Humanitarian & Field Coordination Specialist

Under the overall direction of the UNFPA Representative and the direct supervision of the Deputy Representative, the Humanitarian and Field Coordinator Specialist (HFCS) serves as the primary interlocutor between the Country Office (CO) and the sub-national Field Hubs. The incumbent is responsible for the strategic leadership of UNFPA’s humanitarian response while ensuring the operational effectiveness of the three Field Hubs. A critical component of this role is championing the Humanitarian-Development-Peace (HDP) Nexus, ensuring that emergency interventions in Reproductive Health (SRH) and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) transition seamlessly into sustainable development and peace-building frameworks and ensuring management of Implementing Partners (IPs) at the sub-national level.

The UNFPA Strategic Plan 2026–2029 serves as the organization’s final push to achieve the 2030 Agenda, centering its mission on four primary outcomes. It continues to prioritize the "three transformative results"-ending the unmet need for family planning, eliminating preventable maternal deaths, and stopping gender-based violence and harmful practices. A pivotal addition to this cycle is a fourth outcome focused on demographic resilience, which seeks to help nations navigate complex population shifts, such as aging and urbanization, while ensuring that individual rights and reproductive choices remain at the heart of national policies.

To accelerate progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the plan shifts toward a more integrated approach that bridges humanitarian, development, and peace efforts. By leveraging advanced data analytics and artificial intelligence, UNFPA aims to pinpoint and support those "furthest behind," directly contributing to SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-being) and SDG 5 (Gender Equality). This strategic framework emphasizes sustainable financing and localized agility, ensuring that even in climate-vulnerable or conflict-affected regions, the global community remains on track to fulfill the promise of the 2030 goals.

The HFCS will lead the Humanitarian Response Unit (HRU) and provide management oversight to UNFPA’s sub-national structures. The role is designed to decentralize technical excellence, ensuring that Field Hubs are not just operational outposts but strategic centers that synchronize humanitarian action with early recovery. By fostering a "Nexus approach," the incumbent ensures that UNFPA’s presence in flashpoint states contributes to long-term resilience and local capacity building.

The Humanitarian and Field Coordinator Specialist will be responsible for: 

Facilitate the transition of emergency interventions into regular country programming, ensuring that "lessons from the field" (e.g., Bentiu Hub) are scaled nationally.

Lead resource mobilization by developing high-quality proposals (e.g., CERF, SSHF/CHF) that emphasize both immediate life-saving needs and Nexus-oriented sustainability.

Master's  degree in Public Health, International Development, Social Sciences, or Medical Sciences.

Fluency in English; knowledge of other official UN languages, preferably Arabic is desirable. 

UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, diversity, integrity and healthy work-life balance. We are committed to ensuring gender parity in the organization and therefore encourage women to apply. Individuals from the LGBTQIA+ community, minority ethnic groups, indigenous populations, persons with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply. Reasonable accommodation may be provided to applicants with disabilities upon request, to support their participation in the recruitment process. UNFPA promotes equal opportunities in terms of appointment, training, compensation and selection for all regardless of personal characteristics and dimensions of diversity. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is at the heart of UNFPA's workforce - click here [link removed] to learn more.

Selection and appointment may be subject to background and reference checks, medical clearance, visa issuance and other administrative requirements. 

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