Difundo aquí una oferta de trabajo como Consejero Técnico sobre Población y Desarrollo para el Fondo de Población de Naciones Unidas. El email me ha llegado mediante la lista de correo de la IUSSP, y lo reproduzco a continuación:

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UNFPA is seeking a Technical Adviser on Population and Development, who will be the principal adviser at the regional level in the area of population and development (PD) with a major focus on demographic analysis and analysis of the social and economic consequences of population dynamics, in particular ageing, low fertility and migration.

Deadline for applications: 16 November 2012
Duty Station: Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Istanbul, Turkey

Please visit the UNFPA website https://erecruit.partneragencies.org/erecruit.html for detailed job description and required qualifications and instructions on how to apply for the posts. Deadline for applications is 16 November 2012. All appropriately qualified people and particularly women candidates are encouraged to apply.

Main Tasks and Responsibilities:
•             Strategic technical support and programme delivery: Advise on the implementation of substantive UNFPA policies and strategies and provide policy and technical advice on data collection, demographic analysis and policy responses to population dynamics in the region, characterized by low fertility, ageing, migration and big disparities between different population groups;
•             Quality assurance of technical support and capacity development: Initiate, develop, strengthen and monitor substantive and intellectual regional partnerships in population and development, including partnerships for South-South cooperation and for the implementation of the regional programme;  
•             Evidence and knowledge development and dissemination: Play a key role in building up, coordinating and monitoring the regional databases and knowledge platforms in the area of Population and Development; 
•             Policy Dialogue and Technical Representation: Contribute to advocacy efforts to advance the agenda of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and the attainment of Millennium Development Goals (MDG) and other development targets and indicators at the regional level.

Required qualifications: Advanced university degree (preferably Ph. D.) in demography, sociology, economics or other fields directly related to the substantive areas identified in the title of the post; 10 years of relevant increasingly responsible experience in the substantive areas identified in the title of the post, including relevant experience at the international level; experience in the collection and analysis of survey and administrative data is essential; fluency in English is required. Working knowledge of Russian desired. 

For more information please see http://www.iussp.org/fr/unfpa-posititon-announcement