Job Purpose:

This position is located in UNFPA Ukraine Country Office, in Kyiv [TBD]. The incumbent will perform his/her duties under the direct supervision of the Deputy Representative/Senior Emergency Coordinator and in close collaboration with other UNFPA staff involved in the GBV response programme, in the GBV SC coordination, and other UN entities and actors including OSRSG-SVC in the implementation of the Framework of Cooperation on CRSV. To ensure coherence and coordination in the overall implementation of the CRSV mandate, the incumbent will have an additional reporting line to the Senior Women Protection Advisor (RCO), and work as a part of the core team of Women Protection Advisers deployed in UN Women and OHCHR in Ukraine.

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 new strategic plan (2022-2025), focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices.

UNFPA Ukraine is actively involved in the humanitarian refugee response to the Ukrainian crises, supporting provision of women and girls’ health services, including reproductive maternal health and psychosocial support and Gender-Based Violence support and referral assistance to refugees from the eastern to the central and the western parts of Ukraine.

UNFPA is seeking candidates that transform, inspire and deliver high impact and sustained results; we need principled and ethical staff, who embody human rights norms and standards, and who will defend them courageously and with full conviction; 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.

Qualifications and Experience:

Education:

An advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in law, political science, international relations, social sciences, or in a related area. A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Knowledge and Experience:

• A minimum of seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience in political science, international relations, law, disarmament, security, development management, conflict resolution, or related area is required.
• A minimum of two (2) years of experience working in a conflict or post-conflict setting, is required.
• Direct experience managing GBV programmes or providing support to GBV survivors is desirable.
• Experience in implementing the Women, Peace and Security agenda, including concerns related to CRSV, is desirable.
• Experience in developing outreach strategies and initiatives is desirable.
• Field experience with international peacekeeping or political missions, agencies, funds and programmes, or other international organisations is required.

Languages:

• Fluency in English is required, fluency in Ukrainian is desirable.