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Vacancy No.: UNAIDS/22/FT101
Title: Officer, Policy and Strategy, Myanmar
Grade: NO-C
Contract type: Fixed-term Appointment
Duration of contract: 2 years
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Date:
9 November 2022
Application Deadline:
3 December 2022
Vacancy Filled
Organization unit:
AI UNAIDS Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (AI)
Duty station:
Yangon Myanmar
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About UNAIDS:
Serving Communities and Countries to End Inequalities and AIDS
We, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, lead the global effort to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. By placing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to reduction of inequalities at the heart of our work, we lead the global response to AIDS by: (i) maximizing equitable and equal access to HIV services, (ii) breaking down barriers to achieving HIV outcomes, and (iii) integrating efficient HIV responses into wider health and protection systems.
We are committed to creating an equal, safe and empowering workplace culture where all people in all their diversity thrive. We live our values of Commitment to the AIDS Response, Integrity and Respect for Diversity. You can access the full UNAIDS Competency Framework at www.unaids.org
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MANDATE OF THE DEPARTMENT:
The UNAIDS Myanmar Country Office provides leadership and coordinates the expanded UN system response in Myanmar towards ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. Using an equity and equality lens as part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the UNAIDS Myanmar Country Office scales up HIV services focused on key populations, and other groups living with or at risk of HIV (I.e. women and girls in all their diversity, people with disabilities, indigenous peoples) and in locations most at risk. The UNAIDS Myanmar Country Office promotes effective use of strategic information to better understand and track the epidemic and its trends, and to measure progress and sustainable impact of the response in Myanmar. It supports efforts to strengthen the capacities of communities and their meaningful engagement in health, social protection, human rights and social justice mechanisms, and gender transformative approaches, and provides intellectual support and technical guidance as necessary to partners, communities, civil society organizations and policymakers.
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Main tasks and Responsibilities of the Position:
The Officer, Policy and Strategy is responsible for advisory services that relate to the overall practice area objectives in the office and with UNAIDS partners and counterparts, contributing specialist expertise in the UNAIDS response in the functional areas described below. The Officer, Policy and Strategy will contribute to the overall thought leadership of the practice with practical and innovative solutions, especially within the country.
Under direct supervision of the UNAIDS Country Director and within the matrix management reporting structure of the UNAIDS Myanmar Country Office and the Regional Office, and as part of the global Equality and Rights for all Practice, the Officer, Policy and Strategy focuses on a set of deliverables that are aligned with the UNAIDS equality and rights for all vision, the epidemic trajectory, the social norms and the needs in the country. This post, like all ERA posts, includes a focus on key populations, customized to respond to the regional and subregional contexts and epidemic, and to match the focus of the post (i.e. gender equality posts include a focus on women and girls living with HIV, women key populations, human rights posts include a focus on the rights of people living with HIV and key populations, youth posts include a focus on young people living with HIV and young key populations etc.)
The incumbent has the following key responsibilities:
1-Coordination and technical advice
a-Provides support to and coordinates with partners and civil society organizations to ensure that:
-key considerations and analysis on how advances in the subjects relevant to the practice including but not limited to gender equality, community and youth engagement and leadership affect the HIV response
-barriers to HIV services are incrementally removed through active promotion of key agenda such as gender equality, youth empowerment and social justice, particularly for key and vulnerable population groups community priorities are integrated into relevant AIDS response and broader plans, programmes, initiatives and budgets.
b-Provides technical support, shares information, guidance tools and resources to partners and civil society organizations. Supports demand creation for the inclusion in national AIDS plans of programmatic interventions addressing the integration of relevant beneficiaries and focus such as key populations, communities, gender equality, and youth responses as they impact on prevention, treatment, care and support, with emphasis on reduction of discrimination, including in the health sectors, stigma and punitive approaches to HIV, driving social norm change, and achieving scale and efficiency.
c-Works towards maximizing the potential of grant opportunities and bilateral aid available to broker aligned, harmonized resources to address priorities for communities, key populations, women and girls in all their diversity, gender, and youth, in the overall community systems strengthening mechanism. Including gender transformative community systems strengthening.
2-Provision of policies and collaboration
a-Provides support to cosponsors and other partners to ensure that: key considerations on how advances in gender equality, human rights, community and youth engagement affect the HIV response and community priorities are integrated into relevant AIDS response and broader plans, programmes, budgets, and initiatives;
b-Support conceptual policy and programmatic work on social inclusion of PLHIV networks, youth and women led organisations and key populations-related civil society organisations, and social justice movements, including those relating to sexual and reproductive health and rights, women’s rights, access to justice, youth engagement, among others.
c-Follow up on status and implementation of amendments in policies, laws, regulations with regards to key populations and PLHIV.
