Programme Analyst, Maternal Health at UNFPA – September 2026

Job Details

Position: Programme Analyst, Maternal Health
Organization: United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Duty Station: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Department/Reporting: UNFPA Tanzania Country Office, reporting to the SRHR Coordinator

The Position

The Programme Analyst, Maternal Health, is based at the UNFPA Tanzania Country Office in Dar es Salaam and reports to the SRHR Coordinator.

The position provides technical, programmatic, and operational support throughout the programming process to facilitate the administration and achievement of robust and sustainable results in line with plans, allocations, results-based management approaches and methodologies, the UNFPA Strategic Plan, standards of performance, and accountability frameworks.

The role is critical to improving maternal health outcomes by supporting the management, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of the maternal health programme, including midwifery models of care.

The Analyst will support the integration of maternal health interventions with family planning, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, gender-based violence (GBV) prevention, and SRH/HIV services.

The role involves close collaboration with government counterparts, particularly the Ministry of Health, UN agencies, civil society organizations, private-sector stakeholders, midwifery and nurses’ associations, and academic institutions to support enhanced coordination and promote integrated, high-impact maternal health initiatives.

How You Can Make a Difference

UNFPA is the lead UN agency working toward a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe, and every young person’s potential is fulfilled.

UNFPA’s Strategic Plan for 2026–2029 focuses on three transformative results:

• Ending preventable maternal deaths.
• Ending unmet need for family planning.
• Ending gender-based violence and harmful practices, including the ESA regional priority of preventing sexual transmission of HIV.

The Strategic Plan leads toward 2030 and the achievement of universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights.

Key Responsibilities

A. Support to Programme Development and Planning

• In coordination with the SRH Coordinator, support the development, design, and management of the maternal health portfolio, including strengthening the midwifery programme.
• Contribute to the development of sectoral programme goals, objectives, strategies, and implementation plans based on results-based planning approaches through research, data collection, analysis, and reporting on maternal health for development planning.
• Monitor programme performance against agreed targets for implementing partners, convene regular review meetings, and troubleshoot operational bottlenecks to ensure timely execution of donor deliverables.
• Oversee budget allocation, including monitoring expenditures to ensure timely and accurate disbursement and reporting of financial information and delivery of programme results.
• Conduct regular implementing partner performance reviews in coordination with the Monitoring and Evaluation and Operations Units to ensure that implementing partner expenditures and activities comply with UNFPA policies and procedures, including the Harmonized Approach to Cash Transfers (HACT) framework.
• Provide technical and operational support throughout all stages of programming to ensure integration, coherence, and harmonization of programmes and projects with other UNFPA Units and achievement of planned and allocated results.

B. Programme Management, Monitoring and Delivery of Results

• Collaborate closely with internal and external partners to establish monitoring benchmarks, performance indicators, and other UNFPA/UN system indicators and measurements to assess and strengthen performance accountability, coherence, and delivery of concrete and sustainable results for the maternal health programme.
• Participate in monitoring and evaluation exercises and programme reviews organized with the government and other partners, as required, to assess progress and determine actions or interventions required to achieve results in alignment with the Start With Her UNFPA Strategy for Reproductive, Maternal and Newborn Health and Well-Being 2025–2030.
• Support programme implementation through field missions and/or exchange of information with regional and national stakeholders to assess progress, identify bottlenecks and potential challenges, and provide the necessary technical support to resolve issues.
• Contribute to the preparation of timely and high-quality programme and donor reports by preparing results-focused progress summaries and ensuring that monitoring and evaluation data informs continuous programme improvement.

C. Strategic Technical Support

• In collaboration with UNFPA technical focal points, contribute to advocacy initiatives and messaging for increased investments in maternal health.
• Support sustainable maternal and newborn health (MNH) commodity financing and affordable MNH healthcare policies within universal health coverage.
• Leverage UNFPA compacts, matching-funding mechanisms, and other innovative financing tools.
• Provide technical support in reviewing strategic documents, national health sector plans, technical guidelines, and policies relevant to maternal health, Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (EmONC), midwifery, and fistula programming.
• Represent UNFPA in technical working groups, inter-agency health coordination platforms, and policy dialogues.
• Advocate for sustained investments in maternal health and midwifery.

