Program Analyst (Culture and Human Rights)

UNFPAs mission is to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person’s potential is fulfilled. The agency works to achieve three transformative goals which are: zero preventable maternal deaths, zero unmet need for family planning and zero sexual and gender-based violence and harmful practices.

Ghana is fully committed to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). UNFPA is seeking candidates who transform, inspire, and deliver high-impact and sustained results and ensure effective external relations, communications, and partnership-building in a rapidly changing development and funding landscape. We need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them, and who commit to delivering excellence in programme results.

The Program Analyst, Culture and Human Rights provides programme and operational support to ensure the integration of human rights-based and culturally sensitive approaches into UNFPA programs. The incumbent will support program implementation, partner coordination, and advocacy initiatives aligned with UNFPA’s strategic priorities to protect human rights and eliminate gender-based inequities.

He/she will also support targeted interventions focused on understanding family planning, maternal health, and child marriage from a cultural perspective to work more effectively towards youth empowerment, body autonomy, and rights realization.

The Program Analyst, Culture and Human Rights will also provide guidance on maintaining collaborative relationships with counterparts in government, multi-lateral and bi-lateral agencies and civil society to address emerging issues and to facilitate programme delivery. He/she must effectively influence counterparts and work with networks, including civil society, to advance the ICPD agenda, through partnerships and national capacity strengthening, as well as other approaches such as south-south cooperation.

Under overall supervision of the Representative and direct supervision of the Deputy Representative, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:

1. Provide programmatic and technical support:

• Support research and analysis on human rights issues and contribute inputs to relevant programme, policy and reporting documents. Support engagement with government and national stakeholders and contribute to capacity-building activities related to human rights and the ICPD agenda.

2. Partnership & Advocacy:

• Engage with national partners, civil society organizations, and human rights bodies to promote culturally sensitive approaches to sexual and reproductive health and rights.
• Contributes to policy advocacy to empower young people and protect their fundamental human rights.

3. Integrate human rights and cultural perspectives into UNFPA programmes in Ghana

• Support the Programme Team in developing approaches to strengthen national capacities for the promotion and protection of human rights.
• Support the design, coordination, implementation and monitoring of programmes that advance human rights, gender equality and culturally sensitive approaches.
• Contribute to rights-based interventions for young people, including initiatives related to family planning, maternal health and child marriage, taking into account cultural contexts and relevant human rights standards.

4. Capacity Building & Knowledge Management

• Support the development of policy briefs, training materials, and reporting mechanisms to strengthen organizational and partner capacity.

Perform any other duties as assigned by the supervisor in consultation with management.


WORKPLAN
During the first month of the assignment, the UN Volunteer will work closely with his/her direct supervisor to finalize an agreed-upon work plan. The work plan should outline key objectives and activities and include regular check-ins with the supervisor to review progress and receive performance feedback.