DUTY STATION: Port Vila, Vanuatu
CONTRACT: Individual Contract
DURATION: 11 months
The National Family Life Education consultancy is located in the Pacific Sub-Regional Office in Port Vila, Vanuatu and reports to the Sexual Reproductive Health Specialist, UNFPA. The consultant will be based in the Ministry of Education and Training Curriculum Development Unit and will also be overseen by the Director of Education Services and the Director of Department of Youth Development and Sports. S/he is part of the programme team and works closely with the Vanuatu and Fiji staff in the Sub-Regional Office.
Job Purpose
The National Consultant will support the implementation of interventions funded through UNFPA’s Transformative Agenda programme through technical capacity and project management support to the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Youth Development and Sports teams (Including the National Youth Council - NYC). The successful candidate will work at the national and provincial levels to ensure that the agreed strategic interventions are implemented in the context of the 2030 SDG Agenda, ICPD Programme of Action and UNFPA Strategic Plan at the global level, the UN Pacific Strategy, UNFPA sub-regional programme at the regional level, and the National Sustainable Development Plan, in addition to Youth and Education policies and strategies
Qualifications
·Minimum qualification (license) in education, sexual/reproductive health or health promotion recognized by the relevant sector authorities with 6 years of relevant professional experience preferably in programme/project management in the public or private sector especially in development.
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· Minimum (Bachelor’s) degree in education, health sciences, public health, health promotion, gender or other relevant fields with minimum of seven (7) years professional experience.
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·Minimum Master’s degree in educational sciences, health education, reproductive health, gender, public health, social development, social sciences or other relevant fields with Minimum of five (5) years professional experience.
Conditions & Remuneration: UNFPA PSRO will contract the successful candidate under an individual contract and will be responsible for the payment of fees payable according to qualification and standard terms of payment and subject to satisfactory completion of assigned outputs. Payment will be made on completion of a monthly report.
HOW TO APPLY:
Candidates must complete a United Nations Personal History (P.11) form, together with updated Curriculum Vitae and a Cover letter. Applications without completed P.11 form will not be considered. The P.11 form as well as a complete Terms of Reference can be downloaded from the office web site https://pacific.unfpa.org/en or a copy be obtained by sending an email to vacanciespsro@unfpa.org.
Completed applications can be emailed to vacanciespsro@unfpa.org before midnight on Sunday, 28th March 2021. Only nationals of Vanuatu will be considered for this position.
Notice: There is no application, processing or other fee at any stage of the application process. UNFPA does not solicit or screen for information in respect of HIV or AIDS and does not discriminate on the basis of disabilities, HIV/AIDS and gender. UNFPA does not condone sexual exploitation and abuse.
