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UNFPA: Promoting Health and Equality Worldwide

UNFPA is an international development agency working towards ensuring every person's right to health and equal opportunity. They support countries in using population data for policies and programs, provide family planning methods, promote safe childbirth, gender equality, and HIV prevention, and offer humanitarian support. Various employment opportunities are available within UNFPA in technical fields, operations, finance, human resources, information technologies, audit and oversight, procurement, media, and communication.

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UNFPA: Promoting Health and Equality Worldwide

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  1. UNFPA United Nations Population Fund UN Inter-Agency Outreach Mission Norway, May 2012

  2. What is UNFPA? UNFPA is an international development agency that promotes the right of every woman, man and child to enjoy a life of health and equal opportunity.

  3. Who we are • Created in 1973 • Presence in 150 countries & territories • Positions worldwide: 2744   • Total International Professional (IP) posts: 738 • IP Gender statistics: 51% Female and 49% Male • Budget: $1.7B estimated income 2012/13 Biennium

  4. What does UNFPA do? UNFPA supports countries in using population data for policies and programmes

  5. That every pregnancy is wanted… 200 million women do not have access to safe and reliable family planning methods. UNFPA is a leader in helping countries to reach the goal of Universal access to family planning methods!

  6. That every birth is safe… Every day 1000 women die in pregnancy or childbirth. Many others are harmed by childbearing injuries. UNFPA helps women to enjoy the right to give birth safely!

  7. That every girl and woman is treated with dignity and respect… UNFPA works to promote gender equality, the status of women and the involvement of men!

  8. That every young person is free of HIV/AIDS… 40% of all new HIV infections worldwide are young people. UNFPA works to scale up HIV prevention efforts while addressing gender inequalities!

  9. That the needs of affected population are met in humanitarian crisis… In 2011 approximately 39% COs affected – flood, famine, civil war Provide medical care & social support for survivors of sexual violence Emergency reproductive health services Provide minimum initial service package (MISP)

  10. Employment Opportunities • Entry opportunities in UNFPA • Internships • JPO programme • UNV volunteers • Consultant Roster • Current vacancies • Website: http://www.unfpa.org/employment

  11. Required Profiles Technical Fields Operations Finance Human Resources Information Technologies Audit and Oversight Procurement Media & Communication, Public relations Operations Management • Reproductive/Public Health • Maternal Health/Midwifery • Population and development/Demography • Health Economists • Gender/GBV • HIV&Aids • Monitoring & Evaluation • Reproductive Health Commodity Securities

  12. Recruitment Trends Recent “Most needed Profiles”: • International Operations Managers • Representatives in hardship contexts • Reproductive / Maternal Health, Population and Development Advisers, Midwifes • Monitoring & Evaluation, Reproductive Health Commodity Securities, Finance, Procurement Professionals

  13. Thank you! Doreen Cross Human Resources Specialist UNFPA DHR

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