Associate SRH Officer in Emergencies

UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is a voluntary-funded international organization with a presence in over 150 countries, including Nepal. UNFPA is guided by the Programme of Action of the 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and the Sustainable Development Goals. Its mission is to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person’s potential is fulfilled.

The work of UNFPA is based on the premise that all human beings are entitled to equal rights and protections. We focus on women and young people because these are groups whose ability to exercise their right to sexual and reproductive health is often compromised. Our work is informed by an understanding of population dynamics, human rights and cultural sensitivity.

UNFPA Nepal implements its 9th Country Programme (CP 2023-2027). One of the primary objectives of this programme is to enhance national, sub-national, and community capacities to build resilience and reduce vulnerabilities to humanitarian stress. This effort is vital to ensure the continuity of inclusive, life-saving high-quality sexual and reproductive health and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) services in humanitarian settings.

Nepal is a priority country for emergency preparedness and response in Asia given its susceptibility to natural hazards such as earthquakes and floods. These vulnerabilities are compounded by poverty and inequality; around a quarter of the population live in extreme poverty and are among the most marginalised as it intersects with caste, ethnicity, gender and sexuality among others. Availability and quality of public services, including health care are limited, due to weak institutional capacities particularly at sub-national level. Nepal’s geographical terrain makes many remote and rural areas hard to reach, further complicating access to services and provision of humanitarian assistance.

Under the humanitarian architecture for coordination of humanitarian action, UNFPA leads the Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) Sub-cluster, the Gender Based Violence (GBV) Sub-cluster and co-leads the Protection Cluster, together with relevant government counterparts. Addressing GBV in humanitarian contexts is a priority for UNFPA and cuts across all other areas of work including sexual and reproductive health, gender equality, the rights of adolescent girls, and the generation of high-quality population data. UNFPA is also the lead agency around the world for the provision of maternal health care and family planning services in humanitarian settings.

The Associate SRH Officer in Emergencies will build close relationships with the CO programme, implementing partners, national counterparts as well as the donor community for efficient and effective delivery of the country programme. S/he will provide quality support to programme/project activities, ensure coordination and reporting requirements are fulfilled and reported in a timely manner with quality checks, in line with UNFPA guidelines.

Under the overall guidance of the Deputy Representative and the direct supervision of Programme Analyst-SRH, Associate SRH Officer in Emergencies will perform the following tasks:

● Support humanitarian programme initiatives.
● Contribute to establish effective coordination with GBV and RH sub cluster lead and its members.
● Support to conduct cluster meetings.
● Support to collect information contributing to annual work plans with a focus on humanitarian and integrated programme.
● Contribute to track the project implementation by implementing partners.
● Support in reporting and data management.
● Assist field monitoring activities in ensuring quality implementation is carried out along with humanitarian team in the project area.
● Support in identifying, collecting, and reporting human centric case stories received from implementing partners.
● Support UNFPA staff and Implementing Partners in preparing their quality reports.
● Support to review reports from implementing partners; analyse them and identify to highlight the impact and track the project implementation.
● Support the regular sharing of the humanitarian initiatives with UNFPA staff, Implementing Partners, and primary stakeholders.
● Contribute to knowledge networks and communities of practice.
● Working closely with the SRHR and humanitarian lead and support in program and financial monitoring and implementation as outlined in the Implementation Partners (IPs) agreement and work plan.
● Support in development and revision of the work plan, including budgets following the requisite guidelines.
● Support in planning, managing, and monitoring of coordination forums pertinent to SRHR.
● Support planning and undertaking of monitoring visits for SRHR.
● Assist in program and financial management and monitoring of UNFPA supported activities and UNFPA IPs according to established programme policy and financial rules, regulations, and guidelines.
● Maintain up to date information on programme activities and prepare status, progress and knowledge sharing reports.
● Assist in compiling and verification of the SRHR related data for periodic reports.
● Maintain a repository of programme-related documents, monitoring visit reports and other files.
● Perform any other tasks as required and assigned by UNFPA.