Job Description
The Programme Specialist, Gender Based Violence (GBV) and Harmful Practices is located in the Liberia Country Office and provides integrated policy, technical and programme advice on the elimination of GBV and harmful practices, particularly Femail Genital Mutilation (FGM) and child marriage, to the Liberian government and partners. 

In close collaboration with the programme and operations team, the position will play a leadership role in furthering the ICPD Programme of Action focusing on supporting holistic and integrated approaches and interventions at national  and sub-national levels for establishing enabling policy and legal frameworks, developing and implementing quality programme, galvanising partners including civil society organisations and communities to abandon GBV and  harmful practices including FGM and child marriage. It will work in an integrated manner with the other programme staff in the Country Office.

The position supports UNFPA efforts within the UN inter-agency efforts on GBV and Harmful Practices and coordinated implementation as envisaged in the aligned Country Programme  and UNFPA Strategic Plan.

The Programme Specialist, Gender Based Violence (GBV) and Harmful Practices works under the overall direction and leadership of the Country Office Management Team and direct supervision of the Technical Specialist, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. 

How you can make a difference:

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 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.

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