Overview
The Programme Analyst analyses and assesses relevant political, social and economic trends and provides substantive inputs to project formulation and evaluation, joint programming initiatives and national development frameworks. He/she ensures coherence with agreed national and international planning frameworks; and guides and facilitates the delivery of UNFPA programs by monitoring results achieved in the implementation.
Key Responsibilities
- Analyses and interprets the political, social and economic environment relevant to adolescent sexual and reproductive health; and identifies opportunities for UNFPA assistance and intervention.
- Keeps abreast of new policy developments and strategies analysing policy papers, strategy documents, national plans and development frameworks.
- Participates in relevant national and sub-national fora, enhancing UNFPA mandate on adolescent sexual and reproductive health; and works to ensure that technical issues are incorporated in national development plans and frameworks.
- Addresses policy issues and provides substantive inputs to facilitate policy dialogue and the central positioning of adolescent sexual and reproductive health within policies, national plans and strategies, UN system initiatives, and development frameworks in national and development partners’ coordination mechanisms in line with the new aid environment.
- Creates substantive knowledge of adolescent sexual and reproductive health issues in the country, assesses technical assistance needs in these areas and advises on the suitability of programmes and related interventions to meet these needs.
- Participates actively in appropriate UN coordination mechanisms (e.g. Joint UN Teams) and supports and contributes to all joint programmes/activities among the UN agencies.
- Ensures the integration of ASRH in such United Nations system-wide processes as the CCA, UNDAF and MDGs Monitoring Report.
- Assists in ensuring the prioritization of ASRH in SWAPs, health sector reforms, GPRSPs and similar development frameworks.
- Provides substantive leadership and inputs into the design and formulation of the Country Programme and its component projects in line with Government priorities and according to UNFPA programme policies and procedures.
- Ensures quality of programme/project design incorporating lessons learned, newly developed policies and best practices, and establishing appropriate execution and monitoring mechanisms and systems.
- Leads programme implementation guiding and orienting executing agencies and programme personnel introducing effective modalities and practices for implementation.
- Expedites and coordinates project implementation by establishing collaborative relationships with executing agencies, experts, government counterparts and other UN agencies, facilitating timely and efficient delivery of project inputs, and identifying and addressing capacity development needs of implementing partners and project personnel.
- Advises and reports on achievement of programme results, proactively measuring substantive progress and the effective utilization of financial and human project resources using appropriate monitoring and measuring mechanisms and tools.
- Identifies bottlenecks, constraints and resource deficiencies and recommends corrective action.
- Creates and documents knowledge about current and emerging adolescent sexual and reproductive health issues, by analysing programmes, strategies, approaches and on-going experience for lessons learned, best practices, and shares with management for use in knowledge sharing and planning future strategies.
- Prepares and manages programme budgets.
- Monitors programme expenditures and disbursements to ensure delivery is in line with approved programme budgets and to realize targeted delivery levels.
- Ensures the timely and accurate reporting of financial information.
- Raises requisitions for relevant travels and procurement under the e-procurement module in Atlas.
- Manages assets that have been procured by the UNFPA and supplied to the implementing partners; ensuring that they are put to proper use (Form C).
- Assists advocacy and resource mobilization efforts of the Country Office by analysing and monitoring national health sector funding, devising advocacy strategies that lead to increased funding, preparing relevant documentation (e.g. project summaries, conference papers, speeches, donor profiles) and participating in donor meetings and public information events.
- Builds strong technical and programme multi-sectoral partnerships for advocacy for ICPD agenda through national institutions, networks, alliances and coalitions.
- Proactively ensures that all activities remain aligned with the broader aims of the CO and Country Programme.
- Exchanges relevant information and maintains an open line of communication with colleagues and his/her supervisor to ensure that synergies across programming activities are obtained.
- Actively participates in CO and programme unit team meetings.
- Undertakes capacity building among project staff and counterpart government institutions on issues pertaining to adolescent sexual and reproductive health.
- Directs the efforts of the Programme Assistant in line with the programme objectives.
- Manages the performance and development goals of the Programme Assistant to ensure optimal performance; identifies and remedies performance gaps.
- Submits progress reports and field visit reports in a timely manner and in line with required quality standards.
- Ensures that programme progress and analysis reports are prepared and submitted in a timely manner and in line with required quality standards.
- Develops TORs (and specifications) and other required documentation when submitting procurement requests and official requests for procurement.
- Participates in the procurement committees when appropriate.
- Provides evaluations of service providers to the CO, upon completion of said services.
- Ensures that procured goods are distributed to implementing partners in a timely manner.
- Undertakes other job-related duties assigned by the supervisor and/or Representative.
Required Experience
- 5 years’ professional experience preferably in programme/project management in the public or private sector (at national level).
- Experience in working with government institutions, NGOs and/or donor institutions.
Qualifications
- Master’s degree in public health, social development, medicine, or other related social science field.
- Familiarity with issues of adolescent sexual and reproductive health.
