Level: NO-B

Contract Type: Fixed-Term Appointment

Position Number: 00212385

Location: Ankara, Türkiye

Posting Start Date: 16 January 2025

Posting End Date: 31 January 2025

PLEASE NOTE THAT ONLY NATIONALS OF TURKIYE ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS POSITION.

Job Summary:

The Programme Analyst, PM&E will facilitate and substantively contribute to defining results, including theory of change, provides substantive inputs to the monitoring and tracking of results against defined targets and UNFPA Strategic Plan; facilitates and contributes to the reporting of results as well as knowledge management and maintenance of a culture of results. She/He also promotes the use of the results information for adaptations. S/he also coordinates the development and implementation of costed evaluation plan and acts as evaluation manager and ensure the quality of evaluation processes and products in conformity with UNFPA Evaluation Quality Standards.

Under the guidance of the Humanitarian Specialist on humanitarian programme related matters, you will report directly to the Head of Programme for planning and monitoring portfolio, and to the Head of Office for the evaluation portfolio. Functionally report on results-based management and evaluation matters to the regional monitoring and evaluation advisor.

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: 

• Master’s degree (or equivalent) in statistics, economics, health, population demography and/or any other related social science discipline. 

Knowledge and Experience:

• At least 2 years of relevant national/international working in the area of results-based management, monitoring and evaluation.
• Experience using office software packages and web-based management systems and practical experience with statistical software (i.e. SPSS, Stata).
• Experience in one of UNFPA transformative areas is an asset.
• Working experience in humanitarian programmes is an asset.
• Experience in the United Nations, UNFPA and/or other multilateral organization, field work experience is an asset.
• Good knowledge of monitoring and evaluation, evaluation design, data collection and analysis, and reporting.
• Ability to synthesize program performance data and produce analytical reports.
• Good analytical and report writing skills.
• Good planning, goal setting, prioritization and organizational skills.

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 work-life 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. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is at the heart of UNFPA's workforce - click here to learn more.