Working within a large and complex Ghana Country Office environment, you will support the effective management of UNFPA activities in the areas of youth leadership in line with the Country Programme Document (CPD) 2023 – 2027 focusing on strengthening national capacity for the provision of high-quality reproductive health and services, especially for the most vulnerable populations, including women, young people and internally displaced people.

You will provide technical advice and management support to UNFPA’s programme on adolescents and youth, as a stand-alone as well as cross-cutting area of work.  You will manage the policy and advocacy work of UNFPA on adolescent and youth with the concerned staff and management team and facilitate linkages with other relevant programmes and projects on sexual and reproductive health, gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, and population dynamics.

You would be responsible for: 

Programme Management

• Assist in conceptualizing and developing UNFPA-supported youth leadership interventions and strategies that provide the most appropriate contribution to national efforts, and oversee the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of these interventions, using lessons learned to contribute to a national evidence base, aligning with Government priorities and UNFPA programme policies and procedures.
• Contribute to the formulation and design of the country programme and its component projects on youth leadership, in collaboration with Government counterparts, NGOs and other partners and in line with Government priorities and according to UNFPA programme policies and procedures.

Policy and Advocacy

• Assess implications of new policy developments and strategies on programme execution, and ensure their integration.
• Promote substantive and programmatic linkages between UNFPA-supported youth leadership interventions with efforts to promote young people’s empowerment and gender equality, and prevention of early marriage, unwanted pregnancy and prevention/management of STIs and HIV/AIDS.

Knowledge Management

• Support effective knowledge management strategies implemented by the programme team, capturing lessons learned and best practices for future planning; addressing training needs of project personnel.
• Support capacity development for youth leadership, decision-making and participation.
• Support capacity development for project personnel on rights-based programming.

Resource Mobilization

• Support resource mobilization efforts of the Country Office by ensuring preparation of relevant documentation, i.e. project summaries, conference papers, speeches, donor profiles, and participating in related donor meetings and public information events.
• Participate in inter-agency thematic group meetings to ensure UNFPA interests and identify specific areas for support, building on UNFPA comparative advantages and UNFPA programmatic objectives in the country.

Any other duties assigned by the supervisor in consultation with the management.

Qualifications and Experience: 

Education:  

Advanced degree in health, population, demography and/or other related social science discipline.

Knowledge and Experience: 

• Up to two years professional experience in the field of development and population activities, with experience in programme/ project management is desirable
• Experience in programme/ project management including experience in large multi-sector projects, designing and appraising proposals and actively liaising with relevant and potential project partners.
• Practical experience in design, monitoring and evaluation of development projects.
• Experience using Microsoft Office software packages, Cloud applications, like Google Suite, and web-based ERP management systems, such as, the Oracle, Quantum, QuantumPlus, Quantum PowerBI, etc.

Languages: 

Fluency in English; knowledge of other official UN languages is desirable.

Required Competencies:

Values:

• Exemplifying integrity,
• Demonstrating commitment to UNFPA and the UN system,
• Embracing cultural diversity,
• Embracing change

Functional Competencies:

• Advocacy/ Advancing a policy-oriented agenda
• Leveraging the resources of national governments and partners/ building strategic alliances and partnerships
• Delivering results-based programmes
• Internal and external communication and advocacy for results mobilisation

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

Managerial Competencies:

• Providing strategic focus,
• Engaging in internal/external partners and stakeholders,
• Leading, developing and empowering people, creating a culture of performance
• Making decisions and exercising judgment