Type: Fixed Term Appointment - FTA
Grade: NO-B
Duty Station: Colombo, Sri Lanka
Closing Date: 20 August 2023, midnight Sri Lanka time (GMT + 5:30)
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The Position:
The Programme Analyst, Partnerships and Advocacy is located in the UNFPA Sri Lanka Country Office, Colombo to support effective Country Programme and project delivery to address the immediate humanitarian needs, while supporting national capacity building and ensuring an integrated continuum approach across the humanitarian-development nexus. The Programme Analyst, Partnerships and Advocacy analyses and assesses relevant political, social and economic trends, guiding and facilitating the delivery of UNFPA’s programmes. You will report to the UNFPA Representative.
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. 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.
Job Purpose:
As the Programme Analyst, Partnerships and Advocacy, while working within the Sri Lanka Country Office (CO) environment, you will support the effective management of UNFPA activities through partnerships and advocacy in the areas of population and development, reproductive health and gender. Through substantive analysis and assessment of political, social and economic trends, you will contribute to project formulation and evaluation, joint programming initiatives and national development frameworks.
