The National Coordinator FGM/GBV is located in The Gambia Country Office (CO). Under overall guidance and supervision of the Representative and direct supervision of the Assistant Representative, the National Coordinator FGM/GBV will support the strengthening of capacity of the Gender machinery to better coordinate FGM and GBV interventions. S/he will support Women’s Bureau and other actors in coordinating all FGM/C and GBV activities including the work of the National Steering Committee on FGM/C and GBV. The incumbent will provide day to day technical and program management for the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme for the Accelerated Abandonment of Female Genital Mutilation, including monitoring implementing partners (IP’s), supervision of field implementation in addition to providing capacity building to IPs for effective program delivery.
UNFPA 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 new strategic plan (2018-2021), focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices.
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.
