The Position:

The Emergency Response Coordinator is part of the UNFPA’s first responder Global Emergency Response Team (GERT). As such, her/his primary responsibility is to rapidly deploy to emergencies worldwide to ensure timely institutional response. Emergency Response Coordinator will work under direct supervision from the Director/Deputy Director, Humanitarian Response Division (D/DD HRD) and supported by the receiving Country Office and Regional Office.

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:

The overall purpose of the Humanitarian Response Division (HRD) is to facilitate the delivery of the UNFPA mandate by leading emergency response and supporting humanitarian preparedness actions in increasingly complex humanitarian situations, within globally agreed frameworks (2030 Agenda, Grand bargain, Commitments, Sendai, Framework, etc.)

The HRD leads in leveraging and increasing effectiveness, efficiency, and capacity of UNFPA staff and partners to scale up UNFPA’s role as a key global humanitarian leader.

The ability to timely deploy emergency response staff is a critical factor for effective emergency response.

The GERT team represents first responders in a continuum of humanitarian deployments (deployed prior to surge with the purpose of setting the ground for an effective and coherent emergency response). As part of the GERT team, a selected expert is expected to deploy within 24 to 72 hours following the onset of an emergency or a specific request for support from the Country or Regional Office.

Deployments are ranging in duration from 2 weeks to 3 months with at least 2 weeks in-between down time.

Qualifications and Experience:

Education:

Advanced university degree preferably in public health, social sciences, humanitarian response, international relations, or a related field.

Knowledge and Experience:

• At least 10 years of experience in coordinating, developing, and implementing humanitarian interventions in crisis settings.
• At least 5 years of field experience in complex emergencies, including humanitarian emergency response.
• Familiarity with IASC and other humanitarian coordination mechanisms, guiding principles and standards.
• Demonstrated experience within a multinational and multicultural environment.
• Ability to develop and coordinate GBV programs that target affected communities.

Languages:

Fluency in English is required; knowledge of other official UN languages, preferably French and/or Spanish, is desirable.