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Research and Data Analyst on Population and Development

South Africa

  • Organization: UNV - United Nations Volunteers
  • Location: South Africa
  • Grade: Level not specified - Level not specified
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Development Cooperation and Sustainable Development Goals
    • Statistics
    • Information Technology and Computer Science
    • Population matters (trends and census)
    • Scientist and Researcher
  • Closing Date: Closed

Details

Mission and objectives

UNFPA is the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. Our mission is to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled. UNFPA’s goal is to achieve universal access to sexual and reproductive health, realize reproductive rights, and reduce maternal mortality to accelerate progress on the ICPD agenda, to improve the lives of adolescents and youth, and women, enabled by population dynamics, human rights, and gender equality. UNFPA launched efforts to achieve three transformative results, ambitions that promise to change the world for every man, woman and young person: 1.) Ending unmet need for family planning 2.) Ending preventable maternal death 3.) Ending gender-based violence and harmful practises UNFPA recognizes that innovation is a key accelerator to achieve these results. UNFPA will harness innovation to meet tomorrow’s challenges and boost its impact, especially in addressing furthest behind populations, and leverage opportunities, social capital, funding and technology by (a) strengthening the corporate innovation architecture and capabilities, (b) scaling up innovations that have proven to be effective and impactful, (c) forming new partnerships and connecting with relevant innovation ecosystems, (d) strengthening and leveraging financing for innovation, and (e) expanding communities and culture for innovation.

Context

The Research and Data Analyst on Population and Development is located in East and Southern Africa Regional Office of UNFPA, based in Johannesburg, South Africa, and reports directly to the Population Dynamics Policy Adviser based in the Evidence Knowledge and Innovation Unit, under the overall guidance of the Deputy Regional Director. S/He/They will be part of an inter-disciplinary team with a focus on strengthening knowledge management and research strategies undertaken by the East and Southern Africa Region in support of the 23 countries in the region and accelerating exchange and learning across other UNFPA regions. S/He/They will support the production of data on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), measure the impact of interventions, and strengthen humanitarian data. The candidate should be familiar with a variety of common health and population data sources, including household surveys such as the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) and Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS), registry data and population censuses, and be capable of producing up-to-date estimates of demographic trends and projections.

Task description

• Work with the Evidence Knowledge and Innovation unit to facilitate generation of sound knowledge products and evidence-based briefing papers from across all units in ESARO to highlight strategic regional level and country specific issues relevant for the ICPD Agenda; • Facilitate the maintenance of accessible database(s) of best/good practices, lessons learned, researches/studies, to mention a few; and ensure linkages to relevant UN-wide knowledge management hubs and platforms at regional and global level. • Liaise with the RO Technical Advisors to manage the in-depth analysis and research findings, and exchange of good practices in order to build knowledge related to UNFPA strategic plan and regional programme and thematic areas including integrated sexual and reproductive health, adolescent and youth development, gender and GBV and population dynamics in support of sustainable and inclusive development; • Support and assist the assigned Country Offices to identify opportunities or lessons learnt/best practices in countries; • Serve as an active member of the Research and Publication Committee in support of actions to ensure quality Regional and Country level publications through oversight and review of concepts and scope of studies, research and knowledge generation initiatives to ensure relevance to UNFPA mandate. • Ensure the creation and documentation of research and evidence about current and emerging population and development trends, including SRHR and gender issues; • Conduct or provide quality assurance to secondary data analyses for regional and sub-regional advocacy and policy dialogues to accelerate progress towards the Transformative results and ICPD Programme of Action; • In collaboration with regional and country offices, identify areas for research in line with UNFPA mandate, facilitate the research activities from design, through implementation to quality assurance, and synthesis of results. • Undertake analysis of substantive reports on population and development issues, specifically around the Transformative results, Demographic Dividend, impact of climate change, migration, global trends on SRHR. In addition, support the formulation of follow-up actions from the analysis required to inform policies, programmes and corporate business processes as may be applicable; • Prepare materials for publication and dissemination through internal and external South-South and Triangular Cooperation such as new knowledge, best practices and practical lessons learnt; • Guide documentation (collection, review and analysis) of good/best practices and lessons learned in accordance with UNFPA guidelines to demonstrate impact towards achieving the transformative results and fostering learning to guide realigning of interventions, scale up innovation and programme implementation.

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