Country: Fiji
Closing date: 14 Oct 2014
Re-advertisement
We are pleased to re-announce the following vacancy:
VACANCY NO: Job ID 2655
CLOSING DATE: 14 October 2014 (5:00 P.M, New York time)
POST TITLE: Technical Adviser, Reproductive Health (RH)
CATEGORY: ICS-12 (equivalent to P-5)
POST NUMBER: 35562
POST TYPE: Non-Rotational
DUTY STATION: Suva, Fiji
DURATION: One year (renewable)*
ORGANIZATIONAL UNIT: Sub-Regional Office (SRO)
Organizational Setting
The Technical Adviser post is located in Pacific Sub-Regional Office (SRO) in Suva, Fiji and is under the overall supervision of, and reports directly to the Sub-Regional Director and UNFPA Representative. S/he is the principal adviser at the Sub-Regional level for integrated technical and programme advice on Reproductive Health (RH). The Technical Adviser works in an integrated manner with the technical and programme staff in the Sub-Regional Office.
Job Purpose
The Technical Adviser post provides strategic technical and programmatic leadership for the region in RH to ensure that the SRO remain abreast of the Fund’s policy and programme policies as well as current thinking and academic advance in a given substantive areas affecting the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action. S/He maintains primary responsibility for coordination of provision of technical assistance and programme support to the countries of the region in RH. S/he analyses continental as well as specific regional/cluster trends and contributes to strategic action in response of these, contributing to the monitoring of UNFPA substantive areas being firmly placed within national development frameworks and programmes, including the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.
Responsibilities of the Technical Adviser include: to support the elaboration of the UNFPA strategic plan in the region; to identify new and emerging needs and new delivery modalities for technical guidance and support; to develop and maintain technical partnerships in the sub-region; and, to ensure that technical knowledge is updated, generated, collected and disseminated for effective technical, capacity building and policy dialogue.
In all activities, s/he works within an inter-disciplinary team providing integrated programme and technical support to the region. S/he also liaises with other units, such as the Programme and Technical Divisions and the UNFPA Technical network, ensuring the timeliness, adequacy, relevance and quality of technical support to UNFPA operations.
The primary roles of the Technical Adviser are:
A. Strategic technical development, monitoring and oversight,
B. Quality control of the technical support and capacity development
C. Evidence and knowledge development and dissemination
D. Management and coordination of knowledge networks
E. Technical representation
How to apply:
UNFPA has established an electronic application management system. This allows applicants to create a candidate profile, which can be updated regularly and submitted for more than one vacancy.
Download the Step by Step Guide to Applying in the E-Recruit System of UNFPA at http://www.unfpa.org/employment
Please print out the Guide for your reference during the registration and application process.
Notice: There is no application, processing or other fee at any stage of the application process. UNFPA does not solicit or screen for information in respect of HIV or AIDS and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status.
In accordance with the 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, are required to renounce such status upon their appointment. Exceptions to this rule are very limited and can be made only for: (a) stateless persons; (b) newly appointed staff members who have applied for citizenship by naturalization, when such citizenship will be granted imminently; (c) acting staff members in the General Service and related categories with permanent residency status, on promotion to the Professional category; (d) staff members appointed under a temporary appointment. Please understand that UNFPA is not in a position to provide advice on or assistance in applying for any citizenship.
* No expectancy of renewal in accordance with UN Staff Regulations 4.5
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