Deputy Representative, Damascus, Syria (P-5)

About the role

The Deputy Representative plays a leading role in designing and delivering the UNFPA country programme in Syria, working with the UNFPA Representative to strengthen the country's capacity to implement the ICPD Programme of Action and support national efforts to achieve the SDGs. The post covers day-to-day operations of the Country Office, including supervision of assigned staff, and promotes sexual and reproductive health and rights across the national development agenda.

Key responsibilities

• Programme leadership: develop, manage and monitor the Country Programme against the strategic plan, assess national trends, set quality standards, oversee monitoring and evaluation and ensure adherence to corporate reporting requirements.
• National capacity development: build national capacity to deliver ICPD commitments, support research and academic institutions in using demographic data, strengthen health systems and rights-based policy-making, and foster knowledge sharing.
• Partnership and advocacy: build relationships with government partners, advocate for the ICPD agenda in national policies, represent UNFPA within the UN, liaise with donors and development partners, and pursue resource mobilization.
• Communications: engage media partners, draft articles and opinion pieces and use social media to raise visibility for UNFPA and its donors.
• Management of resources: support the Representative in annual work plans, resource mobilization strategy, staff management, performance appraisals and the development of a humanitarian preparedness and response plan.