Programme Analyst - Livelihood and Economic Inclusion

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.

The country programme of UNFPA has three major components: (i) Improved comprehensive sexual and reproductive health (SRH) service provision and uptake in all setting (ii) Adolescents and Youth Outcome Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (iii) Population Dynamic and Data collection and management

UNFPA in Ethiopia is led by a Country Representative accredited to the Government of Ethiopia. It has a programme team led by a Deputy Representative, International Humanitarian Coordinator, Assistant Representative and an Operations’ team led by an International Operations Manager as well as M&E team. UNFPA Ethiopia has presence in most part of the country including Benishangul Gumuz region.

The UN Volunteer will support the UNFPA Country Office in the integration of livelihood/ entrepreneurship interventions under the Gender and Social Norms programmes. Working in close collaboration with the Country Office team and relevant thematic units, the Volunteer will contribute to the development of a comprehensive livelihood strategy/framework and support the design and implementation of programmes that embed livelihood components within GBV, harmful practices, and SRHR initiatives.

The UN Volunteer will play a key role in coordinating strategic planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, capacity development efforts. In addition, the UN Volunteer will contribute to the development of high-quality advocacy and knowledge documents that integrate livelihood/entrepreneurship interventions in line with UNFPA’s mandates and strategic priorities.

Under the direct supervision of Gender Equality and Social Norms, Programme Specialist, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:

● Ensure efficient management of UNFPA livelihood and entrepreneurship activities by analyzing relevant social and economic trends and providing high-quality inputs to the formulation and implementation of integrated livelihood and economic inclusion initiatives.
● Develop realistic and results-oriented annual work plans for livelihood-specific interventions, aligned with UNFPA’s strategic priorities and programming procedures.
● Contribute to the design of high-quality livelihood and entrepreneurship projects by integrating lessons learned, best practices, and establishing clear implementation and monitoring mechanisms.
● Support advocacy and resource mobilization by developing evidence-based materials that highlight results, showcase good practices, and demonstrate the impact of livelihood and entrepreneurship initiatives.
● Provide timely and practical support to the innovation team in designing youth-friendly, technology-powered solutions for SRHR and GBV, with a focus on sustainable financing models.
● Promote the effective integration of entrepreneurship components into SRHR, GBV, and Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) programmes through strategic planning and coordination.
●Strengthen youth leadership and ensure their meaningful participation in selected UNFPA programmes by supporting inclusive engagement approaches and capacity-building efforts.