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UNFPA-SRH Programme Specialist-P3/P4-Kingston, Jamaica (40% regional travel)
Kingston, JamaicaPosition Title: SRH Programme Specialist
Receiving Agency: UNFPA
P Level: P3/P4
Location: Kingston, Jamaica (40% travel)
Duration: 3 months
Language: Fluency in English required; other regional languages such as French and Spanish are an asset.
Receiving Agency: UNFPA
P Level: P3/P4
Location: Kingston, Jamaica (40% travel)
Duration: 3 months
Language: Fluency in English required; other regional languages such as French and Spanish are an asset.
Mission Specific Considerations
Remote-Based Deployments (if remote-based please only fill in this table)
Physical deployments (only fill out if you anticipate surge to physically deploy)
Background Description of Emergency / Justification for Request
Hurricane Melissa, the first Cat 5 to hit Jamaica on record, made landfall on 28 Oct and crossed into eastern Cuba on 29 Oct, with concurrent, lethal flooding in Haiti. The event has affected 4–5 million people across the subregion, with Jamaica and eastern Cuba suffering catastrophic infrastructure (including massive damage to health facility infrastructure) and power disruption and Haiti registering the highest fatalities due to flash flooding and landslides. National systems are leading, but three UNFPA presences (Jamaica SRO covering Barbados, Cuba CO, Haiti CO) are all affected at once and are requesting coordinated regional support, prepositioned stocks and short-term surge, which exceeds the capacity of any one CO to manage.
Regional Office (LACRO) is coordinating support for three directly affected COs (plus monitoring a fourth, Dominican Republic), which exceeds its standard capacity under normal operations. The RO is identifying the need for emergency coordination capacity to cover the whole response to the hurricane in the region. This function could be based in Jamaica considering the particularly high needs in this country but with a reporting line to LACRO.
Security Situation Summary in country and main threats: (i.e armed conflict, terrorism, crime, social unrest, hazard)
Role Description: Under the overall supervision of the UNFPA CO Representative and/or Head of Office, and under the framework of the Minimum Initial Services Package (MISP), the incumbent helps promote Sexual and Reproductive Health programming (SRH) and SRH services in crises and post crisis situations. The incumbent also facilitates the procurement and delivery of emergency medical supplies and equipment; orients on SRH related issues (including reproductive, maternal and new-born health, family planning information and services, STIs and HIV prevention, care and treatment, and care for survivors of violence). The incumbent also assists in establishing relevant partnerships with other humanitarian stakeholders, NGOs, donors and government counterparts. When the situation stabilizes, the incumbent guides on the establishment of comprehensive SRH services.
MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: We ask Country offices to review the list of duties and responsibilities and make appropriate amendments where necessary,
MISP Rollout and Programme Implementation:
Partnership:
Resource Mobilization:
Monitoring and Evaluation:
Capacity Development:
Any Other Duties:
Qualifications and Skills Required:
Remote-Based Deployments (if remote-based please only fill in this table)
| Considerations for remote-based deployments | |
| If the deployment is remote-based, is the country office set up to ensure ongoing communication / team integration and appropriate supervision with the deployee from afar? Please explain. | The selected candidate may be required to start the deployment remotely while pending visa & travel arrangements. The selected candidate will be required to manage and supervise a team of national staff.. The selected candidate will be required to travel in the region and support the broader regional response including in Cuba and Haiti. |
Physical deployments (only fill out if you anticipate surge to physically deploy)
| Pre-departure considerations for physical deployments | |
| Does this duty station require candidates to have undertaken SSAFE training? If so, can the office provide training upon arrival? | No. |
| Visa Are there any special/new, specific visa considerations that need to be considered? |
TBC |
| Equipment Is there any equipment that the Surge should become equipped with prior to travel, e.g. PPE such as masks, gloves, sanitizer, etc? |
TBC |
| Is there any other paperwork that the local government authorities require upon entry/re-entry into the country? | TBC |
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On mission considerations (for physical deployments):
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Accommodation
What type of accommodation is available for Surge deployees? |
TBC |
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R&R
Is the duty station on an R&R cycle and if so how often? |
TBC |
| Medical Treatment Are there any government restrictions or limitations that would adversely impact in-country medical treatment plans or medical evacuation? |
TBC |
| Office arrangement for telecommuting If the Surge needs to telecommute within the country, can the country office demonstrate that the deployee is realistically able to work in terms of remote connectivity, equipment, etc.? |
TBC |
| Equipment If the Surge is required to physically deploy, can the country office provide necessary equipment, e.g. masks, gloves, sanitizer? |
TBC |
Background Description of Emergency / Justification for Request
Regional Office (LACRO) is coordinating support for three directly affected COs (plus monitoring a fourth, Dominican Republic), which exceeds its standard capacity under normal operations. The RO is identifying the need for emergency coordination capacity to cover the whole response to the hurricane in the region. This function could be based in Jamaica considering the particularly high needs in this country but with a reporting line to LACRO.
