Position Title: SRH in Emergencies Specialist

Receiving Agency: UNFPA

P Level: P3

Location: Quibdo, Colombia

Duration: 3 months

Start date: ASAP

Language: Fluency in Spanish and English required

Background Description of Emergency / Justification for Request

The magnitude 7.4 earthquake of August 10, 2026, severely impacted local health infrastructure across northwestern Colombia, creating an immediate reproductive health crisis. In Quibdó, the capital of Chocó, the primary public regional facility—Nueva ESE Hospital Departamental San Francisco de Asís—faced a massive surge in trauma patients while staff conducted ongoing safety assessments on damaged facilities. The collapse and overcrowding of primary healthcare facilities pose immediate, life-threatening risks to thousands of pregnant women, adolescent girls, and newborns across affected municipalities. The region of Chocó already suffers from high baseline maternal mortality rates, geographical isolation, and structural healthcare disparities,



all of which are now exponentially worsened by the loss of routine antenatal care, emergency obstetric services, safe delivery commodities, and family planning resources.

Security Situation Summary in country and main threats:

Humanitarian responders in Colombia face a complex security environment where disaster response intersects with active internal armed conflict. Responders face severe threats from non-State armed groups (NSAGs) that influence nearly 78% of rural populations. Key operational hazards include direct threats and violence against aid workers, vehicle theft, armed curfews, and illegal checkpoints that restrict movement. Responders also confront record levels of attacks on medical missions, high risks of crossfire during territorial clashes, and widespread explosive hazards, including anti-personnel mines, unexploded ordnance, and drone-deployed 3 munitions. These access barriers and security risks severely constrain the delivery of emergency shel

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