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• Evaluates adolescent and youth-related SRH
  project and programme activities, establishing and implementing mechanisms
  to systematically assess the achievement of results, conducting field visits,
  participating in review meetings and evaluation missions and preparing
  regular inputs to SRH status and progress reports. Analyzes basic factors
  affecting the achievement of SRH results, and recommends corrective
  actions and follows up on recommendations.
• Actively participates in the
  identification and formulation of the country programmes and projects with
  a focus on adolescent/youth sexual and reproductive health information and
  services, by compiling and analyzing information, drafts project documents
  and work plans, and prepares tables and statistical data.
• Works with the relevant Country Office
  technical team and other stakeholders to promote HIV/AIDS-AYSRH
  integration.
• Works closely with the technical Country
  Office staff and UNFPA implementing partners, contributes to Gender and
  Human Rights mainstreaming in AYSRH programmes.
• Identifies SRH needs among the adolescents
  and youth in humanitarian settings, and designs and oversees interventions
  to address their respective needs.
• Actively contributes to addressing harmful
  practices including Female Genital Mutilation (FGM); Child Marriage and
  Gender-Based Violence (GBV) among adolescents and youth.
• Works with relevant national ministries,
  especially the Ministry of Education, to promote implementation of
  comprehensive sexuality education.
• Participates in strengthening capacity of
  Government and relevant stakeholders in improving access to
  adolescent/youth-friendly information and services.
• Identifies vulnerable groups among the
  adolescents and youth and supports the designing and implementation of
  targeted programmes to address their AYSRH needs.
• Significantly contributes to establishment
  or strengthening of national level youth tanks/advisory panels and youth
  umbrella networks for active engagement in policy formulation and
  programming for sexual and reproductive health; and other related issues.
• Assists analysis and interpretation of the
  political, social and economic environment relevant to SRH issues and
  identifies opportunities for UNFPA assistance and intervention. Keeps
  abreast of new policy developments and strategies analyzing policy papers,
  strategy documents, national plans and development frameworks. Assists in
  preparation of briefs and inputs for policy dialogue, technical assistance
  coordination and development frameworks within the national and
  development partners’ coordination mechanisms and in line with new aid
  environment.
• Works closely with national counterparts
  and project personnel, guides routine implementation of assigned projects,
  coordinating the delivery of project outputs, and ensures participation of
  national and local counterparts in project planning, implementation,
  monitoring and evaluation; and knowledge sharing.
• Prepares and monitors AYSRH project
  budgets and expenditures through the UNFPA global financial and programme
  software (Atlas); and reviews funding authorisation and certification of
  expenditure reports.
• Actively monitors UNFPA programme
  implementation by keeping close record on progress of activities, funds
  being expended at the project level and agreements being made with local
  partners.
• Trains and guides project staff on AYSRH
  programme policies and procedures. Continuously guides AYSRH implementing
  partners on UNFPA programming processes including adherence to quality and
  timely reporting.
• Contributes to the creation and sharing of
  knowledge by synthesizing and documenting research findings, lessons
  learned, success stories, best practices, strategies and approaches of the
  Country Office and prepares relevant AYSRH materials for dissemination.
• Technically supports the advocacy and
  resource mobilization strategy of the Country Office by compiling and
  synthesizing relevant background material on AYSRH for use in discussions
  and public events. Establishes and maintains network of donor and public
  information contacts and provides assistance in organizing and conducting
  donor meetings and public information events. Assists in building strong
  technical and programme multi-sectoral partnerships for advocacy for ICPD
  agenda through national institutions, networks, alliances and coalitions.
• Identifies adolescent/youth groups and
  leaders that are engaged in promotion of adolescent/youth SRH and engages
  them to participate in policy advocacy; and adolescent/youth SRH programming.
• Participates in relevant national and
  sub-national fora, enhancing UNFPA mandate on AYSRH and works to ensure
  that adolescent/youth issues are incorporated in national development
  plans and frameworks.

• The ideal candidate for the UNFPA
  Programme Analyst Job should hold an advanced university degree in
  medicine, public health, demography, population studies, social science or
  other relevant field. Possession of a masters’ degree is an added
  advantage.
• A minimum of three or more years’
  professional experience preferably in programme/project management in the
  public or private sector.
• Languages:
  Fluency in oral and written English.
• Computer
  skills: Proficiency in current office software applications.

• Values:
  Integrity/Commitment to mandate, Knowledge sharing/Continuous learning,
  Valuing diversity
• Managing
  Relationships: Working in teams, Communicating information and
  ideas, Conflict and self-management
• Working
  with people: Empowerment/Developing people/Performance management
• Personal
  Leadership and Effectiveness: Strategic and analytical thinking,
  Results orientation/Commitment to excellence, Appropriate and transparent
  decision making

• Advocacy/Advancing a policy oriented
  agenda
• Results-based programme development and
  management
• Innovation and marketing of new approaches
• Leveraging the resources of national
  governments and partners/Building strategic alliances and partners
• Resource mobilization

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