JOB DESCRIPTION

H (no hardship)

Family

Family

PR4

Professional

Reason

Regular > Regular Assignment

2025-10-01

August 8, 2025

Senior Programme Assessment and Analysis Officer

Organizational Setting and Work Relationships
The Senior Programme Assessment and Analysis Officer may work in a field operation or as part of a Regional Bureau or in a division. The incumbent typically reports to the Assistant or Deputy Representative or the Representative or the Senior Programme Coordinator of the Bureau or other senior staff.

The role of the Senior Programme Assessment and Analysis Officer is to ensure that assessment informs programme design and resource allocation, and that it is always conducted in a participatory manner in line with the Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) and the accountability to Affected Populations (APP).

S/he will provide advice and guidance to ensure that the results of an assessment, both findings and the consequent programming decisions are fed back to the population of concern.

The incumbent will have contact with a wide variety of internal and external audiences ranging from staff in the region and staff from other UN and regional organizations with the overall objective of staying abreast of assessment findings and programmatic approaches. Also, the incumbent must ensure a close collaboration and involvement of the relevant technical specialists.

S/he will coordinate with the other sections/units within the Bureau and/or offices across the country/region to ensure harmonized Assessment & Analysis approaches at all levels and throughout the UNHCR Operations Management Cycle. S/he will work in line with the overall UNHCR directions which crucially require working with partners, including with persons of concern, governmental institutions and the private sector, ensuring that programme management overall is approached as per UNHCR’s Strategic Directions, Global Strategic Priorities (GSPs), Global Compact for Refugees (GCR), corporate positions on SDGs.

The incumbent is expected to work in line with the multi-functional team (MFT) approach as defined within the Program Manual, ensuring the participation of relevant stakeholders in all phases of the Program Management Cycle.

All UNHCR staff members are accountable to perform their duties as reflected in their job description. They do so within their delegated authorities, in line with the regulatory framework of UNHCR which includes the UN Charter, UN Staff Regulations and Rules, UNHCR Policies and Administrative Instructions as well as relevant accountability frameworks. In addition, staff members are required to discharge their responsibilities in a manner consistent with the core, functional, cross-functional and managerial competencies and UNHCR¿s core values of professionalism, integrity and respect for diversity.

Duties
– Ensure that assessment informs programme design and resource allocation, and that it is always conducted in a participatory manner in line with the Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD, accountability to Affected Populations (APP) and protection principles, including data protection.
– Ensure that a situational analysis is undertaken to inform multi-year and annual planning, including stakeholder analysis, context analysis, assessments of needs, risks and capacities of persons of concern and host communities.
– Coordinate the identification of critical assessment and analysis needs in support of UNHCRs advocacy objectives and operational priorities.
– Coordinate the assessment and analysis plan, in close cooperation with IM staff ensuring consistency, efficiency and effectiveness of assessments, balance assessment needs against available technical resources, and identify gaps, overlaps and assessment fatigue.
– Coordinate the application and coherence of analytical frameworks, including legal and socio-economic dimensions to guide analytical processes and deliverables, in close cooperation with IM staff.
– Ensure the utility assessments for programming and the use of assessment information in planning and programming and advise on streamlining processes on assessments and analysis.
– Ensure that assessment and analysis findings systematically inform planning and monitoring processes as well other relevant decision-making bodies in a timely manner.
– Work with Information Management staff to ensure that assessments and analysis are adequately planned and resourced, harmonized, and conducted in line with UNCHRs principles.
– Work with Information Management, Registration and other data staff on development of severity models, population estimates and profiles, needs analysis, secondary data reviews, vulnerability and targeting models. Coordinate the development and implementation of targeting approaches and models, in cooperation with other relevant functions.
– Work with relevant colleagues in communicating assessment and analysis findings to maximise utility of assessment and analysis results.
– Where relevant lead assessments exercise and support all assessments through the MFT approach, stay abreast of the results of all assessments to ensure their linking with program design.
– Collaborate with relevant partners, incl. inter-agency on joint assessments, UN country analysis and scan assessment and analysis environment to create synergies with other assessments and avoid assessment gaps.
– Coordinate the strengthening of capacities on assessment and analysis and identify good practices and lessons learned.

– Lead risk assessments and discussions with team(s) to proactively manage risks and seize opportunities impacting objectives. Ensure that risk management principles are integrated in decision-making both at strategic and operational levels. Allocate resources for planned treatments with resource requirements in Strategic Plans. Ensure that risks are managed to acceptable levels and escalate, as needed. If a Risk Owner, designate the Risk Focal Point and certify that the annual risk review is completed and ensure that the risk register is updated during the year, as needed.
– Perform other related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications

Years of Experience / Degree Level
For P4/NOD – 9 years relevant experience with Undergraduate degree; or 8 years relevant experience with Graduate degree; or 7 years relevant experience with Doctorate degree

Field(s) of Education
Economics, Political Science, Social Sciences,
or other relevant field.

Certificates and/or Licenses
Programme Management;
(Certificates and Licenses marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Relevant Job Experience
Essential
Demonstrated experience in coordinating assessments, analysing assessment results, sound knowledge of the UNHCR Operations Management Cycle, knowledge and experience on Results Based-Management, demonstrated experience in field operations, sound knowledge on the centrality of protection in programming, enhanced knowledge on Joint Needs Assessments and the principles of targeting.

