Mission and objectives

UNFPA is the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. Our mission is to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled.

Context

This United Nations Volunteers (UNV) assignment is part of UNFPA Uganda 10th Country Programme 2026-2030 which puts Adolescents and Youth at the Centre. 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, focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices. UNFPA Uganda Country Office is starting the 10th CPD 2026-2030 which has as 4 outputs; • Output 1. Increased availability, accessibility and quality of equitable and integrated SRH/HIV/GBV services, particularly for vulnerable and underserved populations, including adolescents, youth and persons with disabilities, in both development and humanitarian settings. • Output 2. Strengthened multisectoral systems and community mechanisms for the prevention of and response to GBV and other harmful practices. • Output 3. Empowered adolescents, youth, women and persons with disabilities fully exercise their rights, actively participate in decision-making and lead the transformation toward inclusive national development. • Output 4. Strengthened national capacity and inclusive population data systems to generate, analyse and use disaggregated data for evidence-based decision-making, demographic resilience and accountability to the ICPD commitments. This assignment will majorly focus will be on output 3 though recognising the interconnectedness of all outputs.

Task Description

Under the overall supervision of the Representative and direct supervision of Programme Specialist Adolescent and Youth, the Program Analyst A&Y contributes to the effective implementation of UNFPA activities in Adolescent and Youth including, addressing harmful practices including child marriage and Female Genital Mutilation, youth participation and AYSRH. Specific tasks include; • To ensure documentation of A&Y as well as organise youth events and support technical writing. • Support generation of knowledge about current and A&Y issues, by analyzing programmes, projects, strategies, approaches and ongoing experience for lessons learned, best practices, and shares with management for use in knowledge sharing and planning future strategies. • As part of the Gender and Youth team, the UNV will participate in initiatives for the unit and support A&Y mainstreaming across other units and support compilation of analytical reports in relation to A&Y. • Participate and contribute to innovative ideas for scaling up of AYSRH prevention and service delivery programmes • Participate in key meetings regarding development of National Action Plan for YPS in Uganda. Ensuring tracking of key actions. • Prepare documents required for AYSRH youth engagements, such as concept notes and reports for youth engagements. • Support the Social accountability and youth structure engagement.

Competencies and values

• Accountability • Adaptability and flexibility • Creativity • Judgement and decision-making • Planning and organising • Professionalism • Self-management

Living conditions and remarks

Duty station will be in Kampala with occasion travel in UNFPA focus districts which includes refugee hosting districts.