Representative, Chisinau, Moldova, P5

### Job description The Position: The Representative leads a country office team in the design and implementation of a  population and development and sexual and reproductive health country programme. Through alliances and partnerships with governments, UN and bilateral agencies, development partners, civil society, academia and the private sector, the programme aims to  realize the 2030 Agenda in order to make a positive difference in the lives of millions of  people; especially those furthest behind. 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. Job Purpose: Under the guidance of a Regional Director, you will lead a Country team in the development  and management of an innovative Country Programme of Cooperation focused on population  and development and universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, including  maternal health, family planning, gender, and adolescent and youth empowerment. You are accountable for the effective implementation of the Country Programme, playing the  lead role in promoting the mandate of the organization, and ensuring the integration of issues  of sexual and reproductive health and rights in the broader national development agenda. Through engagement with national counterparts, UN Country Teams, compelling advocacy,  and delivery of effective programmes, including in emergency settings, you serve on the  frontline of the organization, validating both the mandate of the organization and its ability  to deliver high quality support and results. Your ultimate accountability is to the people that  you serve; the most vulnerable, excluded, or marginalized and for the causes that you serve; human rights, sustainable development and humanitarian relief. Applicable to some countries where UNFPA Representative is Country Director: You may also act as non-resident Country Director in some country offices. In this function  you are supported by the national staff in the respective country offices. You would be responsible for: A. Strategic direction, planning and management • Lead the positioning of UNFPA on strategic issues in the country on the basis of  global,regional and national policies and strategies• Build institutional relationships with government counterparts, civil society, the  privatesector, the UN community, other international/national organizations,  academia andbilaterals that galvanize support for UNFPA’s mandate• Promote UNFPA’s role in the national development agenda, and in the changing  aidenvironment• Establish priorities for the work of the Country Office in line with regional and  globalUNFPA corporate priorities• Ensure that policies, programming tools, state-of-the-art knowledge and sound  business practices are incorporated into UNFPA country operations• Lead and coordinate the development of a strategic plan for UNFPA’s  humanitarian andpreparedness actions in-country B. Management of resources • Manage international and national staff providing them with direction and  motivation; fostering empowerment, learning and career management • Demonstrate performance appraisal and transparent leadership approaches that  support a culture of growth and development, where good performance is  incentivized and underperformers are held to account• Attract and retain the highest calibre of staff for the Country Office • Set standards of performance, and assign responsibilities for achieving results  according to the Country Office Strategic Information System• Drive the formulation and implementation of a comprehensive resource  mobilizationand partnership strategy including donor relations and effective  mobilisation of funds;securing and efficiently using mobilised funds and assigned  budget allocations for thecountry programme• Ensure the safety, security and wellbeing of staff by driving compliance with  MinimumOperating Security Standards (MOSS) and Minimum Operational  Residential SecurityStandards (MORSS) C. Programme leadership and representation • Advise senior management of UNFPA on country level issues• Provide leadership in the development and execution of the organization’s  countrylevel policy dialogue and programme, including delivery of technical  assistance forcapacity development and for humanitarian situations• Engage national counterparts through effective advocacy on UNFPA’s agenda; buildsupport for programme objectives and create awareness of the role of ICPD  issues in theoverall development agenda and achievement of the Sustainable  Development Goals• Represent UNFPA within the inter-agency United Nations Country Team (UNCT)  andthe UN Humanitarian Team; support the UN Resident Coordinator (RC) as  UNCT leader,promoting integration of population and development, and sexual and reproductivehealth issues in the development and humanitarian agenda; contribute to the UN reform process including the triple nexus (Development,  Humanitarian and Peace) within the UNCT context• Drive UNFPA accountability for the UN Flash Appeal/ Humanitarian Response plan  andcontribute actively to the achievement of the United Nations Development  AssistanceFramework (UNDAF) common results, including through chairing/co chairing UNCTResults Groups• Initiate programme and technical support opportunities for South to Southcollaboration with other countries. D. Programme oversight and coordination • Drive the application of results-based management and quality assurance  frameworksfor the work of the Country Office;• Enforce financial and monitoring processes to ensure the Country Office complies  withUNFPA policies and procedures, corporate requirements and audit  recommendations;Carry out any other duties as may be required by the Regional Director for whom you report to. Qualifications and Experience Education: Postgraduate university degree in any of the following disciplines: Public Health, Medicine,  Sociology, Demography, Gender, International Relations, International Development,  Economics, Public Administration, Management or other related field. Knowledge and Experience: •10 years of increasingly responsible professional experience in public administratio and international development of which at least 8 years in the  field of population and development, sexual and reproductive health or humanitarian at the international level;• Current knowledge of issues of population and development, sexual and  reproductivehealth, and their place in the development and humanitarian  agenda;• Proven ability to lead teams to achieve demonstrable and high quality results;• Ex