Programme Analyst, Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Data

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## Programme Analyst, Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Data, Pretoria, South Africa

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• Organization:
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund

• Country:
South Africa

• City:

Pretoria

• Office:

UNFPA Pretoria, South Africa

• Grade:
NO-B

National Post: Programme Analyst, Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Data, Pretoria, South Africa, NO-B**

Pretoria, South Africa

**Job Info**
Job Identification 30809

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Posting Date 12/16/2025, 11:15 AM

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Apply Before 01/26/2026, 04:59 AM

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Job Schedule Full time

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Locations Pretoria, South Africa

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Grade NOB

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Vacancy Type Fixed Term

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Rotational/Non Rotational Non-Rotational

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Contract Duration 1 Year with Possibility for extension

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Education & Work Experience Master's Degree - 2 year(s) experience

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Required Languages Must be fluent in English.

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Vacancy Timeline 5 Weeks
**Job Description**

**The Position:**

The Programme Analyst, Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning (MEL) and Data is a member of the UNPFA South Africa Country Office and in particular the programmes team. S/he provides professional support for the effective design, implementation, and oversight of the UNFPA South Africa Country Office's for Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (PMEL) framework. S/he plays a crucial role in strengthening the evidence base for UNFPA's programmes across the three Transformative Results (ending preventable maternal deaths, ending unmet need for family planning, and ending gender-based violence and harmful practices) and the ICPD Programme of Action in South Africa. The Analyst ensures that data and results are systematically collected, analyzed, and utilized for adaptive management, accountability, and strategic decision-making.

S/he will work under the direct supervision of the UNFPA Country Representative.

**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 person's potential is fulfilled. The UNFPA Strategic Plan for 2026-2029 serves as a final push to achieve the goals of ICPD by 2030. It aims to ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, placing the rights and choices of women, adolescents, and marginalized populations at the center of sustainable development. The plan focuses on four key, interconnected outcomes: accelerating progress on ending unmet need for family planning, preventing maternal deaths, eliminating gender-based violence and harmful practices, and adapting to demographic change through evidence-based policies.

The transformational journey mapped out in the Strategic Plan leads to 2030 and the achievement of universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights. Emerging trends inform the plan, new and expanded priorities add to longstanding commitments, and “how we work” is changing. To address global challenges and protect past gains, the plan strengthens UNFPA's leadership and operational capacity, particularly in fragile settings. It emphasizes working with partners through country-led strategies, sustainable financing, and evidence-based advocacy. In South Africa, UNFPA's work has transitioned from fund management to an engagement and solution center.

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, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to deliver excellence in programme results.

**Job Purpose:**

This role is designed to embed robust PMEL practices throughout the programme cycle. This entails providing professional support for programme planning and design with measurable indicators, leading monitoring and reporting efforts to track performance, and managing evaluations to assess impact. The role is central to strengthening the evidence base for UNFPA's initiatives aimed at achieving the three Transformative Results and the goals of the ICPD Programme of Action in South Africa. The Analyst ensures that data and programme results are systematically collected, analyzed, and utilized to foster adaptive management, enhance accountability, and inform strategic decision-making at all levels.

Under the supervision of the Country Representative, the MEL and Data Programme Analyst is tasked with promoting a culture of learning by facilitating the dissemination of findings and best practices. A key aspect of the role also involves building the PMEL capacity of partners and country office staff, while actively engaging in partnerships to harmonize approaches and contribute to resource mobilization through evidence-based reporting.

**Responsibilities:**

**The Programme Analyst, Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Data has the following major Duties and Responsibilities**

**A. Programme Planning and Design**
Assist in the development and refinement of the Country Programme Document (CPD) and annual work plans, ensuring alignment with national priorities, UNFPA's strategic plan, and results-based management principles.

•
Support the formulation of clear and measurable indicators, targets, and baselines for all programme components, in close collaboration with programme teams and implementing partners.

•
Contribute to the design of robust logical frameworks and theories of change for new and ongoing projects, ensuring a clear causal pathway from inputs to desired outcomes and impacts.

•
Provide technical input for the development of programme documents, proposals, and concept notes, ensuring that PMEL considerations are fully integrated from the outset.
**B. Monitoring and Reporting**
Lead the implementation of the Country Office's monitoring plan, ensuring timely collection, aggregation, and analysis of programme data from various sources, including field visits, partner reports, and national statistics.

•
Develop and maintain effective data management systems and tools to track programme progress against key performance indicators (KPIs) and targets.

•
Prepare high-quality, results-based progress reports and annual reports for internal use, donors, and other stakeholders, highlighting achievements, challenges, and lessons learned.

•
Conduct regular field monitoring visits to implementing partners, providing technical guidance and support to strengthen their monitoring capacities and data quality.

•
Contribute to the preparation of analytical briefs and dashboards to provide management with timely and relevant information on programme performance
**C. Evaluation and Learning**
Support the planning, coordination, and management of programme evaluations, including mid-term reviews and final evaluations, in line with UNFPA evaluation policies and standards.

•
Contribute to the development of terms of reference for evaluations, selection of consultants, and review of evaluation reports, ensuring their quality and utility.

•
Facilitate the dissemination and utilization of evaluation findings and recommendations to inform programme adjustments, policy dialogue, and future programming.

•
Promote a culture of learning within the Country Office and among partners by organizing workshops, knowledge shar...