Security Situation Summary in country and main threats: (i.e armed conflict, terrorism, crime, social unrest, hazard)
MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: We ask Country offices to review the list of duties and responsibilities and make appropriate amendments where necessary,
MISP Rollout and Programme Implementation:
- Conduct/Lead rapid assessment/s of SRH needs of the affected population
- Co-lead with national partners the RH technical working group under the Health Cluster that has been established for the response
- Oversee (in collaboration with the Logistics/Procurement officer) procurement of emergency RH kits, equipment and medical supplies as well as dignity kits; develop a distribution plan to meet the needs of implementing partners other identified NGOs for RH services, monitor distribution and ensure utilization reporting.
- Based on MISP projection and rapid assessment findings, implement the MISP (Minimum
- Initial Service Package) through RH working group implementing partners
- Oversee (with the M&E officer) the monitoring of MISP implementation.
- Explore other opportunities and entry points to deliver SRH services for specific at risk vulnerable groups affected by the crisis, e.g.: uniformed personnel, sex workers, ex- combatants, women associated with armed forces, persons with disabilities, etc.
- Initiate and coordinate training sessions on SRH in emergencies (for health care providers, community services officers, security personnel, refugee/IDP population, host population, etc.).
- Assist in developing/adapting protocols for selected areas in programme coordination (such as syndromic case management of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), referral for emergency obstetric care, midwifery, fistula repair, medical response to survivors of rape, counselling and family planning services, etc.).
- Coach and support COs to strengthen the implementation of MISP – sexual and reproductive health priorities and to assess progress towards achievement with technical tools and approaches, and to accelerate implementation of activities funded through CERF and UNFPA Emergency Response Fund.
- Provide inputs for SitReps and other communication products, as required.
- Ensure an effective response that integrates SRH (including ASRH), GBV and data interventions.
- Develop an exit strategy, which includes the transition to evidence-based, comprehensive SRH programmes.
Partnership:
- Ensure SRH needs are addressed within the Health cluster (if cluster approach is activated in the emergency context) and within OCHA Situation Reports.
- Maintain working relationship and share relevant information with UN Health Cluster
- Liaise with UNHCR to provide SRH services and commodities (MH lifesaving medicines, contraceptives, male and female condoms under the existing UNHCR condom partnership, etc.) for IDP, refugee populations.
- Establish strong linkages between existing SRH and GBV programmes with regard to the health sector response for survivors of sexual violence.
Resource Mobilization:
- Assist CO in developing proposals and fund raising for SRH programming.
Monitoring and Evaluation:
- Monitor SRH/HIV and AIDS assistance provided by UNFPA through implementing partners to crisis affected populations, in particular IDPs/returnees, and ensure adequate RH/HIV and AIDS requirements are being met.
- Conduct monitoring visits, if requested.
- Maintain a database on SRH commodities and supplies dignity kits and share information with coordinating UN agencies and host communities - NGO and government implementing partners.
Capacity Development:
- Provide coaching to newly recruited staff and consultants, where appropriate.
- Coach and build capacity of staff members and staff of implementing partners responding to humanitarian/emergency crises, as needed.
Any Other Duties:
- Perform any other duties as required by the Representative and/or Head of Office, RO/SRO, and HQ
Qualifications and Skills Required:
- An advanced University degree in Medical sciences or public health, or equivalent qualifications;
- 5 or more years working experience in the field of reproductive health, preferably in the UN system or INGO;
- Experience in coordination and implementation of Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP) for Reproductive Health;
- Humanitarian experience and international experience are of added advantage;
- Fluency in oral and written English; working knowledge of other UN languages a plus.
CANADEM and its partners have a no-tolerance policy for inaction to prevent, respond to and follow up on alleged cases of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Harassment (SEAH). For this reason, we adhere to all policies, procedures and training of the United Nations on The Prevention of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Harassment (PSEAH). CANADEM mandates all deployees successfully complete the PSEA online course. This e-learning course is composed of a set of lessons designed to raise awareness about SEAH, become familiar with a range of measures to combat SEAH, understand the impact on victims and the consequences for UN Personnel who commit Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Harassment.