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Programme Analyst, Youth Empowerment and Engagement

United Nations Population Fund

Posted

Dec 19, 2025

Location

Remote

Type

Full-time

Mission

What you will drive

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Programme Analyst, Youth Empowerment and Engagement, 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-A

National Post: Programme Analyst, Youth Empowerment and Engagement, Pretoria, South Africa, NO-A** 

     Pretoria, South Africa

Job Info
Job Identification 30811

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

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

  •    Job Schedule Full time

  •    Locations Pretoria, South Africa

  •    Grade NOA

  •    Vacancy Type Fixed Term

  •    Rotational/Non Rotational Non-Rotational

  •    Contract Duration 1 Year with Possibility for extension

  •    Education & Work Experience Master's Degree

  •    Required Languages Must be fluent in English.

  •    Vacancy Timeline 5 Weeks

    Job Description

The Position: 

     The Programme Analyst, Youth Empowerment and Engagement is a member of the UNPFA South Africa Country Office and in particular the programmes team. S/he provides professional support for the effective management, implementation, and monitoring of UNFPA South Africa's initiatives focused on adolescent and youth development (AYD). S/he plays a key role in ensuring that youth voices, needs, evidence and corresponding programmes and interventions, particularly related to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) such as teenage pregnancy and mental health, gender equality, and GBV prevention and response, and population and development, are integrated into national development frameworks and UNFPA-supported programmes. The Analyst contributes to realizing the potential of South Africa's young people, accelerating progress toward the ICPD Programme of Action and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

     S/he will work under the overall guidance of the Representative and will be directly supervised by the Assistant 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: 

     The purpose of the position is to provide professional support throughout the youth programme cycle. This entails supporting the development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of youth-focused projects, ensuring the timely delivery of activities and adherence to financial and operational rules. Furthermore, the Analyst contributes to policy dialogue and advocacy by analyzing socio-economic trends affecting youth and preparing strategic briefs. A critical aspect of the role involves building and maintaining strategic partnerships with government, UN agencies, and civil society, while also supporting resource mobilization and initiatives that strengthen youth leadership and meaningful participation.

     This role is central to ensuring that the voices, needs, and priorities of young people are integrated into national development frameworks and UNFPA-supported programmes, particularly in the areas of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), gender equality, and the prevention of gender-based violence. Under the direct supervision of the Assistant Representative, the analyst plays a key role in accelerating progress toward the goals of the ICPD Programme of Action and the Sustainable Development Goals by realizing the potential of South Africa's youth.

Responsibilities:

Programme Analyst, Youth Empowerment and Engagement has the following major Duties and Responsibilities:

A. Programme Development, Implementation, and Monitoring
Support Programme Cycle Management: Assist in the formulation, implementation, and evaluation of the Country Programme's component projects related to youth empowerment, leadership, and participation. This includes compiling and analyzing information, drafting project documents, and preparing annual work plans.

  • Technical and Logistical Support: Provide technical and logistical support to implementing partners (government, NGOs, and civil society) to ensure the timely and high-quality delivery of youth-focused activities, such as Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE), youth-friendly health services, and youth entrepreneurship programmes. 

  •    Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E): Assist in monitoring programme progress against results, ensuring the appropriate application of UNFPA systems and procedures. Conduct regular field visits, participate in review meetings, and prepare inputs for status and progress reports, identifying constraints and recommending corrective actions.

  •    Financial Oversight: Monitor project expenditures and disbursements, providing support to partners to ensure financial delivery is in line with approved budgets and UNFPA's financial rules and regulations.

    B. Policy, Advocacy, and Knowledge Management
    Context Analysis: Conduct preliminary analysis of relevant political, social, and economic trends affecting adolescents and youth in South Africa, including policy changes, demographic shifts, and emerging youth issues (e.g., unemployment, HIV prevalence, GBV). 

  •    Policy Dialogue Input: Prepare background briefs, talking points, and statistical data for management and technical staff to use in policy dialogue, technical assistance coordination, and discussions with national counterparts and the UN Country Team.

  •    Youth Participation and Leadership: Support initiatives that strengthen the leadership, capacity, and meaningful participation of young people and youth-led organizations in decision-making processes at national and sub-national levels.

  •    Knowledge Sharing: Assist in implementing knowledge management strategies by synthesizing and documenting findings, lessons learned, and best practices from youth programm...

