Programme Specialist, Humanitarian Coordination and Gender-Based Violence, Yangon

## Programme Specialist, Humanitarian Coordination and Gender-Based Violence, Yangon - Organization:UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund - Office:UNFPA Myanmar Yangon Programme Specialist, Humanitarian Coordination and Gender-Based Violence, Yangon, Myanmar, P4 - Posting Date 08/19/2026, 02:41 AM - Apply Before 09/03/2026, 04:59 PM - Job Schedule Full time - Vacancy Type Fixed Term - Rotational/Non Rotational Non-Rotational - Contract Duration 1 Year with Possibility for extension - Education & Work Experience Master's Degree - 7 year(s) experience - Required Languages English - Vacancy Timeline 2 Weeks The Programme Specialist, Humanitarian Coordination and Gender-Based Violence position is located in Yangon, Myanmar. Under the overall direction and supervision of the UNFPA Deputy Representative, the Programme Specialist, Humanitarian Coordination and Gender-Based Violence provides technical, operational and coordination support to UNFPA's Humanitarian Response and GBViE programming in Myanmar. How you can make a difference: UNFPA is the lead United Nations agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is intended, every childbirth is safe, and every young person's potential is fulfilled. The UNFPA Strategic Plan for 2026-2029 articulates the organization's response to a complex global environment, providing a roadmap for resilience and renewal. It is designed to accelerate the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. This mandate is pursued through a focus on four interconnected outcomes: ending the unmet need for family planning; ending preventable maternal deaths; ending gender-based violence and harmful practices; and adapting to demographic change through evidence and rights-based policies. In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff who embody these international norms and standards and will defend them courageously and with full conviction. UNFPA is seeking candidates who transform, inspire, and deliver high-impact sustained results, ensuring effective external relations, communications, partnership-building and resource mobilization in a rapidly changing development and funding landscape. We need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them, and who commit to delivering excellence in programme results UNFPA's Fourth Country Programme Document (2018-2022) for Myanmar was approved by the Executive Board in September 2017 and extended up to the end of 2026. The Programme focuses on three key areas of intervention 1) sexual and reproductive health and rights, 2) gender equality and women's empowerment, and 3) population dynamics. The proposed Country Programme is aligned with the UNFPA's Strategic Plan (2022-2025) and the United Nations Transitional Cooperation Framework (2024-2025). Youth and adolescents, as well as gender equality and related human rights, are mainstreamed throughout the programme. UNFPA has partnerships with civil society organizations, UN agencies, INGOs and local NGOs, foundations and research institutions. UNFPA has a presence in a number of priority states/regions, integrating development, peacebuilding and humanitarian spectrums. While advancing gender equality and promoting the empowerment of women is a key programme priority of UNFPA defined in the 4thCountry Programme Document for Myanmar (2018-2026), since 2021 the focus has been specifically placed in responding to and preventing Gender Based Violence (GBV) in the humanitarian crisis. The prevalence of GBV in Myanmar as a symptom of gender inequality in Myanmar, prompted UNFPA to establish a multi-year and multi-donor “Women and Girls First Programme” (2016 - 2026). Through the Women and Girls First programme, UNFPA is committed to leading the international community and supporting national stakeholders in addressing gaps in gender equality, improving sexual and reproductive health services, responding to and preventing GBV and integrating gender equality and women's human rights perspectives into national policies, development frameworks and laws. The Programme Specialist, Humanitarian Coordination and Gender-Based Violence Further, will assume overall responsibility for ensuring effective and efficient coordination, and programmatic and operational leadership to UNFPA humanitarian programming in Myanmar. The incumbent will manage a team that will ensure the provision of quality Gender Based Violence (GBV) services and GBV prevention and will work with the Team Lead, SRH, to promote access and availability to quality SRH services and response during emergencies and through early recovery phases. The incumbent will represent UNFPA during implementing partner, donor and inter-agency meetings, and will ensure strategic vision, rational decision-making and collaborative partnerships are prioritized, with the health and protection of women and girls remaining at the center of all activities and will oversee the provision of technical support and institutional and programmatic capacity building to partners. Further, the incumbent will support UNFPA to develop strengthened capacities to formulate and implement multi sectoral, rights-based interventions that prevent and mitigate the impact of gender-based violence across the humanitarian, peacebuilding and development nexus. You would be responsible for: A. Technical Support and Programming: - Identify areas of UNFPA interventions and collaborate with humanitarian agencies and national partners to address the needs of the women and girls in Myanmar. - Oversee the preparation of UNFPA inputs to coordination meetings and others, related to the humanitarian response, ensuring follow-up and attention to the organizational mandate. - Undertake field visits, as required, to camps, settlements, and host communities to gather information on the immediate/emerging needs of those in need and the services to be provided and recommend strategic approaches for the delivery of quality SRH and GBV services. - Ensure appropriate, timely liaison with the operations and program teams to monitor effective and timely procurement, distribution and utilization of emergency RH kits, dignity kits, clean delivery kits, essential women's items, and other commodities that the Myanmar office has procured for the response. - Participate in /ensure inclusion of UNFPA's core Areas of Responsibility in rapid field/needs assessments of the crisis-affected populations. - Coordinate and support the coherent and effective implementation of the SRH and GBV components of UNFPA's humanitarian response, peacebuilding and development activities, using a results-based approach incorporating creativity, innovation, and responsiveness to the needs, and thorough monitoring and reporting. - Provide programmatic coordination and guidance to strengthen the integration of gender-based violence prevention, response and coordination issues into humanitarian frameworks and other HDP nexus plans. - Develop/strengthen Humanitarian SRH and GBV in the context of conflict recovery, peace building and development coordination mechanisms and ensure planning and monitoring linkages with provincial-level structures, and integration into relevant strategies, planning and programming frameworks. - Provide technical support to the country office, the UN and other partners aimed at capacity building and institutional strengthening. - Support and advise the country office management and build knowledge and programming practices in relation to Humanitarian, SRH and GBV programming. - Support development of guidelines and strategies for UNFPA including partnership, localization and youth strategies and technical guidelines for the integration of GBV and SRHR as well as other relevant and pertinent guidance as requested and required. - Lead and/or contri