Desirable
Demonstrated experience in coordination within an inter-agency context and other actors, in a refugee or humanitarian context. Solid experience in training and capacity building activities.

Functional Skills
PG-Needs Assessment and Response Analysis
PG-Conducting feasibility studies
PG-Results-Based Management
PG-Programme Analysis
PG-Stakeholder management and coordination with Implementing Partners (Gov/NGO/Corporate)
(Functional Skills marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Language Requirements
For International Professional and Field Service jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English.
For National Professional jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English and local language.
For General Service jobs: Knowledge of English and/or UN working language of the duty station if not English.

All UNHCR workforce members must individually and collectively, contribute towards a working environment where each person feels safe, and empowered to perform their duties. This includes by demonstrating no tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse, harassment including sexual harassment, sexism, gender inequality, discrimination and abuse of power.

As individuals and as managers, all must be proactive in preventing and responding to inappropriate conduct, support ongoing dialogue on these matters and speaking up and seeking guidance and support from relevant UNHCR resources when these issues arise.

This is a Standard Job Description for all UNHCR jobs with this job title and grade level. The Operational Context may contain additional essential and/or desirable qualifications relating to the specific operation and/or position. Any such requirements are incorporated by reference in this Job Description and will be considered for the screening, shortlisting and selection of candidates.

1. Skills
• Qualitative & quantitative Assessment & Analysis approaches at all levels & throughout Operations Management Cycle
• Experience in Inter-agency cooperation on assessment, and joint analysis as well as joint monitoring and targeting frameworks
• Advanced skills in aggregation & analysis of qualitative & quantitative assessment data
• Strong data collection, management & analysis skills
• Strong interpersonal skills and a demonstrated ability to work across diverse technical teams
• A high standard of ethical conduct and professionalism in dealing with sensitive and confidential information.
• Previous experience in a similar function within humanitarian and development organisation

2. Behaviour:
• Team member
• Collaborative and open to innovation
• Responsive, quick delivery of results
• Connects the dots: understands the links between data and programme/operational implications

3. Talents
• Excellent facilitation skills.
• Background in programme monitoring or information management would be an asset.
• Lead and mentor new team members,
• High level of inter-personal & emotional intelligence skills.

4. Core values
• UNHCR core values
• Open-minded, looking for new solutions
• Ethical
• Discreet, able to handle confidential, sensitive information

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Operational context

Occupational Safety and Health Considerations:

To view occupational health and safety considerations for this duty station, please visit this link: https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel

Nature of Position:

The function works in the Programme and Technical Support Service (PTSS) of the Division of Emergency and Programme Support (DEPS).

 

DEPS which integrates key functions that enhance UNHCR’s preparedness and response capabilities, including emergency management, programme and technical support, supply chain management, IDP cluster coordination, and field security. These functions collectively provide critical support to field operations, ensuring the timely, effective, and accountable delivery of protection and assistance to forcibly displaced and stateless persons. DEPS comprises three Services – the Emergency Service, the Supply Management Service and the Programme and Technical Support Service (PTSS).  DEPS aims to capitalize on the synergies of the three Services to offer policy, guidance, support, and oversight to regional bureaux and country operations.

 

PTSS is tasked to guide the organization in planning, programming and measuring and reporting on results at all levels. Such support includes strategy guidance, implementation guidance, technical support and management of all programme and partner management processes. It includes overseeing and ensuring that policies and procedures are adhered to in areas such as planning, budgeting, partner management, partner assurance, technical standards and reporting.

 

PTSS works to facilitate the development and delivery of protection and assistance programme of activities to address the needs of the forcibly displaced and stateless, pursuing self-reliance and avoiding aid dependency, promoting national leadership.  PTSS is responsible for coordinating the development and maintenance and further improvement/simplification of UNHCR’s global strategic planning documents including relevant roadmaps and prioritization approaches. This work is underpinned by the reinforcement of UNHCR’s assessment and targeting capacity, informed by needs assessments, analytics and foresight products, where the work of the Senior Programme Assessment and Analyses Officer is especially relevant and crucial.

 

The Section will be responsible for ensuring that UNHCR effectively utilizes and reports high-quality data and evidence to support decision-making, donor and system-wide reporting. Specific functions include conducting global analyses of core indicators. The monitoring of results is an essential element in improving the quality of the reporting, and the Section will be also responsible for this aspect.

 

The Section will coordinate and institutionalize a shared system for assessment, targeting, monitoring and reporting, guide use of technologies, processes and tools that enable delivery of activities and outputs with greater efficiency and effectiveness.

 

Living and Working Conditions:

 

Additional Qualifications

Skills

PG-Conducting feasibility studies, PG-Needs Assessment and Response Analysis, PG-Programme Analysis, PG-Results-Based Management, PG-Stakeholder management and coordination with Implementing Partners (Gov/NGO/Corporate)

Bachelor of Arts: Economics, Bachelor of Arts: Political Science, Bachelor of Arts: Social Science

Certifications

Programme Management – Other

Competencies

Accountability, Analytical thinking, Change capability & adaptability, Client & results orientation, Commitment to continuous learning, Communication, Empowering & building trust, Judgement & decision making, Leadership, Managing performance, Managing resource, Organizational awareness, Political awareness, Strategic planning & visions, Teamwork & collaboration

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Compendium

Add. 2 to the Bi-Annual 2025 Compendium – Part B

Additional Information

This position doesn”t require a functional clearance