Grant and Knowledge Management Specialist, Humanitarian Response Division; HRD P

• Grant and Knowledge Management Specialist, Humanitarian Response Division (HRD), Geneva, Switzerland, P-3

Staff grade/level: P-3

Contract type:
Fixed Term Appointment

Duty station:
Geneve

24 September 2026 23:59(America/)

The Grant and Knowledge Management specialist is in the External Relations Unit of the Humanitarian Response Division (HRD) in Geneva. The post reports to the Head of the External Relations Unit and works in close relationship with other work streams of HRD, regional and field offices on reporting and knowledge management.

UNFPA is the lead United Nations agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is intended, every childbirth is safe, and every young person's potential is fulfilled. The UNFPA Strategic Plan for  articulates the organization’s response to a complex global environment, providing a roadmap for resilience and renewal. It is designed to accelerate the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.

This mandate is pursued through a focus on four interconnected outcomes: ending the unmet need for family planning; ending preventable maternal deaths; ending gender-based violence and harmful practices; and adapting to demographic change through evidence and rights-based policies.

In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff who embody these international norms and standards and will defend them courageously and with full conviction.

UNFPA is seeking candidates who transform, inspire, and deliver high-impact sustained results, ensuring effective external relations, communications, partnership-building and resource mobilization in a rapidly changing development and funding landscape. We need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them, and who commit to delivering excellence in programme results

The overall purpose of the Humanitarian Response Division (HRD) is to facilitate the delivery of the UNFPA mandate by leading emergency response and supporting humanitarian preparedness actions in increasingly complex humanitarian situations, within globally agreed frameworks (2030 Agenda, Grand Bargain Commitments, Sendai Framework, etc.). The HRD leads in leveraging and increasing effectiveness, efficiency, and capacity of UNFPA staff and partners to scale up UNFPA's role as a key global humanitarian leader.

Through the Inter-Agency Standing Committee for Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (IASC) and other associated entities, the HRD acts as a point of convergence on humanitarian activities, including policy, coordination, programming, advocacy, field capacity development, resource mobilization, innovation, partnerships, technical guidance and, crucially, thematic integration, ensuring complementarity between humanitarian and development action within the organization.

HRD advocates among humanitarian agencies to include sexual and reproductive health and rights needs and sexual and gender-based violence prevention and response needs and humanitarian concerns and specific needs of women, adolescents and young people into the overall humanitarian preparedness and response frameworks. The HRD facilitates the development of UNFPA capacities to prepare and respond to the emergencies and to ensure the Agency is well equipped to deal with the context of fragility and disaster risk reduction.

Under the supervision and guidance of the Head of the External Relations Unit, the Grant and Knowledge management specialist supports the HRD in strengthening effective resource mobilisation and reporting on UNFPA’s emergency responses to donors and ensures harmonized and coherent approach to reporting HRD results. S/he supports HRD units in ensuring business continuity of operations as required. S/he will work closely with other units in HRD, the regional office and COs.

• Contribute to overall coordination of HRD proposal development to donors for new and ongoing multi-country grants for the HRD
• Compile and produce quarterly, bi-annual, and annual donor reports for all HRD-led grants and other corporate global requirements such as CERF and CBPFs in collaboration with all HRD units and relevant stakeholders, ensuring a…