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## Programme Analyst, Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Data, Pretoria, South Africa

*

• Organization:
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund

• Country:
South Africa

• City:

Pretoria

• Office:

UNFPA Pretoria, South Africa

• Grade:
NO-B

National Post: Programme Analyst, Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Data, Pretoria, South Africa, NO-B**

Pretoria, South Africa

**Job Info**
Job Identification 30809

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Posting Date 12/16/2025, 11:15 AM

•
Apply Before 01/26/2026, 04:59 AM

•
Job Schedule Full time

•
Locations Pretoria, South Africa

•
Grade NOB

•
Vacancy Type Fixed Term

•
Rotational/Non Rotational Non-Rotational

•
Contract Duration 1 Year with Possibility for extension

•
Education & Work Experience Master's Degree - 2 year(s) experience

•
Required Languages Must be fluent in English.

•
Vacancy Timeline 5 Weeks
**Job Description**

**The Position:**

The Programme Analyst, Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning (MEL) and Data is a member of the UNPFA South Africa Country Office and in particular the programmes team. S/he provides professional support for the effective design, implementation, and oversight of the UNFPA South Africa Country Office's for Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (PMEL) framework. S/he plays a crucial role in strengthening the evidence base for UNFPA's programmes across the three Transformative Results (ending preventable maternal deaths, ending unmet need for family planning, and ending gender-based violence and harmful practices) and the ICPD Programme of Action in South Africa. The Analyst ensures that data and results are systematically collected, analyzed, and utilized for adaptive management, accountability, and strategic decision-making.

S/he will work under the direct supervision of the UNFPA Country Representative.

**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 person's potential is fulfilled. The UNFPA Strategic Plan for 2026-2029 serves as a final push to achieve the goals of ICPD by 2030. It aims to ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, placing the rights and choices of women, adolescents, and marginalized populations at the center of sustainable development. The plan focuses on four key, interconnected outcomes: accelerating progress on ending unmet need for family planning, preventing maternal deaths, eliminating gender-based violence and harmful practices, and adapting to demographic change through evidence-based policies.

The transformational journey mapped out in the Strategic Plan leads to 2030 and the achievement of universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights. Emerging trends inform the plan, new and expanded priorities add to longstanding commitments, and “how we work” is changing. To address global challenges and protect past gains, the plan strengthens UNFPA's leadership and operational capacity, particularly in fragile settings. It emphasizes working with partners through country-led strategies, sustainable financing, and evidence-based advocacy. In South Africa, UNFPA's work has transitioned from fund management to an engagement and solution center.

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, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to deliver excellence in programme results.

**Job Purpose:**

This role is designed to embed robust PMEL practices throughout the programme cycle. This entails providing professional support for programme planning and design with measurable indicators, leading monitoring and reporting efforts to track performance, and managing evaluations to assess impact. The role is central to strengthening the evidence base for UNFPA's initiatives aimed at achieving the three Transformative Results and the goals of the ICPD Programme of Action in South Africa. The Analyst ensures that data and programme results are systematically collected, analyzed, and utilized to foster adaptive management, enhance accountability, and inform strategic decision-making at all levels.

Under the supervision of the Country Representative, the MEL and Data Programme Analyst is tasked with promoting a culture of learning by facilitating the dissemination of findings and best practices. A key aspect of the role also involves building the PMEL capacity of partners and country office staff, while actively engaging in partnerships to harmonize approaches and contribute to resource mobilization through evidence-based reporting.

**Responsibilities:**

**The Programme Analyst, Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Data has the following major Duties and Responsibilities**

**A. Programme Planning and Design**
Assist in the development and refinement of the Country Programme Document (CPD) and annual work plans, ensuring alignment with national priorities, UNFPA's strategic plan, and results-based management principles.

•
Support the formulation of clear and measurable indicators, targets, and baselines for all programme components, in close collaboration with programme teams and implementing partners.

•
Contribute to the design of robust logical frameworks and theories of change for new and ongoing projects, ensuring a clear causal pathway from inputs to desired outcomes and impacts.

•
Provide technical input for the development of programme documents, proposals, and concept notes, ensuring that PMEL considerations are fully integrated from the outset.
**B. Monitoring and Reporting**
Lead the implementation of the Country Office's monitoring plan, ensuring timely collection, aggregation, and analysis of programme data from various sources, including field visits, partner reports, and national statistics.

•
Develop and maintain effective data management systems and tools to track programme progress against key performance indicators (KPIs) and targets.

•
Prepare high-quality, results-based progress reports and annual reports for internal use, donors, and other stakeholders, highlighting achievements, challenges, and lessons learned.

•
Conduct regular field monitoring visits to implementing partners, providing technical guidance and support to strengthen their monitoring capacities and data quality.

•
Contribute to the preparation of analytical briefs and dashboards to provide management with timely and relevant information on programme performance
**C. Evaluation and Learning**
Support the planning, coordination, and management of programme evaluations, including mid-term reviews and final evaluations, in line with UNFPA evaluation policies and standards.

•
Contribute to the development of terms of reference for evaluations, selection of consultants, and review of evaluation reports, ensuring their quality and utility.

•
Facilitate the dissemination and utilization of evaluation findings and recommendations to inform programme adjustments, policy dialogue, and future programming.

•
Promote a culture of learning within the Country Office and among partners by organizing workshops, knowledge shar...