Level: NO-A
Contract Type: Fixed-Term Appointment
Position Number: 00203222
Location: Ankara, Türkiye
Posting Start Date: 22 December 2023
Posting End Date: 5 January 2024
PLEASE NOTE THAT ONLY NATIONALS OF TURKIYE ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS POSITION.
Job Summary:
The Programme Analyst, SRH &FP assists in the analysis and assessment of relevant political, social and economic trends, guiding and facilitating the delivery of UNFPA’s programmes. You will report to the UNFPA Programme Specialist, SRH.
You will contribute to the design, planning,implementation and reporting of UNFPA’s SRH activities with special focus on reducing unmet for FP and addressing underlying causes of low FP access by analyzing relevant political, social, economic, epidemiological and disaster/conflict/ emergency trends and providing inputs to UN Humanitarian Response Frameworks, as well as the development works. You will assist in monitoring results achieved during implementation, guiding the appropriate application of systems and procedures, and developing enhancements as required.
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 strategic plan (2022-2025), reaffirms the relevance of the current strategic direction of UNFPA and focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices. These results capture our strategic commitments on accelerating progress towards realizing the ICPD and SDGs in the Decade of Action leading up to 2030. Our strategic plan calls upon UN Member States, organizations and individuals to “build forward better”, while addressing the negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on women’s and girls’ access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, recover lost gains and realize our goals.
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 that transform, inspire and deliver high impact and sustained results; we need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to deliver excellence in programme results.
Qualifications and Experience:
Education:
- Advanced university degree is required; having an advanced degree in SRH, medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, public health, nursing or midwifery is an asset.
Knowledge and Experience:
- Up to five years professional experience in working on health issues, out of which at least 2 years working directly on SRH and FP.
- Experience in working with national and local authorities and NGOs is an asset.
- Experience in working with international organizations is an asset.
- Experience using office software packages and web-based management systems.
Languages:
- Fluency in both written and spoken English and Turkish is required.
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UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, diversity, integrity and healthy worklife balance. We are committed to ensuring gender parity in the organization and therefore encourage women to apply. Individuals from the LGBTQIA+ community, minority ethnic groups, indigenous populations, persons with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply. UNFPA promotes equal opportunities in terms of appointment, training, compensation and selection for all regardless of personal characteristics and dimensions of diversity.