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Position: Programme Analyst
- Job Identification: 33303
- Apply Before: 05/04/2026, 11:59 PM
- Job Schedule: Full time
- Locations: Butwal, Nepal
- Grade: NOB
- Vacancy Type: Fixed Term
- Contract Duration: 1 Year with Possibility for extension

Job Description
The Position:
UNFPA works to ensure sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) remain at the very centre of development. The International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action (PoA) draws a clear connection between reproductive health, human rights and sustainable development. When sexual and reproductive health needs are not met, individuals are deprived of the right to make crucial choices about their own bodies and futures, with a cascading impact on their families’ welfare and future generations. And because women bear children, and also usually bear the responsibility for nurturing them, sexual and reproductive health and rights issues cannot be separated from gender equality. Cumulatively, the denial of these rights exacerbates poverty and gender inequality.

UNFPA works with Governments, UN agencies, civil society and other development partners to promote universal access to sexual and reproductive health care. This includes efforts to strengthen health systems, including supporting the implementation of reproductive health programmes, improving the quality of reproductive health care and strengthening human resources. UNFPA also works to make sure reproductive health commodities are available where needed, such as contraceptives, life-saving medicines and basic medical equipment, and that a functioning logistics system is in place.

Reproductive health is a lifetime concern for both women and men, from infancy to old age. UNFPA supports programmes tailored to the different challenges people face at different times in their lives, including comprehensive sexuality education, family planning, antenatal and safe delivery care, postnatal care, services to prevent sexually transmitted infections, and services facilitating early diagnosis and treatment of reproductive health illnesses. To support reproductive health throughout the life cycle, services across a variety of sectors must be strengthened in addition to health and education systems.

The Programme Analyst, SRHR plays a key role in providing technical leadership for UNFPA’s work on SRHR/FP/RHCS towards accelerating the achievement of the ICPD PoA and Agenda 2030 in the province. S/he will engage in policy advocacy efforts, provide technical assistance and management including oversight and management of the UNFPA supplies programmed activities and priorities UNFPA’s work strategically within the health sector.

S/he will be located at the UNFPA Provincial Office and will work under the overall technical guidance and support of the SRHR Specialist, based in the UNFPA Country Office in Kathmandu, and the direct supervision of the UNFPA Provincial Head of Office, and in close collaboration with the UNFPA teams at all levels.

Job Purpose:
The Constitution of Nepal 2015 and the Safe Motherhood and Reproductive Rights Act 2018 protects the sexual and reproductive health rights and choices of women and girls. However, Nepal has one of the highest ratio of maternal deaths in the region (239 per 100,000 live births), an indication of the country’s weak health system. Overall, women and girls from marginalized groups continue to suffer disproportionately from unintended pregnancies, unsafe abortion, maternal deaths and disability, sexually transmitted infections and gender based violence.

UNFPA has had a close working relationship with the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) for the last four decades and has contributed to establishing a progressive policy and legislative environment for SRHR; provided technical support to put in place SRH protocols and guidelines; invested in developing health systems including human resources and supply chain management for SRH; and provided SRH commodities to the Government of Nepal.

Since 2018, UNFPA has focused on enabling the new federal structure, at all levels, to strengthen the delivery of SRH services in the above-mentioned geographic areas, with a focus on marginalized and vulnerable groups. This has included advocacy efforts to mobilize political and financial support from policy makers; provision of technical assistance to put in place an enabling policy environment for SRHR; support for SRH including family planning (FP) commodities; and oversight of a range of implementing partners engaged in capacity building and service delivery at the local level.

The Programme Analyst,SRHR is entrusted with the responsibility of engaging in advocacy and policy dialogue for concerted actions by the provincial and local counterparts, UN system and other development partners, and civil society organizations and networks on issues related to SRHR/FP/RHCS. S/he will provide technical leadership and build partnerships to leverage financial and technical resources for accelerated achievement of UNFPA’s transformative programme goals. S/he ensures effective oversight and management of UNFPA-supported SRHR interventions including family planning, reproductive health commodity security, and coordinating implementation of UNFPA supplies activities in development and humanitarian settings. Through substantive analysis and assessment of political, social and economic trends relevant to SRHR/FP landscape, s/he analyze the implication for UNFPA’s work in the assigned province; contributes to provincial and local policy and programme formulation, domestic resource mobilization guides programme implementation, and ensures the achievement of programme results through monitoring activities, enhancing SRH commodities management and improvement of method mix and choice. S/he establishes collaborative partnerships with key stakeholders and promotes coherence among partners in the development of policies and strategies, guidelines and protocols, and programmes. S/he will engage with UNFPA personnel working across the thematic and other teams at all levels.

Application Deadline: May 4, 2026

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