The Position:

The Project Coordination Specialist plays a key role in improving programme coordination, partnership and advocacy, and in ensuring the sound management of financial resources. You will focus on integrating project activities with operational aspects at all levels of programme implementation as it pertains to UNFPA Bangladesh’s development, humanitarian, and climate change initiatives.

This position is under the direct supervision of Deputy Representative and under the overall guidance of the Representative. This position also works very closely with the Head of Sub-Office (HoSO) and Humanitarian Coordinator in CXB as well as the Field Officer and SRH Officer in Noakhali.

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:

Working within a Country Office environment and in close collaboration with the relevant heads of units as well as other UNFPA colleagues, you will promote coherence and integration of relevant projects, interventions and initiatives as outlined below, and ensure that they are operationalized with a view to cost-efficiency and accountability.

You would be responsible for:

1. Humanitarian project coordination

• Promote programmatic integration across UNFPA Bangladesh operations, especially for the Japan funded project (Advancing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda for Displaced Persons from Myanmar and Host Communities in Cox’s Bazar and Noakhali Districts);
• Lead fund management and oversight, implementation monitoring, as well as regularly producing communications materials and reports including consolidation and quality assurance;
• Facilitate internal programmatic and operational coordination across different geographic locations namely Cox’s Bazar, Bhasan Char, Noakhali district, Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) as well as Dhaka;
• Remain in close communication with Field Officers and SRH Officers in Noakhali and other relevant districts in the function of Field Liaison, with intermittent field visits expected;
• Support disaster response/preparedness, anticipatory action and resilience building, in collaboration with UNFPA’s humanitarian team;

2. Interagency and internal coordination, knowledge management, and advocacy on the integration of climate change adaptation and resilience building in UNFPA Bangladesh programmes

• Provide secretariat support to the UNFPA internal Climate Change Task team, in addition to serving as the Focal Point for the CHT;
• Represent UNFPA in various Climate related and Disaster Risk Reduction forums;
• Represent and actively participate in the CHT working group under the UN Country Team;
• Work on data, evidence, research, knowledge management regarding climate change impact on SRH, women, and adolescents/youth;

3. Partnerships and resource mobilisation

• Act as the resource mobilisation focal point of UNFPA Bangladesh Country Office and facilitate UNFPA’s internal coordination in this regard;
• Contribute to ensuring the office’s compliance with its corporate policy on resource mobilisation and partnership development;
• Liaise with the Embassy of Japan and build relationships with other donors;
• Engage International Financial Institutions such as the World Bank and Asian Development Bank with a focus on exploring how UNFPA can position itself to access climate and other funding/financing that support a humanitarian-development-climate nexus approach.
• Support and facilitate development of funding proposals as required.

4. Other tasks in support of the senior management team

• Support UNFPA Representative, Deputy Representative, and Head of Sub-Office in Cox’s Bazar in their strategic engagement on the humanitarian, development and climate issues as well as partnership and resource mobilisation opportunities;
• Fulfil any other responsibilities assigned by UNFPA Representative and Deputy Representative

Qualifications and Experience: 

Education:  

Master’s degree in management sciences, public health, medicine, international development programme management or other social science related field
Knowledge and Experience: 

• Five years of professional experience in humanitarian and development work, especially programme/project management and coordination;
• Solid knowledge and practical experience in climate change adaptation, sexual and reproductive health, youth and/or gender programming;
• Demonstrated ability to work with governments, the academia, and development community;
• Strong interpersonal communication skills;
• Excellent report writing and compelling oral presentations;
• Familiarity with the UN system is desirable.

Languages: 

Fluency in English is required. Any other UN language is desirable.

Required Competencies: 

Values:

Exemplifying integrity,

Demonstrating commitment to UNFPA and the UN system,

Embracing cultural diversity,

Embracing change

Communicating for impact
Core Competencies: 

Achieving results,

Being accountable,

Developing and applying professional expertise/business acumen,

Thinking analytically and strategically,

Working in teams/managing ourselves and our relationships,

Functional Competencies:

Advocacy/ Advancing a policy-oriented agenda

Leveraging the resources of national governments and partners/ building strategic alliances and partnerships

Delivering results-based programme

Internal and external communication and advocacy for resource mobilisation

Compensation and Benefits:

This position offers an attractive remuneration package including a competitive net salary plus health insurance and other benefits as applicable.

UNFPA Work Environment:

UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, diversity, integrity and healthy work-life balance. We are committed to ensuring gender parity in the organization and therefore encourage women to apply. Individuals from the LGBTQIA+ community, minority ethnic groups, indigenous populations, persons with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply. UNFPA promotes equal opportunities in terms of appointment, training, compensation and selection for all regardless of personal characteristics and dimensions of diversity. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is at the heart of UNFPA’s workforce – click here to learn more.

Disclaimer:

Selection and appointment may be subject to background and reference checks, medical clearance, visa issuance and other administrative requirements.

UNFPA does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process and does not concern itself with information on applicants’ bank accounts.

Applicants for positions in the international Professional and higher categories, who hold permanent resident status in a country other than their country of nationality, may be required to renounce such status upon their appointment.