Program Associate (Kosti) – UNV

Job Description

Organization	United Nations Volunteers
Description of the assignment title	Program Associate
Host entity	UNFPA
Assignment country	Sudan
Duty stations	Kosti
Type	National
Number of assignments	1
Advertisement end date	12/05/2026

Mission and objectives

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 supports:

• Sexual and reproductive health (SRH) for all, particularly women and girls in more than 150 countries – home to more than 80 per cent of the world’s population. SRH includes;
   The health of pregnant women, especially the 10-15 million who face life-threatening complications each year
   Reliable access to modern contraceptives sufficient to benefit 20 million women a year
   Training of thousands of health workers, particularly midwives to help ensure at least 80 per cent of all child births are supervised by skilled attendants
   Prevention of teen and early pregnancies, complications of which are the leading cause of death for girls 15-19 years old
   Delivery of safe birth supplies, dignity kits and other life-saving materials to survivors of conflict and natural disaster
• Prevention of gender-based violence (GBV), one of the most common forms of violence today affecting 1 in 3 women across the globe
• Abandonment of female genital mutilation, which harms 3 million girls annually
• Gender-responsive, age appropriate Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE)
• Efforts to end child marriage affecting 12 million girls every year
• Countries in development of youth policies and reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health policies and action plans.
• Population census, demographic health surveys, research, data collection and analysis, which are essential for development planning as well as in humanitarian settings

Context

UNFPA is seeking candidates who transform, inspire, and deliver high-impact and sustained
results: we need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources
entrusted to them, and who commit to delivering excellence in Program results.
The Program Analyst UNV post is located in Kosti, White Nile, Sudan. S/he will work with the
office staff, government, and implement partners to plan, implement, and monitor Sexual and
Reproductive Health and Rights programs. The program analyst will contribute to the
formulation, planning, and implementation of the UNFPA program, as well as joint
programming initiatives and national development frameworks. S/he will be a key member of
the integrated SRH program team and collaborate with the other program units (GBV,
Population and Data, and Humanitarian) to ensure synergies among the units. S/he will work
closely with program staff to ensure the completion of the UNFPA work plan and
implementation. The Program Analyst will be under supervision and report directly to the head
of the field office.

Additional Information:

National UN Specialist Volunteers in Sudan are entitled to:

• Monthly Volunteer Living allowance (VLA) in the amount of 1,597.25 USD.
• Danger and Hardship Differential (DHD): 575. USD.
• Annual and learning leaves.
• Free Medical and life insurance.
• Free access to different learning platforms.

Task description

• Provide quality technical support to UNFPA implementing partners in project planning, implementation, and monitoring or Program activities in accordance with work plans.
• Work with implementing partners to design, plan, implement, and monitor Program initiatives related to rights-based quality SRH service delivery, including adolescent and youth SRH, EmONC, family planning, sexually transmitted infections/ HIV, and management of sexual and gender-based violence. In addition to providing technical support and capacity building when required to IPs.
• Report on the progress of SRH projects in the targeted areas.
• Contribute to the implementation of effective knowledge management strategies, including the dissemination of national guidelines, protocols, and information education and communication (IEC) materials for improved RH and family planning service delivery.
• Work with Country Office staff to apply UNFPA business processes for management of implementing partners working in SRH, including planning, monitoring, and reporting on Programs and results.
• Monitors SRH UNFPA program and financial implementation by keeping a close record of the progress of activities, funds being expended at the project level, and agreements being made with local partners.
• Support the development of national capacities in SRH both at the institutional level and with key partners, seeking to provide high-quality technical support in the area and in accordance with the UNFPA mandate.
• Contribute to the technical review of laws, policies, strategies, and products on SRHR when UNFPA is involved.
• Participates in relevant workshops and events, enhancing UNFPA’s mandate on SRHR, and works to ensure that SRHR issues are incorporated in national development plans and frameworks.
• Ensure proper emergency preparation and contingency plans are in place in the areas covered by the office.
• Carry out any other duties as may be required by UNFPA leadership

Eligibility criteria

Age

18 – 80

Required experience

3 years

Nationality

Candidate must be a national, legal resident or hold refugee status in the country of assignment.

Assignment requirements

Relevant experience

3 years

Languages

Arabic, Level: Fluent, Required English, Level: Fluent, Required

Required education level

Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, medicine, Health Sciences or any relevant field.

Competencies and values

Values: • Demonstrating commitment to UNFPA and the UN system. • Exemplifying integrity • Embracing cultural diversity • Embracing change Functional Competencies: • Advocacy / Advancing a policy-oriented agenda, • leveraging the resources of provincial and local governments and partners/building strategic alliances and partnerships. • Delivering results- based programmes. • Internal and external communication and advocacy for results mobilization. • Project management leadership. 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.

Skills and experience

Mandatory required Skills: • The management of development projects • Excellent oral and written skills; excellent drafting, formulation, reporting skills. • Accuracy and professionalism in document production and editing • Excellent interpersonal skills; culturally and socially sensitive; ability to work inclusively and collaboratively with a range of partners, including grassroots community members, religious and youth organizations, and authorities at different levels; familiarity with tools and approaches of communications for development • Ability to work and adapt professionally and effectively in a challenging environment; ability to work effectively in a multicultural team of international and national personnel • Solid overall computer literacy, including proficiency in various Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, among others), email, and internet; familiarity with database management; and office technology equipment • Self-motivated, ability to work with minimum supervision; ability to work with tight deadlines Desirable required Skills: • valid national driver’s license and proven ability to drive manual gear 4×4 over rough terrain. • Sound security awareness. • Have affinity with or interest in X (fill in relevant area of the host agency’s work), volunteerism as a mechanism for durable development, and the UN system.

Area(s) of expertise

Community development, Health, Social work

Driving license

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Other information

Volunteerism is understood as a wide range of activities undertaken of free will, for the general public good, for which monetary reward is not the principal motivating factor.

Living conditions and remarks

As this is a national UN Volunteer assignment, the UN Volunteer will be responsible for arranging his/her own housing and other living essentials. National UN Volunteers are part of the malicious insurance plan.

Inclusivity statement

United Nations Volunteers is an equal opportunity programme that welcomes applications from qualified professionals. We are committed to achieving diversity in terms of gender, care protected characteristics. As part of their adherence to the values of UNV, all UN Volunteers commit themselves to combat any form of discrimination, and to promoting respect for human rights and individual dignity, without distinction of a person’s race, sex, gender identity, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, age, language, social origin or other status.

Note on Covid-19 vaccination requirements

Selected candidates for certain occupational groups may be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) in line with the applicable host entity policy

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