Programme Analyst

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 new strategic plan (2022-2026), 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 is seeking candidates who transform, inspire and deliver high-impact and sustained results; we need staff who are transparent, and exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to delivering excellence in programme results.

Job Purpose:

The Programme Analyst plays a proactive role in ensuring all projects are efficiently managed, and implemented, to drive the effective achievement of UNFPA programme activities, accelerating progress on the ICPD agenda and associated SDGs in Mozambique. Working within the Country Office (CO) environment, you will support the effective management of UNFPA activities in the areas of gender and gender-based violence (GBV) youth, reproductive health and rights, population and development. S/he establishes/maintains collaborative relationships with counterparts in government, and civil society to address emerging population, gender, human rights, and humanitarian issues, and will assist in monitoring results achieved during implementation, guiding the appropriate application of systems and procedures, and developing enhancements as required.

You would be responsible for, in the province:

• Plan in coordination with the Programme team, the interventions to be implemented in the province, articulating with stakeholders.
• Ensure the implementation and compliance to UNFPA policies, strategies, guidelines and tools during programme and project implementation, ensuring consistency and coherence in addressing UNFPA priorities. Ensure full implementation and reaching the results expected under the referred projects in the province
• Develop the capacity of implementing partners to execute the programme according to the rules and regulations of the UN, in particular on GBV. Ensure observance of quality standards in service provision and data management, through regular monitoring of beneficiary satisfaction.
• Ensure the control of quality for UNFPA programmatic and financial deliveries of the programme, including proper use of funds, inventory/ assets management, implementation of audit recommendations by Implementing partners, and programmatic achievement of results agreed in the project document and M&E framework.
• Participating in the formulation of project components, by compiling and analyzing information relevant to the UNFPA’s role in the province, drafting project documents and work plans, and preparing tables and statistical data.
• Evaluating project and programme activities, establishing ways to systematically assess achievement and recommending corrective action as required; conducting field visits; participating in review meetings and evaluation missions and preparing regular inputs to status and progress reports.
• Assessing implications of new provincial developments and strategies on programme execution, and ensuring their integration.
• Establish collaborative relationships with executing agencies, experts, government counterparts and other UN agencies, based in the province to facilitate timely and efficient delivery of project inputs.
• Assist in implementing knowledge management strategies to capture lessons learned and best practices, sharing these with management for future planning
• Assist in advocacy and resource mobilisation efforts of the CO, by establishing and maintaining a network of partners and public information contacts. Assisting with organizing and conducting meetings and public information events, including preparing relevant background material for these events.

Other:

• When appropriate, undertake other managerial and/or programme implementation duties assigned by the supervisor, Deputy Representative and/or Representative. Carry out any other duties as may be required by the supervisor and UNFPA management.

Qualifications and Experience 

Education: 

• Advanced degree in gender, health, population, demography and/or other related social science discipline. A first University Degree in a relevant field combined with up to  4 (four) years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of a Master’s Degree.

Knowledge and Experience: 

• Up to two years of professional experience in the field of social science, public health, development and population activities, with experience in programme/ project management is desirable
• Practical experience in the design, monitoring and evaluation of development projects
• Experience using office software packages and web-based management systems.

Languages: 

• Fluency in English and Portuguese; knowledge of other official UN languages, preferably French and/or Spanish, is desirable. Knowledge of local languages is a plus.

Source: https://www.unfpa.org/jobs/noa-programme-analyst-gender-gbv-manica-mozambique