D. Resource Mobilization and Strategic Partnerships

• Support the drafting of high-quality, evidence-based concept notes and funding proposals to advance maternal health outcomes.
• Support the preparation of briefings, factsheets, and human-interest stories demonstrating the impact of UNFPA’s maternal health work, in collaboration with the Communications team.
• Contribute to advocacy efforts aimed at increasing national and sub-national budgetary allocations and expenditures for maternal health.
• Support efforts to leverage financing for the ICPD agenda and ensure the sustainability of interventions in collaboration with relevant team members.

E. Evidence and Knowledge Management

• Contribute to programme efforts to identify, analyse, and synthesize cutting-edge evidence and technical knowledge on accelerating progress toward ending preventable maternal deaths.
• Disseminate lessons learned and best practices in addressing maternal health, with a focus on the provision of quality midwifery services.
• Support the use of data and research findings to influence policy discussions and advocate for evidence-based approaches to improve maternal health outcomes.
• Ensure that the ICPD agenda is effectively represented in relevant forums.
• Contribute to communities of practice and knowledge-sharing platforms to share key research, data, and information related to maternal health, with a focus on quality midwifery services.

F. General Support

• Serve as a stand-in for other team members on selected functions as required.
• Carry out any other duties as may be required by UNFPA leadership.

Qualifications and Experience

Education

• Master’s degree or advanced degree in Public Health, Medicine, Health Research, Health Policy, Education and/or Management, Development, or another related social science discipline.

Knowledge and Experience

• Minimum of 2 years of progressive professional work experience in sexual and reproductive health, particularly maternal health.
• Practical experience in programme/project management, including experience in large multi-sector projects.
• Experience designing, monitoring, and appraising proposals and actively liaising and coordinating with relevant and potential project partners.
• Prior experience in the UN system is an added advantage.
• Experience using Microsoft Office software packages.
• Experience with cloud applications such as Google Suite.
• Experience with web-based ERP management systems such as Oracle, Quantum, QuantumPlus, and Quantum PowerBI.

Languages

• Fluency in English is required.
• Knowledge of Kiswahili and other official UN languages 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 and managing oneself and relationships.
• Communicating for impact.

Functional Skill Set

• Project design, implementation, and management.
• Advocacy and advancing a policy-oriented agenda.
• Comprehensive knowledge of sexual and reproductive health, maternal health, midwifery, and fistula issues.
• Leveraging government and partner resources and building strategic alliances and partnerships.
• Human rights and gender sensitivity.
• Internal and external communication and advocacy for results mobilization.
• Delivering results-based programmes.
• Technical understanding of the relevant areas of work.
• Data analysis proficiency.
• Managing financial processes.
• Proficiency in current office software applications.

Compensation and Benefits

The position offers an attractive remuneration package, including:

• Competitive net salary.
• Cost-of-living adjustment.
• Rental subsidy.
• Education grant.
• Home leave.
• Health insurance.
• Other applicable benefits.

UNFPA Work Environment

UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, diversity, integrity, and healthy work-life balance.

The organization is committed to gender parity and encourages women to apply. Individuals from underrepresented groups are also encouraged to apply. Reasonable accommodation may be provided to applicants with disabilities upon request.

UNFPA promotes equal opportunities in appointment, training, compensation, and selection regardless of personal characteristics and dimensions of diversity.

Disclaimer

Selection and appointment may be subject to:

• Background checks.
• Reference checks.
• Medical clearance.
• Visa issuance.
• Other administrative requirements.

Important: UNFPA does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing, or other fees in connection with its application or recruitment process. UNFPA also does not request information concerning 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 appointment.

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