NATIONAL POST: Assistant Representative, UNFPA Viet Nam Country Office

Grade:                              NOD

Vacancy Type:               Fixed-Term Appointment (FTA)

Duty station:                  Ha Noi, Viet Nam

Contract Duration:       1 Year with possibility for extension

Job ID:                              34604

Apply before:               11:59 PM (Ha Noi Time, GMT+7) on 23 June 2026

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PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS VACANCY IS OPEN ONLY TO NATIONALS OF VIET NAM.

 

The Position:

The Assistant Representative, in Coordination with the Representative, designs, develops, and manages an innovative and responsive country programme. You will lead the programme team, inspiring it to translate the regional and country goals into tangible solutions and results. 

 

Job Purpose:

You will contribute to the management of UNFPA programme activities in the areas of population and development, reproductive health, youth empowerment and gender equality. Working to advance the ICPD policy agenda in a politically sensitive environment, you will respond to changing priorities of governments. Promoting partnership and strategic alliances with counterparts in government, multi-lateral and bilateral agencies and civil society will be key to your role. You will coordinate technical advisers and contribute to UN systems coordination through participation in policy dialogue and provision of inputs into joint common system initiatives.

Reporting to the UNFPA Representative, you will act on their behalf as required. 

 

Qualifications and Experience

Education: Advanced University degree in Public Health, Medicine, Sociology, Demography, Gender, International Relations, International Development, Economics, Public Administration, Management or other related disciplines.

Knowledge and Experience:

• Seven (7) years of progressively responsible professional experience in the field of development and population activities, including programme designing, appraisal and management.
• Demonstrated ability to refine programme design to ensure alignment of organisational programme objectives to national priorities/capacities.
• Proven ability to lead and manage teams to achieve demonstrable results.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills to foster engaged partnerships at a high level of representation and to maintain political partnerships. 
• Basic AI literacy, including the ability to effectively use AI tools, is highly desirable. 
• Strong critical thinking skills to review, validate, fact-check, and refine AI-generated content to ensure accuracy, consistency, and alignment with organizational standards and brand voice are also highly desirable. 

Languages: Fluency in English and Vietnamese are required; knowledge of other official UN languages is desirable.

 

UNFPA Work Environment

UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, diversity, integrity and healthy work-life balance. We are committed to ensuring gender parity in the organization and therefore encourage women to apply. Individuals from the LGBTQIA+ community, minority ethnic groups, indigenous populations, persons with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply. Reasonable accommodation may be provided to applicants with disabilities upon request, to support their participation in the recruitment process. UNFPA promotes equal opportunities in terms of appointment, training, compensation and selection for all regardless of personal characteristics and dimensions of diversity. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is at the heart of UNFPA’s workforce – click here to learn more.

 

Disclaimer: 

Selection and appointment may be subject to background and reference checks, medical clearance, visa issuance and other administrative requirements. 

UNFPA does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process and does not concern itself with information on applicants’ bank accounts. 

Applicants for positions in the international Professional and higher categories, who hold permanent resident status in a country other than their country of nationality, may be required to renounce such status upon their appointment.

 

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