Programme Specialist, Gender & Youth Empowerment, Dar es Salaam

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Job Details

Job LocationDar es Salaam

Job CategoryNGO and Social Work Jobs

Job TypeFull time Jobs

Job PostedSeptember 4, 2026

Job Description

• Job Identification 36677

• Posting Date 09/04/2026, 01:26 PM

• Apply Before 09/20/2026, 12:00 AM

• Job Schedule Full time

• Locations  Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

• Grade NOC

• Vacancy Type Fixed Term

• Rotational/Non Rotational Non-Rotational

• Contract Duration 1 Year

• Education & Work Experience Master’s Degree – 5 year(s) experience

• Required Languages Fluency in oral and written English is required.

• Desired Languages Fluency in oral and written Kiswahili and/ other official UN language is desired

• Vacancy Timeline 2 Weeks

Job Description

The Position:

The Programme Specialist, Gender and Youth Empowerment position is located in the UNFPA Tanzania Country Office (CO). The position leads the Country Office efforts in advancing gender equality and the economic empowerment of women and young people. This includes addressing discriminatory gender and social norms that undermine access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) services, perpetuate gender-based violence (GBV), hinder economic empowerment, and prevent the full realization of bodily autonomy, particularly among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW).

The position will support the effective functioning of Adolescent and Youth Groups/ organizations to promote meaningful youth participation, leadership and engagement on issues of SRHR, GBV prevention, and peace-responsive efforts. The Specialist  will provide functional leadership in programming, delivery, stakeholder relations, knowledge management, and M&E efforts towards delivering the Country Programme and accelerating the attainment of UNFPA’s transformative results.

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 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 seeks 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.

Job Purpose

The Programme Specialist provides programme and technical support for policy and programming in the areas of adolescent and youth development and gender equality, and women’s empowerment. S/he will support UNFPA Tanzania in ensuring that women, youth, and the most marginalized populations are empowered to exercise their  sexual and reproductive health and rights in a safe and enabling environment free from gender-based violence and harmful practices through gender-transformative and intersectional approaches.

The incumbent focuses on normative work in  advancing gender  equality and youth development, implementing human rights-based, context-specific, evidence-based, and innovative approaches to address harmful social norms and gender discrimination. S/he will ensure close coordination and partnership with UN entities, national partners, civil society organizations, and youth networks to promote meaningful youth leadership, gender equality and women’s empowerment, and the prevention of GBV and harmful practices.

Responsibilities

The Programme Specialist, Gender and Youth Empowerment will be responsible for the following :

A. Policy Dialogue and Technical Support

• Provide technical oversight and leadership for women, adolescent girls and youth empowerment programming in the Country office- including on ASRH, GBV prevention and response, FGM and child marriage prevention, and women’s economic empowerment;

• Support the development and implementation of laws, policies, programmes and strategies that advance gender equality and SRH, address gender discrimination, and provide women, adolescent girls and young people with life skills, financial literacy, and economic empowerment pathways;

• Lead the development and implementation of social and behavioral change initiatives that empower  adolescent girls and young women to access quality SRH information and services, and reject  harmful gender and social  norms;

• Provide technical inputs to promote disability-inclusive approaches in  programming, ensuring that women and young persons with disabilities are meaningfully engaged and have equitable access to SRH / GBV prevention and response services, and opportunities for participation and leadership;

• Leverage digital technologies and platforms to make virtual/digital spaces safer for women and girls, and oversee the creation of gender- and age-inclusive digital content in collaboration with relevant organizational focal points;

B. Partnerships, Coordination and resource mobilization