Summary
Date Posted: Friday, November 05, 2021 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Job Title: Programme Analyst – Global Fund Programme Coordination
Job ID: 40402
Location: East and Southern Africa
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Rotation: This post is non-rotational.

Background Information
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 (2018-2021 and the successor one, 2022-2025), focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and other harmful practices.
In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, UNFPA needs principled and ethical staff, who embody the 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; who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them; and who commit to deliver excellence in programme results.
Organizational Setting
The programme manager, based in the UNFPA Zambia Country Office plays a key role in ensuring the sustainability of HIV prevention in Zambia with a specific focus on strengthening comprehensive condom programming to address the triple challenges of HIV infections, unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections. Under the overall oversight and support of the Management Team, s/he will report to the Programme Specialist, ASRH and Youth and work closely with a team of Programme and Operations staff and liaise with external Condom Programming and Sexual and Reproductive Health partners and UNAIDS. —-

Main Tasks & Responsibilities
• As the UN Sexual and Reproductive Health Agency, UNFPA focuses on the delivery of the Integrate Sexual and Reproductive and Rights (SRHR).
• Condoms are a highly-effective, low-cost commodities for preventing HIV infection, other sexually transmitted infections and unintended pregnancy. In several countries with high HIV prevalence condom utilization falls way short of targets needed for impact, inequities in access to and utilization of condoms persist and particularly among young people recent trends show declining levels of condom use. The Global Fund’s Strategic Initiative on Condom Programming was established to address these challenges. UNAIDS and UNFPA have formed a partnership to implement this initiative and work with four focus countries, including Zambia, to move towards sustainable, impactful condom programmes focused on priority populations during the period 2021-2023. The expected outcomes of the Strategic Initiative are increased sustainable use of condoms through strengthened national programme stewardship; improved last mile distribution and innovative demand generation.
• You will therefore be a critical member of staff for implementation of the Strategic Initiative while aligning with the above-mentioned outcomes.

You would be responsible for:
Overall Function:
• Carrying s out all in-country actions of the Strategic Initiative including stewardship, last mile distribution and innovative demand generation in support of the national condom programme and Global Fund grant
Communication, Coordination & Advocacy:
• Identifying and ensuring buy-in and responsibility of lead government agencies (NAC; MOH) to embrace program stewardship, enhancing coordination across all sectors and aligning the collective work of key actors around the national strategy and operational plan, as well as the wider HIV and SRH response.
• Coordinating and actively participating in country coordination and review meetings
• Establishing and effectively communicating a vision for a healthy condom programme and market that will deliver sustained and equitable levels of condom use, while decreasing – where possible – reliance on external subsidy, development and implementation of condom operational strategy, which includes support for a Total Market Approach (TMA)
• Identifying opportunities and means to integrate condom programming in other prevention, treatment, and SRH programs
• Designing actions to address country specific factors in the enabling environment addressing regulatory issues, quality assurance constraints, etc.

Planning and implementation
• Facilitating with in-country partners, the regional hub, the global coordinator and technical support providers the development and drafting detailed implementation plan based on the programme’s inception report, technical support plans and annual activity plans for the Strategic Initiative; and overseeing any in-country consultants during implementation.
Program analytics and quantification
• Designing and implementing relevant program analytics activities, supporting analysis, sharing, and application of data informing programs
Supply & Demand Initiatives
• Last mile distribution: supporting design and implementation of strategies to optimize the role of free condoms and ensuring condoms are available ‘when and where’ priority populations needs them
• Demand: supporting design and implementation of evidence driven, user focused demand creation strategy and activities in line with strategy
Deliverables
• completed or updated baseline condom program stewardship assessment using the facilitated PSAT methodology
• Detailed support plan and terms of reference for technical support providers
• Annual activity plans and regular progress updates as required
• Six-monthly programmatic country reports (to be submitted via UNFPA RO)
• Condom technical support plan developed, informed by baseline assessment
• Establishment of private sector partnerships including identifying potential partners
• National program documentation includes country-specific indicators and collection methodology/plan developed for measuring exposure to demand creation activities and access to condoms
• Steady progress against programmatic monitoring indicators in the Results Framework cxtExd9 vhpDH
• Facilitated completion of and support provided to the mid/end-term country assessment of condom program stewardship capacity

Qualifications and Experience
Education :
• Master’s degree in public health, epidemiology, behavioral and social sciences in a related field with relevant work experience in HIV prevention, condom programming or public health.

Knowledge and Experience:
• At least five years’ experience planning, implementing and managing projects or programmes, at national level;
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in planning, implementing and coordinating HIV prevention programmes desirable (including in relation to condom programming or programming around supply, demand and management of other health products);
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in results-based management desirable;
• Good skills in quantitative analysis of programme and financial data and their interpretation;
• Good written and oral communication skills;
• Computer literacy (with emphasis on databases development and management);
• Good organisational, analytical or interpersonal skills;
• Advanced working knowledge of English;
• Tact, discretion and diplomacy

Required Competencies
Values:
• Exemplifying integrity
• Demonstrating commitment to UNFPA and the UN system
• Embracing diversity in all its forms
• Embracing change

Core Competencies:
• Achieving Results
• Being Accountable
• Developing and Applying Professional Expertise/Business Acumen
• Thinking analytically and Strategically
• Working in Teams/Managing Ourselves and our Relationships
• Communicating for Impact
UNFPA Work Environment
UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, teamwork, Embracing diversity in all its forms, integrity and a healthy balance of work and life. We are committed to maintaining our balanced gender distribution and therefore encourage women to apply. UNFPA promotes equal opportunities for all including persons with disabilities.
Compensation and Benefits
This position offers an attractive remuneration package including a competitive net salary plus health insurance and other benefits as applicable
Disclaimer
WARNING TO APPLICANTS: UNFPA does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process. Should you have received a solicitation for the payment of a fee, please disregard it. Furthermore, please note that emblems, logos, names and addresses are easily copied and reproduced. Therefore, you are advised to apply particular care when submitting personal information on the web. Should you feel that you have received a fraudulent notice, letter or offer that makes use of the name or logo of UNFPA, you may submit a report through the UNFPA fraud hotline http://www.unfpa.org/help/hotline.cfm
For any questions or comments please contact recruiting@unfpa.org

Education Requirement: No Requirements

Job Experience: No Requirements

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