Programme Analyst: ASRHR & COVID-19 (m/f)

Description

• The Programme Analyst will provide technical, operational support to the National Youth Programme Team leader, to articulate with governmental and non-governmental implementing partners, is responsible for the implementation of the Youth Programme and specifically for the integration of Youth and Gender elements in the COVID-19 response, and its components in line with Adolescent and Youth national Programme and related thematic interventions to substantively drive the effective achievement of UNFPA programme activities in the area of adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights, including HIV, and gender, gender-based violence, to accelerate progress on the ICPD agenda and associated SDGs in Mozambique and to harness the Demographic Dividend. S/He is responsible for the integration of the different COVID-19 components in Youth Programme for humanitarian assistance and is accountable for the accomplishment of programme results by providing technical expertise and assistance in setting targets and performance measurements, establishing baselines, collecting information/data, conducting qualitative and quantitative data analysis, monitoring & evaluation, preparing reports and building partners’ capacity. Effective articulation between Rapariga BIZ, Global Programme to Combat Child Marriage, and Response to COVID-19 programmes

Duties

Strategic Thinking, Technical Development, Monitoring and Oversight

• Promote the strategic alignment of the SDG, ICPD, UNDAF, and national policies and strategies, by providing evidence based information on ASRHR
• Strengthen legislative and policy frameworks in line with international norms and legislation, support the development of systems, tools, methodologies and approaches to reinforce its implementation and ensure fulfillment of ASRHR Capacity development of national and sub national institutions and systems to ensure effective institutional planning, funding and delivery of evidence-based programmes that support ASRH
• Ensure evidence-based ASRHR activities to promote gender equitable social norms, attitudes, and behaviors at community and individual levels and promote women and girls´ SRHR
• Support coordinated, multi-sectoral approach given on the global principle of Leave No One Behind (LNOB), leveraging a localized adaptation of the essential services package that optimizes an integration across sectors and types of services
• Ensure that good quality, disaggregated and globally comparable data on ASRH is collected, analyzed and used in line with international standards to inform laws, policies and programmes, and project requirements, through the establishments of real time data collection systems
• Promote systematic generation and dissemination data, including for integration in main population-based surveys
• Support the reinforcement of multi-sectoral platform to share key research, data and information related to ensure improved access to information for all key national and international stakeholders
• Support strengthening youth and women´s rights groups, autonomous social movements and relevant CSOs, including those representing youth and groups facing multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination/marginalization
• Oversees achievement of youth programme by ensuring appropriate policies and procedures are applied in project areas, and appropriate monitoring and oversight mechanisms and systems are established and implemented

Programme and Project Monitoring

• Provide technical and programme leadership, management advice and strategic support and guidance, in Youth Development, including Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (ASRHR), life skills education, youth empowerment, and prevention of and response to gender-based violence (GBV), including child marriage in humanitarian situations
• Contribute to the implementation of an integrated strategy for the delivery of technical assistance and programme support to partners, grounded in, and responsive to national priorities, considering the balance between demand creation and ASRH and GBV service provision
• Participate actively and lead relevant technical and coordination work group on ASRHR, ensures alignment of youth programmes with relevant joint programming initiatives, support and contribute to all relevant joint programmes/activities among the Provincial Implementing partners
• Participate in the ASRHR technical network in youth development, access to ASRH and GBV services, and ensure that relevant issues are incorporated in provincial development plans and frameworks
• Collaborate with and build effective partnerships with other UN agencies and Partners, national government and NGOs
• As Program Analyst, ensure timely monitoring of the programme
• Monitor progress of programme activities at local and district level, by reviewing and analyzing work plans, progress reports, final reports and other data for clarity, consistency and completeness to expedite implementation and meet targets. It includes the analysis of constraints and delays and identification of due change to ensure efficient and effective programme implementation
• Manage results chains, including provide key insights on programme results, lessons learnt and strategies for course correction; amending the results chains, in due course, if required, under the supervision of the Programme coordinator and steering committee
• Prepare with the Programme team and partners the annual workplan plan for the Programme and its associated budget, including a field monitoring plan based on agreed upon progress/target indicator set
• In coordination with key UNFPA programme and Humanitarian staff and with partners, review programme integration and monitoring
• Support the implementing partners (IPs), the Programme Coordinator and other programme team in gathering information of the development of donor reports
• Identify capacity gaps of IPs in the field of HA and reporting, recommend remedial actions and undertake on the job training for national counterparts
• Undertake regular field trips to the project sites with the purpose of monitoring and reporting on programme implementation
• Perform any other activity requested by the programme management

