Level: GS-5

Contract Type: Fixed-Term Appointment

Position Numbers: 00201774, 00201775 & 00201782

Location: Ankara, Türkiye

Closing Date: 27 June 2023

UNFPA, UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND IN ANKARA SEEKS 3 CANDIDATES FOR THE POSITION OF PROGRAMME ASSISTANT TO BE BASED IN ANKARA UNDER FIXED-TERM APPOINTMENT.

PLEASE NOTE THAT APPLICANTS THIS VACANCY IS ONLY FOR NATIONALS AND PERMANENT RESIDENTS OF TURKIYE.

PLEASE NOTE THAT APPLICANTS APPLYING FOR UNFPA GENERAL SERVICE POSTS LOCATED IN ANKARA & GAZIANTEP MUST HAVE A VALID RESIDENCE PERMIT OR TURKISH PERMANENT RESIDENCY CITIZENSHIP.

Job Summary:

The Programme Assistant posts are located in the UNFPA Turkiye Country Office in Ankara. The incumbents will be part of the development team and under the overall guidance of the Operations Manager, they support the development programme work and operations, particularly on SRH, including CEFM and UN joint programme.

Programme Assistants support timely and proper implementation of the development programme by providing logistical, administrative, secretarial and financial support.

You will promote a client, quality and results-oriented approach and work in close collaboration with the Operations and Programme staff in the Country Office.

How You Can Make a Difference:

UNFPA, Sexual and Reproductive Health Agency of the United Nations, is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled.  UNFPA’s strategic plan (2022-2025), reaffirms the relevance of the current strategic direction of UNFPA and focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices. These results capture our strategic commitments on accelerating progress towards realizing the ICPD and SDGs in the Decade of Action leading up to 2030. Our strategic plan calls upon UN Member States, organizations and individuals to “build forward better”, while addressing the negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on women’s and girls’ access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, recover lost gains and realize our goals.

In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff, who embody these international norms and standards, and who will defend them courageously and with full conviction.

UNFPA is seeking candidates that transform, inspire and deliver high impact and sustained results; we need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to deliver excellence in programme results.

Qualifications and Experience:

Education: 

• Completed Secondary Level Education required. First level university degree Social Sciences, Business or Public Administration, Economics, Political Sciences or other related field desirable.

Knowledge and Experience:

• Minimum of five (5) years of relevant experience in administrative work or programme support functions.
• Proficiency in current Microsoft Office applications (especially Microsoft Excel and Word).
• Experience in using ERP system (e.g. PeopleSoft, Oracle, SAP) or similar computerized applications.
• Experience in travel and event management is an asset.
• Knowledge of gender and/or reproductive health is an asset.
• Familiarity with UN procedures and working methods is an asset.
• Working experience with an international organization is an asset.

Languages:

• Fluency in written and spoken English and Turkish is required

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