Programme Adviser, Humanitarian Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

The Programme Adviser, Humanitarian Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights provides policy advisory and technical assistance in family planning and maternal and newborn health across the humanitarian-development-peace continuum. The role supports operationalizing UNFPA’s strategic plan 2026-2029 and leads strategic guidance on comprehensive abortion care integration and quality SRHR programming in fragile and humanitarian settings.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic direction and thought leadership for integration of quality comprehensive SRHR interventions across the humanitarian-development-peace continuum.
• Advocate for UNFPA’s positioning as the UN’s lead agency for SRHR and SRH in Emergencies through internal and inter-agency fora and with partners.
• Develop policy briefs and programming guidance on comprehensive SRHR including MNH, HIV and FP across the HDP continuum.
• Support countries to integrate MISP preparedness, national preparedness plans, and humanitarian considerations into national SRHR policies.
• Lead development and implementation of USP’s humanitarian strategy and action plan to strengthen humanitarian preparedness and response.
• Develop and implement a global database and tracking tool to monitor MISP readiness assessment and action plan implementation.
• Ensure national and sub-national population data are updated and aligned with humanitarian planning needs for SRH and GBV.
• Strengthen data systems for SRH including maternal and newborn health in humanitarian and fragile settings.
• Collaborate with SCMU and HRD to ensure timely availability of life-saving commodities and supplies during crises.
• Strengthen SRH-GBV integration in Humanitarian-Development-Peace continuum approaches.
• Align Programme Division-SRHRB HDP continuum strategies with agency-wide humanitarian priorities and reporting.
• Engage in advocacy and resource mobilization to advance quality SRH commodities, supplies, and services across the HDP continuum.
• Represent UNFPA in high-level inter-agency fora, coordination mechanisms, and with donors on humanitarian SRHR issues.
• Cultivate and maintain strategic partnerships with UN agencies, civil society, donors, and academia for joint programming and advocacy.
• Contribute to resource mobilization strategies, proposals, and donor reports on humanitarian SRHR results.
• Lead generation, management, and dissemination of evidence and best practices on humanitarian SRHR programming.
• Foster innovation by piloting new approaches to overcome barriers to accessing SRHR services in volatile contexts.
• Perform other duties as directed by team leads and SRHR Branch Chief.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree in health with clinical qualifications or a Master’s degree in Public Health or related discipline. Clinical experience is an added advantage.
• Minimum 10 years progressive professional experience managing SRHR programmes in development and/or humanitarian contexts.
• Extensive experience in ensuring quality SRHR programming and service delivery, particularly maternal and newborn health, contraceptive and family planning services, comprehensive abortion care, and clinical management of rape and intimate partner violence in humanitarian and development contexts.
• Experience managing health teams with the ability to motivate and encourage staff.
• Experience in training and capacity strengthening.
• Excellent ability and flexibility to understand the cultural and political environment and demonstrated capacity to communicate and uphold UNFPA’s mandate and priorities in this context.
• Experience leading initiatives, creating, and maintaining networks, and liaising with key stakeholders including donors.
• Experience in resource mobilization.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, tasks efficiently with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team.
• Fluency in English is required. Working knowledge of other UN languages an asset.

Skills

• Sexual and Reproductive Health Programming
• Maternal and newborn health
• Family Planning
• Comprehensive abortion care
• Clinical management of rape
• Intimate Partner Violence Management
• Humanitarian Programming
• Development Health Programming
• Health Team Management
• Training and Capacity Strengthening
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Resource Mobilization
• Policy Advisory
• Program Quality Assessment
• Socio-political Context Analysis
• Strategic Planning
• Multitasking and Deadline Management
• Independent and Team Work

Languages

English