demonstrated leadership, facilitation, and team working skills and ability to establish harmonious working relations in an international and multicultural environment, both within and outside UNFPA
- Ability to transfer skills to national staff to further enhance existing skills
- Communication skills especially for transfer of knowledge
- Proven good experiences in report writing, both in French and English
- Fluency in spoken and written French and working knowledge of English
- Good experiences in working in humanitarian settings
- Experiences of the UN system or Development Banks is an added advantage
Languages:
- Fluency in French; knowledge of other official UN languages, preferably English is desirable.
Required Competencies:
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Compensation and Benefits:
This position offers an attractive remuneration package including a competitive net salary plus cost of living adjustment, rental subsidy, education grant, home leave, health insurance and other benefits as applicable.
Disclaimer:
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In accordance with the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations, persons applying to posts in the international Professional category, who hold permanent resident status in a country other than their country of nationality, may be required to renounce such status upon their appointment.