3-Knowledge management and communication
a-Identifies and promotes good practices, including in relation to knowledge development, sharing and management, to benefit the response in the country, in the region or globally, through appropriate representation of UNAIDS positions on the importance of agenda including but not limited to gender equality, community engagement and youth leadership as central to the HIV response. This specifically includes the participation in communities of practices.
b-Stays abreast of current issues and tensions and ensures a coordinated communication as regards to pertinent strategic information and analysis to support communities during crises.
4-Gender Equality
a-Works on the positioning of gender equality at the centre of UNAIDS efforts to implement the global AIDS strategy in the country, emphasizing gender transformative, women / key populations / people living with HIV-led interventions at scale.
b-Establishes effective leadership, mentorship and capacity building of networks of women key populations, that include and/or are led by women living with HIV, women who use drugs, female sex workers and transgender women, and AGYW for effective representation and advocacy on human rights, gender equality, sexual and reproductive health and rights.
c-Analyzes the HIV epidemic, context and response in the country from a substantive gender equality perspective, as well as relevant data on sexual and reproductive health and rights, sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) and comprehensive sexuality education (CSE). Support the conduct of the gender transformative assessments and monitor trends and opportunities across regions to advocate, build political commitment and mobilize allies and resources.
d-Organizes or participates in communities of practice on gender equality issues for joint coordination, information sharing, quality assurance, capacity building and mutual support.
5-Strategy for legislative reform
a-Supports the engagement and/or engages with governmental fora, missions, civil society organizations, human rights defenders, and others as appropriate, particularly on decriminalization, stigma, discrimination, sexual and gender-based violence, rights of people living with HIV and key/populations, as well as women, adolescent girls and young women in all their diversity.
b-Supports legal and human rights analysis of proposed law reform to ensure that the HIV response in the country is grounded on human rights and informed by the latest public health evidence.
c-Facilitate the development and/or implementation of a national framework/plan to guide the operationalization of the Global Partnership for Action to eliminate all forms of HIV related stigma and discrimination
d-Undertakes or supports country advocacy efforts to reform laws, policies and regulations, including providing country advice for leveraging UNAIDS and UN country teams plans on human rights and the Sustainable Development Goals.
e-As required, provides substantive technical advice, including on law reforms, and tracking and facilitate the establishment of appropriate redress mechanisms and response to human right crisis.
g-Support the network of PLHIV and key populations to conduct stigma index surveys.
Performs other duties as required.
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| REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS |
Education:
Essential:
Advanced university degree at Master´s level or equivalent in Public Health, Human Rights, Gender or Women’s Studies, International Development, Public Policy or Administration, Business Administration, Law or another field related to the responsibilities. For internal candidates, a first university degree and seven (7) years of experience will be considered as equivalent. |
Competencies:
UNAIDS Values:
- Commitment to the AIDS response.
- Integrity
- Respect for diversity
Core competencies:
- Working in teams
- Communicating with impact
- Applying expertise
- Delivering results
- Driving change and innovation
- Being accountable
Managerial competencies:
- Leading teams
- Building relationships and networks
- Developing and empowering others
- Managing performance and resources
- Vision and strategic thinking
- Exercising sound judgement
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Experience:
Essential:
At least five (5) years of experience in the programming, project management and advocacy, including as related to HIV or health, in one or more of the following areas: gender equality, human rights, community engagement, and youth engagement/leadership at the national level.
Desirable:
Experience in programme- / project- / initiative-based collaboration with a variety of national and international public sector organizations and international civil society institutions. |
Languages:
Essential:
Proficiency in English and in Burmese.
Desirable:
Knowledge of additional UN official languages.
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Additional Information:
Please note that for this vacancy, only nationals of Mynamar are eligible to apply. A valid passport will be requested. You are required to reside within reasonable commuting distance of the UNAIDS office located in Yangon. Furthermore, only online applications will be accepted.
Other similar positions at the same level may be filled from this vacancy notice.
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Annual salary:
(Net of tax)
34.577 USD at single rate
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| Applications from people living with HIV are particularly welcome. Applications from women and from nationals of non- and under-represented member states are particularly encouraged.
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Any appointment/extension of appointment is subject to the Staff Regulations and Rules of the World Health Organization (WHO) adjusted, as necessary, to take into account the particular operational needs of UNAIDS, and any subsequent amendments.
Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted.
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Note: The paramount consideration in the appointment, transfer or promotion of staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence and integrity. The medical criterion for recruitment is fitness to work in the particular post. The United Nations HIV/AIDS Personnel Policy clearly stipulates that no staff and/or potential candidates shall be discriminated against on the basis of real or perceived HIV status. HIV infection, in itself, does not constitute lack of fitness to work. There is no obligation to disclose HIV-related personal information.
UNAIDS is committed to providing a work environment that respects the inherent dignity of all persons. UNAIDS has a responsibility to take all appropriate steps to prevent and respond to discrimination, abuse of authority, and harassment, including sexual harassment in the workplace or in connection with work. UNAIDS has zero tolerance towards abusive conduct. |
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Vacancy Filled |
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