Position Number: 224827
Location: Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Full/Part time: Full time
Fixed term/Temporary: FTA
Rotational/Non-Rotational: Non-Rotational
Duration: 1 year (with possibility for extension)
Deadline: 25 July 2025, at 17:00, local time
The Programme Specialist, Population Development / M&E holds overall responsibility for UNFPA’s activities in the areas of population dynamics, data, and development. The position contributes to analyzing political, social, and economic trends, providing foresight analysis and technical input to country programme development, project formulation and evaluation, joint programming initiatives, and national development frameworks. This role links internal and external data, monitoring, and evaluation systems, ensuring that programme results are tracked, reported, and evaluated in alignment with UNFPA standards. It is pivotal in connecting country-level planning, foresight, and evidence-based decision-making.
The Programme Specialist oversees the Cambodia Country Office’s programming on population development and provides leadership in planning, monitoring, and evaluation of the Country Programme. The role engages with inter-agency working groups for UNSDCF coordination and supports national partners through the UN Data Group and Data for Development platforms.
The post is part of the Strategic Development Team and reports directly to the Head of the Team / Representative.
Qualifications and Experience
Education:
- Advanced university degree in either Statistics, Demography, Monitoring and Evaluation or Social Sciences including Gender, Development Studies, or Public Health.
Knowledge and Experience:
- At least 5 years of increasingly responsible professional experience in the field of population, data and development, results-based management, monitoring and evaluation, statistics, and/or research methodologies; with additional years of experience desirable.
- Post graduate training in use of data, statistics, monitoring and evaluation and knowledge in the health sector is an added advantage;
- Data analysis skills and familiarity with statistical software (i.e. SPSS, Stata);
- Experience in documenting results in a variety of formats including in human interest stories and more qualitative research and reports
- Ability to write clear and comprehensive reports.
- Experience in capacity building on analysis and data use, and aspects of M&E an asset.
- Excellent computer skills especially Access, Excel, SPSS and GIS.
- Strong interest in development work, especially the mission of the United Nations Population Fund and dedication to the principles of the United Nations; Knowledge of the UN system would be an advantage
Languages:
Fluency in spoken and written English and Khmer.
How to apply:
Online application is required to be submitted via the following link:
https://estm.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_2003/job/27780
P-11, interested candidates are required to complete and summit P-11.
Compensation and Benefits:
This position offers an attractive remuneration package including a competitive net salary plus health insurance and other benefits as applicable.
Moreinfo: https://cambodia.unfpa.org/en/vacancies
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