Job Purpose:

• Adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights (ASRHR), and comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) are key components of UNFPA’s Strategic Plan and an essential pillar of the Adolescent and Youth Strategy. Both strategies aim to empower adolescents and young people from specific groups to receive the skills and capabilities to make informed choices about their sexual and reproductive health and rights, and well-being. This includes youth leadership and meaningful engagement as a cross-cutting component.
• They will support and have strategic oversight of ASRHR, youth meaningful participation in CSE programme planning, implementation and evaluation as well as in national and regional CSE development processes. They will also support the implementation of UNFPA’s global strategy for adolescents and youth My Body, My Life, My World and work on ASRHR, and align with on-going relevant global programmes including Empower ED for CSE, and other initiatives.

The incumbent is responsible for the following:

Coordinate CSE programming, ASRHR linkages and youth-led and/or youth related activities specifically under the Global Programme on out-of-school CSE

• Provide coordination support by ensuring youth-led accountability throughout all outcomes;
• Provide substantive guidance and technical support on issues related to CSE and ASRHR;
• Support the high-quality delivery of youth-led and/or youth participation events (online and offline), activities and communications;
• Lead the development of clear, innovative, consistent and coherent messaging related to ASRHR, including CSE and youth-led advocacy, adolescent health including teenage pregnancy, youth engagement, SRHR of young people, including from key populations, in close collaboration with the SRH teams;
• Increase the engagement and leadership of youth organizations, including YKPs in the Global CSE Partnership Forum strategies;

Campaign and advocacy management, youth engagement and young key-populations outreach

• Coordinate global level influence, advocacy and youth-engagement, including young-key populations’ outreach;
• Serve as a focal point for the Global Partnership Forum on CSE;
• Support advocacy for UNFPA’s global strategy for My Body, My Life, My World including CSE programmes and adolescent health in general and adolescent pregnancy in close collaboration with the SRH, gender, human rights and inclusion teams;

Data and Youth Accountability

• Ensure youth-led accountability to contribute to the overall outcomes, by providing a critical high-level component of the youth-led movement;
• Support communications related to the portfolio including regular newsletter related to key information for internal and external purposes;
• Provide programme management support including monitoring of activities and finances of the Global Programme on Out-of-School CSE.
• Carry out any other duties as may be required by the supervisor, Chief, GHRIB or UNFPA leadership.

Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge And Skills Required

Education:

• University degree required; Studies in social sciences or related disciplines including public health with specialized knowledge in the field of CSE/ ASRHR is an advantage.

Knowledge and Experience:

• 2 years’ experience in youth/volunteer participation and youth-led project management and policy development
• Experience in development and implementation of youth-led programmes and projects related to comprehensive sexuality education, SRHR, Young key populations, youth and community mobilization at national, regional and global level
• Experience in coordination of social media and online platforms and innovative offline tools for comprehensive sexuality education at national/regional/global level
• Past involvement in international and/or regional working/advisory groups related to CSE and youth development
• Expertise in organizing and maintaining youth-led advocacy campaigns at international and regional level
• Have a strong network of youth-led organizations working in the field of ASRHR, and CSE in particular

Languages:

• Fluency in English; knowledge of other official UN languages is desirable.

Required Competencies
Values:

• Exemplifying integrity,
• Demonstrating commitment to UNFPA and the UN system,
• Embracing cultural diversity
• Embracing change

Core Competencies:

• Achieving results,
• Being accountable,
• Developing and applying professional expertise/business acumen,
• Thinking analytically and strategically,
• Working in teams/managing ourselves and our relationships,
• Communicating for impact

Functional Competencies:

• Organizational Awareness
• Job knowledge/Technical Expertise
• Promoting results-based management
• Leveraging the resources of national governments and partners / Building strategic alliances and partnerships
• Conceptual innovation in the provision of technical expertise