Overview
Provide technical and programmatic support on demographic shifts and their implications for sustainable development in Central Asia. The role focuses on generating and analyzing data to inform policy formulation and strengthen capacity for demographic resilience.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide technical and programmatic support on demographic shifts and their implications for sustainable development.
- Generate and use data and evidence to inform country offices on demographic shifts and their implications.
- Empower Country Offices to play a leadership role in advancing UNFPA's Strategic Plan, ICPD Programme of Action, 2030 Agenda, and Demographic Resilience Programme.
- Support countries in translating evidence into rights-based policies, multi-sectoral strategies, macroeconomic frameworks, and development plans.
- Foster collaborations with UN sister agencies and other development partners.
- Guide thought leadership within technical cooperation with key stakeholders.
- Ensure technical knowledge and products tailored to the Central Asia context are updated, disseminated, and utilized.
Required Experience
- A minimum of 7 years of progressive professional experience in substantive technical expertise areas, focusing on the generation and use of demographic data and evidence to advance evidence-based policy formulation and related programmes.
- Demonstrable technical expertise in population and development, demographic resilience, including a track record of leading high-quality evidence-based analyses and a strong profile of publications.
- Familiarity with methods and tools to examine population dynamics with a socio-economic lens across the life course.
- Proficient understanding and ability to translate evidence and research findings into actionable policies and programmes.
- Experience working with multiple actors and institutions, including government, academia, think tanks, and other relevant partners.
- Experience in coordination, facilitation, reporting, and in building partnerships.
- Familiarity with digital data tools and analytical software packages will be an asset.
Qualifications
Master's degree in Demography and/or economics, with equivalent socio-economic development related fields of study such as population statistics and economics.
