Project Coordination Specialist

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:

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;

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;

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.

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.

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