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United Nations Populatioin Fund; Mongolia; On-site; COP 218,688,000 - 281,171,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international development agency is seeking a Programme Analyst for Sexual Reproductive Health and Reproductive Rights in Mongolia. This role involves providing technical guidance, managing projects, and collaborating with partners to improve health services. The ideal candidate will possess an advanced degree in medicine or public health and have at least two years of relevant experience. Strong analytical, research, and communication skills are essential. Fluency in English and Mongolian is required.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years of relevant work experience in sexual and reproductive health.
• Experience in managing projects in public health and epidemiology.
• Strong research, analytical, and report writing skills.
• Practical experience in the design, monitoring and evaluation of public health projects.
• Demonstrated strong research, analytical and report writing skills.
• Experience using office software packages and web-based management systems.
• Experience working in collaboration with the government, United Nations, development partners, civil society organizations and the private sector is an asset.
• Field experience is an asset

Responsibilities

• Support the Country Programme with technical guidance on SRHR.
• Collaborate with partners to improve access and quality of SRHR services.
• Analyze political, social, and economic trends affecting SRHR.

Skills

Project management

Research skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Stakeholder engagement

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Advanced university degree in medicine, public health, or social studies

Tools

Office software packages

Web-based management systems

Job description

Job title: Programme Analyst, Sexual Reproductive Health, and Reproductive Rights (SRHRR)

Level: NO-B

Fixed term/Temporary: Fixed Term

Rotational/Non-Rotational: Non-Rotational

Duration: One year (with possible extension subject satisfactory performance)

This is a project funded position.

Call to Action

• Are you passionate about ensuring reproductive rights and helping people during times of crisis?
• Are you great at multi-tasking, prioritizing and are a talented project manager who continuously strives to improve business processes?
• Are you a team player capable of working with colleagues of widely diverse backgrounds?

If so, this might be the job for you.

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, and exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to delivering excellence in programme results.

Job Purpose

UNFPA is implementing its 7 th Country Programme in Mongolia.

The proposed programme will accelerate achievement of the three transformative results through: (a) disaggregated data, strategic partnerships and coordination to sharpen the focus on vulnerable populations; (b) scaling up successful practices and programme models to increase coverage and quality of sexual and reproductive health services in support of universal access; (c) systematically addressing inequalities and discriminatory gender and social norms; and (d) scaling up engagement of youth in decision-making, participation and leadership to effect change and contribute to human development capacity in Mongolia.

The Programme Analyst will support the Country Programme by providing technical guidance, advice, and advocacy for a comprehensive Sexual and Reproductive Health program which is sustainably financed and addresses quality of care, inequities in access to care and a health system strengthening, and human rights-based approach is used.

The Programme Analyst will work in collaboration with partners to expand availability of quality comprehensive SRHR services, including respectful routine and emergency maternal and newborn care for all populations, improving the skills and competencies of SRH/Maternal Health service providers with a focus on midwives, and upskilling of health service providers.

The Programme Analyst will analyze and assess relevant political, social, and economic trends and provide substantive inputs to workplan development, implementation and evaluation of the interventions such as integrated programming as well SDG joint initiatives. S/he will guide and facilitate the delivery of the integrated programme by monitoring results achieved in the implementation.

The Programme Analyst must effectively influence counterparts from diverse backgrounds to jointly contribute to achieving UNFPA’s mandate, in particular Country Programme outputs on promoting family planning and midwifery in agreement with the international standards, newborn heart surgery, health and logistics management information systems, and research. S/he will act as a substantive contributor to the programme team in the UNFPA Country Office.

Qualifications and Experience

Education

Advanced university degree in medicine, public health, or social studies

Knowledge and Experience

• Minimum of two years of relevant work experience in the area of sexual and reproductive health;
• Minimum of 2 years of increasing responsibility and professional experience in the management of projects related to the field of medicine, public health, and epidemiology;
• Practical experience in public health related policy advocacy and communication;
• Practical experience in the design, monitoring and evaluation of public health projects;
• Demonstrated strong research, analytical and report writing skills;
• Experience using office software packages and web-based management systems;
• Experience working in collaboration with the government, United Nations, development partners, civil society organizations and the private sector is an asset;
• Field experience is an asset

Languages

Fluency in oral and written English and Mongolian languages.

HOW TO APPLY

If the above job opening sounds interesting to you, we suggest you view the detailed Job Description at the below web link to learn more about our expectations before applying. http://mongolia.unfpa.org/

UNFPA has established an electronic application management system. This allows applicants to create a candidate profile, which can be updated regularly and submitted for more than one vacancy.Apply by clicking at the below link:

Notice: There is no application, processing or other fee at any stage of the application process.

UNFPA does not solicit or screen for information in respect of HIV or AIDS and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status.

UNFPA Mongolia Country Office

Tel: [phone], extension 3314, Fax: [phone]