Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Data Specialist

UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health and rights agency, expands the possibilities for women and young people to lead healthy and productive lives. It 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.

Since 2003, UNFPA Timor-Leste has supported the Government of Timor-Leste to conduct Census and has strongly promoted sexual and reproductive health and rights and gender equality as key elements to achieve human rights and human dignity. Over the past decade UNFPA assistance has contributed towards establishing basic social services and generating baseline socio-demographic data for Timor-Leste.

The main focus of the programme is to support national efforts to achieve universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, in line with the UNFPA transformative results to end maternal deaths, unmet need for family planning, and gender-based violence and harmful practices -- responding to the principle of leaving no one behind, focusing on women, adolescents and youth, particularly those living in rural areas, people with disabilities and key population groups.

Within the context of work of UNFPA in Timor-Leste, the objective of this International UNV assignment is to provide support on the SRHR/maternal health programme implementation of UNFPA Timor-Leste, with a focus on strengthening the health systems and related SRHR data systems. In particular, this position will be part of the support of a regional initiative funded by DFAT (Government of Australia) to support on-going work to improve SRMNCAH data systems, focusing on those that have the greatest impact in the delivery and monitoring of life-saving maternal and reproductive health interventions: Maternal Perinatal Deaths Surveillance and Response, Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care data, and - to a smaller extent – Health Management Information Systems (HMIS).

It is expected that the International UNV will support the technical and programme teams of UNFPA Timor-Leste in the broader implementation of the UNFPA Timor-Leste Country Programme on maternal health and SRHR as needed.

Working under the overall supervision of the Country Representative, in close coordination with the Assistant Representative and SRHR Program Analysts and M&E teams and other UNFPA staff as necessary - in particular the DFAT SRHR Programme Manager in the UNFPA Regional Office for Asia-Pacific - the UNV will support the team focusing on the maternal health components of the programme. S/He is expected to inform themselves and stay abreast of the latest UNFPA policy and technical guidance in relevant areas of work and support the SRHR unit and Timor-Leste to align and bring in innovation and global good practice into the UNFPA Timor-Leste deliverables for SRHR. Specific areas include:

Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR)
• Coordination and Facilitation of technical, ministerial and implementing partners workplans
• Oversee and coordinate the implementation of the MPDSR acceleration plans and training components
• Plan, organise, and facilitate workshops and consultative meetings at all levels (national, provincial, district, and facility) to ensure collaboration and buy-in.
• Provide administrative and logistical support for ToT programs and build capacity at sub-national level
• Support data analysis and evidence generation on MPDSR within UNFPA, and provide technical assistance as relevant to the MOH


Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (EmONC)
• Support the implementation of the Geographic Mapping and analysis component of the Emergency Obstetric Care Network, in close collaboration with the UNFPA AP Regional office and technical partners
• Support the SRHR Analyst and M&E team in adapting, validating and implementing data collection on EmONC Functionality and Readiness
• Support the organization of EmONC prioritization workshop and technical meetings, including coordinating with health facilities representatives
• Support the SRHR and M&E unit in producing comprehensive annual reports on the EmONC situation at regional and national levels, adapting formats for various audiences, help with knowledge management and documentation on the EmONC Prioritisation process at national and sub-national levels
• Participate in relevant meetings to ensure coordination with other initiatives.


Health Management Information Systems (HMIS)
• Support the UNFPA CO in liaising with relevant MoH departments and technical development partners on strengthening SRMNCAH and GBV Data in HMIS and DHIS2.
• Support SRHR and M&E teams in UNFPA Timor-Leste to generate, monitor and analyse data on SRMNCAH for programme analysis and evidence generation.
• Coordinate knowledge sharing and training opportunities for MoH staff and UNFPA colleagues, including in close collaboration with UNFPA Regional Office and technical partners



Overall Coordination and Reporting
• Ensure close coordination and communications between UNFPA Timor-Leste stakeholders in the country, and the UNFPA Regional Office responsible for the implementation of the regional DFAT initiative.
• Provide inputs and accurate reporting of activities for progress reports, annual reports and other requests of information by UNFPA Regional Office and/or DFAT, as necessary.
• Provide detailed reporting, including financial reporting on the implementation status of activities under the DFAT programme and other activities in the Maternal Health programme of UNFPA.