The Position:

The Institutional Analyst is located in the Innovation and Transformation Branch (ITB), which plays a pivotal role in guiding UNFPA towards a future of heightened efficiency, impact, and relevance by shaping and executing strategic initiatives through cultivating innovation and cultural change. The post reports to the Chief, Innovation and Transformation Branch. S/he will work with internal partners, including OED, DHR, DMS, and Regional and Country Offices to ensure synergy and alignment of workstreams. Work with external partners, including UN agencies, donor and programme countries, in order to maintain and foster collaboration and exchange, build and consolidate internal capacity, accelerate action and promote transparency and accountability.

In all activities, s/he fosters collaboration within field units, particularly Regional and Country Offices and, with other HQ Divisions, ensuring the timeliness, adequacy, relevance and quality of institutional transformation initiatives. 

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.  UNFPA’s strategic plan (2022-2025), reaffirms the relevance of the current strategic direction of UNFPA and focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices. These results capture our strategic commitments on accelerating progress towards realizing the ICPD and SDGs in the Decade of Action leading up to 2030. Our strategic plan calls upon UN Member States, organizations and individuals to “build forward better”, while addressing the negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on women’s and girls’ access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, recover lost gains and realize our goals.

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:

Institutional transformation is designed to “actively prepare the organization at all levels to implement the upcoming and subsequent strategic plans to deliver on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.” Within this context, the Institutional Analyst helps ensure the substantive and operational implementation and coherence of the various change initiatives and processes within UNFPA, in support of and in alignment with the wider UN transformation and reform efforts such as the UN80 initiative. 

Changing the mindsets and inherent culture of the organization is a key component that is both an enabler and an outcome of institutional transformation. As part of the efforts to modernize and strengthen UNFPA, the Institutional Analyst, therefore, also supports the organization’s work related to organizational culture. 

You would be responsible for:

• Support the identification, implementation, and coordination of strategic change activities to ensure that UNFPA is future-fit and strategically positioned to deliver on its mandate, in support of and in alignment with the wider UN transformation and reform efforts such as the UN80 initiative; 
• Strategically communicate on institutional transformation and related initiatives with both key internal and external stakeholders; 
• Identify sources, gather, compile and analyze data and information needed for institutional transformation and foresight streams;
• Review internal work processes to identify operational needs and ensure increased efficiency;
• Foster and facilitate a conducive environment for a continued dialogue on institutional transformation across the organization;
• Contribute to the organization’s efforts to promote culture change and even stronger alignment with UN values, by supporting the focal point for organizational culture with tasks related to the design and implementation of culture change activities, measurement of culture change, and integration of various culture-related workstreams, including in the context of UN 2.0;  
• Serve as operational focal point for the team;
• Perform any other activity as required by the supervisor in order to assure the success of the work team in support of the UNFPA’s transformative mandate.

Qualifications and Experience: 

Education:  

An advanced university degree in international affairs, public management, public administration, social sciences, public health or other related fields is required.

Knowledge and Experience: 

• At least 2 years of relevant experience in multilateral organizations or public institutions;
• Previous experience in the UN is an advantage;
• Strong analytical skills and data competencies and visual presentation;
• Experience in concrete initiatives related to organizational culture;
• Ability to communicate, structure, curate, process and analyze data, including identifying trends;
• Ability to think logically and work with attention to detail;
• Initiative, sound judgment and demonstrated ability to work harmoniously with various Business Units, and colleagues from different national and cultural backgrounds;
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills;
• Computer literacy;
• Good writing and communication skills.

Languages: 

Fluency in English is required; knowledge of other official UN languages, preferably French and/or Spanish, is desirable. 

Required Competencies: 

Values:

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

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

Functional Competencies:

• Logistical support,
• Managing data,
• Managing documents, correspondence and reports,
• Generating, managing and promoting the use of knowledge and information,
• Managing information and workflow,
• Planning, organizing and multi-tasking,
• Managing financial processes,
• Job knowledge / technical expertise

Compensation and Benefits:

This position offers an attractive remuneration package including a competitive net salary plus health insurance and other benefits as applicable.

UNFPA Work Environment:

UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, diversity, integrity and healthy work-life balance. We are committed to ensuring gender parity in the organization and therefore encourage women to apply. Individuals from the LGBTQIA+ community, minority ethnic groups, indigenous populations, persons with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply. UNFPA promotes equal opportunities in terms of appointment, training, compensation and selection for all regardless of personal characteristics and dimensions of diversity. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is at the heart of UNFPA's workforce - click here to learn more.

Disclaimer:

Selection and appointment may be subject to background and reference checks, medical clearance, visa issuance and other administrative requirements. 

UNFPA does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process and does not concern itself with information on applicants' bank accounts. 

Applicants for positions in the international Professional and higher categories, who hold permanent resident status in a country other than their country of nationality, may be required to renounce such status upon their appointment.