Type: National Program Analyst Gender/Gender-Based Violence (GBV)
Duty Station: Colombo, Sri Lanka
Closing Date: 19 June 2024, midnight Sri Lanka time (GMT + 5:30)
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The National Program Analyst – Gender/GBV will support the Gender portfolio in the Sri Lanka Country Office (CO). The incumbent analyses and assesses relevant political, social and economic trends, guiding and facilitating the delivery of UNFPA’s programme/project related to gender equality and women’s empowerment in Sri Lanka, especially prevention of and response to gender-based violence. You will report to the Head of Programs.

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 to accelerating progress toward realizing the ICPD and SDGs in the Decade of Action eading 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 who transform, inspire, and deliver high-impact and sustained results; we need staff who are transparent, and exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to deliver excellence in Program results.

Job Purpose:

In the context of UNFPA’s 10th Program of Assistance (Country Program) 2023-2027 with the Government of Sri Lanka, UNFPA supports the Government in areas of sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights (SRHR), gender equality, youth empowerment, and peacebuilding, as well as data for development. The National Program Analyst – Gender and GBV will analyze and assess relevant political, social, and economic trends and provide substantive inputs to project formulation and evaluation, joint programming initiatives, and national development frameworks, guides and facilitates the delivery of UNFPA's programs on gender and GBV by monitoring results achieved in the implementation, establishes and maintains collaborative relationships with counterparts in government and civil society and effectively influences counterparts from diverse backgrounds to jointly contribute to achieving intended results and is a substantive contributor to the Program team in the Country Office.