Job description
Background
Under the overall supervision of the UNFPA CO Representative and/or the Head of Office, the incumbent will be responsible to promote SRH services in crises, recovery and post crises situations; facilitates the procurement and delivery of emergency medical supplies and equipment; orients on SRH related issues (including reproductive, maternal and new-born health, family planning information and services, STIs and HIV prevention, care and treatment, and care for survivors of sexual violence). Also Coordinates, and actively participates in health coordination meetings, and assists in resource mobilization, establishing relevant partnerships with other humanitarian stakeholders, NGOs, donors and government counterparts. When the situation stabilizes, guides on the establishment of comprehensive SRH services.
Qualifications and Skills required:
- Advanced university degree in medicine, Public Health, or relevant Social Sciences.
- 2-10 years on SRH/HIV&AIDS program development and management and preferably in an emergency context (eg: implementation of the MISP).
- Field experience in complex emergencies, including humanitarian emergency response.
- Ability to develop and coordinate SRH/HIV&AIDS and /programs that target adolescent refugees, IDPs/returnees and their host communities.
- Proficiency in English and in other official languages or the UN required/desirable.
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