Program Analyst, Women’s Economic Empowerment & Humanitarian Assistance Verified listing

The Women’s Economic Empowerment and Sustainable Livelihoods (WEE & SL) portfolio is committed to fostering gender equality through inclusive, sustainable, and equitable economic development, with a strong focus on empowering marginalized women and girls. Within this framework, the Programme Analyst plays a pivotal role in translating strategic goals into impactful action. Reporting to the Portfolio Manager, the AnalystOfficer contributes substantively to programme design, formulation, and evaluation, ensuring that initiatives are responsive to the needs of vulnerable communities. By closely monitoring implementation results, coordinating with partners, and enhancing systems and procedures, the Programme Officer supports the delivery of high-quality programmes that provide women with access to financial services, markets, digital literacy, skills, and enterprise development. This role is instrumental in ensuring that the portfolio’s vision is realized through effective collaboration with government counterparts, donors, civil society, and operational teams.

Reporting to Portfolio Manager, the Programme  contributes to the effective management of UN Women WEE programmes in the CO by providing substantive inputs to programme design, formulation, implementation and evaluation.  The Programme Analyst support the delivery of UN Women programmes by monitoring results achieved during implementation and ensuring appropriate application of systems and procedures and develops enhancements if necessary.  The Programme Analyst works in close collaboration with the Portfolio Manager WEE and Operations team, UN Women, Government officials, multi and bi-lateral donors and civil society ensuring successful UN Women programme implementation under portfolio.

Key Functions and Accountabilities:

1.    Contribute technically to the development of programme strategies in the area of Women Economic Empowerment &Humanitarian Action
•    Provide substantive inputs to the design and formulation of programme/ project proposals and initiatives;
•    Identify areas for support and intervention related to the programme.

2.    Provide substantive technical support to the implementation and management of the WEE&HA programme 
•    Provide technical inputs to the annual workplan and budget;
•    Lead the implementation of programme activities;
•    Lead the coordination of the call/request for proposals, including the organization of technical review committees, and capacity assessment of partners;
•    Review, coordinate and monitor the submission of implementing partner financial and narrative reports;
•    Train partners on Results Based Management and monitor implementation.

3.    Provide technical assistance and capacity development to project/programme partners
•    Coordinate and provide technical support in the implementation of programme activities; Develop technical knowledge products
•    Maintain relationships with national partners to support implementation and expansion of the WEE&HA programme;
•    Identify opportunities for capacity building of partners and facilitate technical/ programming support and trainings to partners, as needed.

4.    Provide technical inputs to the monitoring and reporting of the programme/ project
•    Monitor progress of implementation of activities and finances using results based management tools;
•    Draft reports on monitoring missions, programme results s, outputs and outcomes;
•    Provide substantive inputs to the preparation of donor and UN Women reports.

5.    Provide substantive technical inputs to the management of people and finances of the WEE&HA programme
•    Monitor budget implementation and make budget re-alignments/ revisions, as necessary;
•    Provide substantive inputs to financial reports;

6.    Provide substantive inputs to building partnerships and resource mobilization strategies
•    Provide substantive inputs to resource mobilization strategies; analyze and maintain information and databases;
•    Prepare relevant documentation such as project summaries, conference papers, briefing notes, speeches, and donor profiles;
•    Participate in donor meetings and public information events, as delegated.

7.    Provide technical support to inter-agency coordination on WEE&HA to achieve coherence and alignment of UN Women programmes with other partners in the country
•    Provide substantive technical support to the Portfolio Manager on inter-agency coordination related activities by drafting background reports and briefs.

8.    Provide substantive inputs to advocacy, knowledge building and communication efforts
•    Develop background documents, briefs and presentations related to WEE&HA;
•    Coordinate and organize advocacy campaigns, events, trainings, workshops and knowledge products;
•    Coordinate the development of knowledge management methodologies, and products on WEE&HA.

9.    The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organisation.

Education and certification:
•    Master’s degree or equivalent in social sciences, human rights, gender/women's studies, international development, or a related field is required.
•    A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
•    A project/programme management certification would be an added advantage.

Experience:
•    At least 2 years of progressively responsible work experience in development programme/project implementation, coordination, monitoring and evaluation, donor reporting and capacity building is required.
•    Experience in the Women’s Economic Empowerment is desirablerequired.
•    Experience coordinating and liaising with government agencies and/or donors is desirable.
•    Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) and spreadsheet and database packages, experience in handling of web-based management systems is required.
•    Experience in the use of a modern web-based ERP System, preferably Oracle Cloud, is desirable.

Language Requirements:
•    Fluency in English and Urdu is required.
•    Knowledge of another official UN language is desirable (French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian or Spanish