Consultancy - Inter-agency Affairs Analyst

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Location: Headquarters, NY Full/Part time: Full-time Duration: Six months

The Position: Reporting to the Inter-agency Affairs Coordinator, the consultant is expected to produce specific deliverables to strengthen strategic positioning of UNFPA in the inter-agency fora and Fund’s engagement to implement SG’s Common Agenda. The Inter-agency Affairs team, located in the Inter-agency, Intergovernmental and Policy Dialogue Branch, Policy and Strategy Division, maintains regular contact with external partners and UNFPA staff assigned to the various inter-agency working groups and task teams thus ensuring that UNFPA is well positioned on UNDS Reform, SG’s Common Agenda and broader inter-agency matters.

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’s person potential is fulfilled. The UNFPA strategic plan, 2022-2025, focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal death; to end unmet need for family planning; and to end gender-based violence and harmful practices.

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 deliver excellence.

Job Purpose: The incumbent plays an important role to facilitate the development of UNFPA strategic positioning in the UNDS Reform and inter-agency affairs. She/he will explore, expand and manage partnerships, and promote strategic collaboration with UN agencies, the Member States and counterparts for positioning the UNFPA mandate in the SG’s Common Agenda and broader inter-agency matters.

You Would Be Responsible for: Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs):  Conducting in-depth review and analysis of UNFPA positioning in the VNR round and developing an analytical report for strengthening UNFPA’s engagement and positioning in the VNRs to deliver on ICPD and SDGs.  Developing and administering UNFPA's internal survey on engagement in VNR process to country and regional offices.  As part of the PSD/TD/DHR team, developing and roll-out the VNR learning and capacity-building initiative to strengthen UNFPA’s engagement and positioning in the VNR process, at the country and regional levels.  Revisng VNR toolkit and guidance to be presented at the learning and capacity-building initiative.

UN inter-agency engagement and UNDS Reform evaluation follow up:  Following the recommendations of the independent UNDS Reform formative evaluation, collecting best practices and case studies on UNFPA’s engagement and implementation of the multi-country office reviews and around humanitarian-development-peace nexus work.  Supporting the analysis and dissemination of the third internal UNDS Reform survey.  Coordinating and developing QCPR annex to the UNFPA annual report.

Our Common Agenda  As part of the IIPDB team, coordinating the implementation of the internal roadmap on issues UNFPA has been assigned to co-lead or contribute to.  In collaboration with relevant organizational units, supporting the implementation of an institutional mechanism and platform for information sharing, exchange, update and knowledge management to follow up on OCA within UNFPA.  Preparing concise analytic reports, briefing notes/updates for field and HQ staff on Our Common Agenda follow-up to keep all staff abreast of relevant developments in EOSG-driven inter-agency processes; coordinating the messaging with intergovernmental follow-up.  Supporting IIPDB’s convening of interdivisional working group on Our Common Agenda follow-up.

Knowledge and Experience:  Three years of relevant professional experience, of which two years at the international level. Field experience at the country or regional levels preferably with a UN agency is highly desirable.  Knowledge of external relations and the UN System; networking and advocacy and well as substantive areas of UNFPA’s work.  Excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as proven experience in inter-agency coordination, negotiations, facilitation and reporting.

Education: Advanced university degree in Social Sciences, Political Science, International Relations or other relevant fields.

Languages: Proficiency in English is required; Knowledge of an additional UN language is an asset

Disclaimer: UNFPA does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fees in connection with the application on recruitment process. Fraudulent notices, letters or offers may be submitted to the UNFPA fraud hotline http://www.unfpa.org/help/hotline.cfm.

How to apply: Please send your application and a short letter of motivation with "Inter-Agency Affairs Analyst" in the subject to Mr. Alexander Pak at apak@unfpa.org, by 16 February 2023.