Profile

What makes you a great fit

**

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Programme Analyst, Youth Empowerment and Engagement, Pretoria, South Africa

*

  • Organization:
    UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund

  • Country:
    South Africa

  • City:

Pretoria

  • Office:

UNFPA Pretoria, South Africa

  • Grade:
    NO-A

National Post: Programme Analyst, Youth Empowerment and Engagement, Pretoria, South Africa, NO-A** 

     Pretoria, South Africa

Job Info
Job Identification 30811

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

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

  •    Job Schedule Full time

  •    Locations Pretoria, South Africa

  •    Grade NOA

  •    Vacancy Type Fixed Term

  •    Rotational/Non Rotational Non-Rotational

  •    Contract Duration 1 Year with Possibility for extension

  •    Education & Work Experience Master's Degree

  •    Required Languages Must be fluent in English.

  •    Vacancy Timeline 5 Weeks

    Job Description

The Position: 

     The Programme Analyst, Youth Empowerment and Engagement is a member of the UNPFA South Africa Country Office and in particular the programmes team. S/he provides professional support for the effective management, implementation, and monitoring of UNFPA South Africa's initiatives focused on adolescent and youth development (AYD). S/he plays a key role in ensuring that youth voices, needs, evidence and corresponding programmes and interventions, particularly related to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) such as teenage pregnancy and mental health, gender equality, and GBV prevention and response, and population and development, are integrated into national development frameworks and UNFPA-supported programmes. The Analyst contributes to realizing the potential of South Africa's young people, accelerating progress toward the ICPD Programme of Action and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

     S/he will work under the overall guidance of the Representative and will be directly supervised by the Assistant 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: 

     The purpose of the position is to provide professional support throughout the youth programme cycle. This entails supporting the development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of youth-focused projects, ensuring the timely delivery of activities and adherence to financial and operational rules. Furthermore, the Analyst contributes to policy dialogue and advocacy by analyzing socio-economic trends affecting youth and preparing strategic briefs. A critical aspect of the role involves building and maintaining strategic partnerships with government, UN agencies, and civil society, while also supporting resource mobilization and initiatives that strengthen youth leadership and meaningful participation.

     This role is central to ensuring that the voices, needs, and priorities of young people are integrated into national development frameworks and UNFPA-supported programmes, particularly in the areas of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), gender equality, and the prevention of gender-based violence. Under the direct supervision of the Assistant Representative, the analyst plays a key role in accelerating progress toward the goals of the ICPD Programme of Action and the Sustainable Development Goals by realizing the potential of South Africa's youth.

Responsibilities:

Programme Analyst, Youth Empowerment and Engagement has the following major Duties and Responsibilities:

A. Programme Development, Implementation, and Monitoring
Support Programme Cycle Management: Assist in the formulation, implementation, and evaluation of the Country Programme's component projects related to youth empowerment, leadership, and participation. This includes compiling and analyzing information, drafting project documents, and preparing annual work plans.

  • Technical and Logistical Support: Provide technical and logistical support to implementing partners (government, NGOs, and civil society) to ensure the timely and high-quality delivery of youth-focused activities, such as Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE), youth-friendly health services, and youth entrepreneurship programmes. 

  •    Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E): Assist in monitoring programme progress against results, ensuring the appropriate application of UNFPA systems and procedures. Conduct regular field visits, participate in review meetings, and prepare inputs for status and progress reports, identifying constraints and recommending corrective actions.

  •    Financial Oversight: Monitor project expenditures and disbursements, providing support to partners to ensure financial delivery is in line with approved budgets and UNFPA's financial rules and regulations.

    B. Policy, Advocacy, and Knowledge Management
    Context Analysis: Conduct preliminary analysis of relevant political, social, and economic trends affecting adolescents and youth in South Africa, including policy changes, demographic shifts, and emerging youth issues (e.g., unemployment, HIV prevalence, GBV). 

  •    Policy Dialogue Input: Prepare background briefs, talking points, and statistical data for management and technical staff to use in policy dialogue, technical assistance coordination, and discussions with national counterparts and the UN Country Team.

  •    Youth Participation and Leadership: Support initiatives that strengthen the leadership, capacity, and meaningful participation of young people and youth-led organizations in decision-making processes at national and sub-national levels.

  •    Knowledge Sharing: Assist in implementing knowledge management strategies by synthesizing and documenting findings, lessons learned, and best practices from youth programm...