Policy Dialogue

• Support UNFPA representation on technical substantive issues at national and subnational levels, ensuring integration of SRHR global and international perspectives in Mozambique
• Identify requirements for new or updated policies, positioning, frameworks, guidance, standards, instruments and tools, in addressing global standards
• Ensure the analysis and synthesis of substantive trends, emerging needs and research findings in the country in order to produce new, cutting edge technical knowledge. Assist in the knowledge management of project related issues, as well as providing support to the visibility efforts for the Youth programme Ensure evidence based, quality, collaborative approaches across the UN system, and donor community, that drives faster progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals, data development work at the provincial level

Quality Control of Technical Support and Capacity Development

• Ensure the implementation and compliance to UNFPA policies, strategies, guidelines and tools during programme and project implementation, ensuring consistency and coherence in addressing UNFPA priorities
• Develop capacity of implementing partners to execute the programme according to the rules and regulations of the UN, in particular the on ASRH. Ensure observance of quality standards in service provision and data management, through regular monitoring of beneficiary satisfaction
• Ensure the control of quality for UNFPA programmatic and financial deliveries of the programme, including proper use of funds, inventory/assets management, implementation of audit recommendations by Implementing partners, and programmatic achievement of results agreed in the project document and M&E framework
• Participates actively in the project coordination platforms and appropriate UN coordination mechanisms (e.g. Joint UN Teams) and supports and contributes to all joint programmes/activities among the UN agencies
• Contribute to national and provincial capacity development activities, including the development of training materials, manuals and tools and promote their use for capacity development Initiate, develop, strengthen, and monitor substantive and intellectual partnerships in demographics, including for South-South technical cooperation in the region

Advocacy and Resource Mobilization

• Support advocacy and resource mobilization efforts of the Country Office by analyzing the relevant data to substantiate the Country Programme and by providing recommendations to institutional responses and advocacy strategies, taking into account political and social context
• Contribute to advocacy and technical efforts to GoM for systematic generation and dissemination of ASRHR data
• Identify opportunities to advocate and advance UNFPA’s agenda by participating in public information events Contribute to the resource mobilization efforts by analyzing information on potential donors, preparing substantive briefs and proposals in line with donor priorities, creating feedback mechanisms and providing information on progress of donor funded initiatives
• Identify opportunities for cost-sharing, leveraging and collaboration with civil society, government and other partners as well as through joint UN programmes
• Engage for strong technical and programme multi-sectoral partnerships for advocacy for ICPD agenda and the attainment of SDG targets and indicators at the national level through national institutions, networks, alliances and coalitions
• Other: When appropriate, undertake other managerial and/or programme implementation duties assigned by the Assistant Representative, Deputy Representative and/or Representative

Requisites

• Bachelor degree in public health, demography, gender, social sciences, or other related disciplines
• 5 years of professional experience in the substantive area, preferably in ASRHR or humanitarian and gender in public, NGO and/or international institutions
• Knowledge and understanding of project management, planning, reporting and monitoring, and coordination especially in the UN
• Good knowledge of the humanitarian programme implementation, gender and protection coordination particularly of the United Nations country programmes and familiarity with UNFPA programmes and policies
• Excellent oral and written communication in English and Portuguese
• Proficiency in the latest office software applications, including management of information system(s)
• IT Ability to familiarize with ERP (Atlas), SPSS, PeopleSoft, or other web-based integrated system

Notes

• Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted