Regional Program Coordinator (Ivorian Nationality)

Core responsibilities:

• Coordinate, implement, and monitor UNFPA activities in the covered region, focusing on maternal health, family planning, and reproductive health for youth and adolescents
• Strengthen collaboration with government structures and partners to combat maternal and neonatal deaths, and ensure humanitarian preparedness and response
• Supervise, mentor, and coach team members in the decentralized office to build their capacities and implement UNFPA's performance management system
• Ensure timely reporting, data collection for program indicators, and operational research to document lessons learned and best practices

This role creates positive change by improving maternal health indicators, family planning access, and preventing gender-based violence in the Bouake region, directly contributing to UNFPA's transformative goals of ending preventable maternal deaths and unmet family planning needs.

Required qualifications:

• Master's Degree with 5 years of experience in planning, coordination, and monitoring/evaluation
• Experience in sexual and reproductive health (SR), family planning (PF), maternal health (SM), and gender-based violence (VBG)
• Fluency in French (required) and English (desired)
• Ivorian nationality, with ability to work in Bouake, Cote d'Ivoire

Compensation and culture highlights:

• Fixed-term contract for 1 year with possibility for extension
• Full-time position with NOB grade level (UN salary scale)
• Non-rotational assignment based in Bouake, Cote d'Ivoire
• Work with a principled, ethical team committed to international standards and program excellence

UNFPA is the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, working toward a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe, and every young person's potential is fulfilled. Their strategic plan focuses on ending preventable maternal deaths, unmet family planning needs, and gender-based violence.