The PA provides senior level communications, administrative and secretarial support, maintaining full confidentiality in all aspects of assignment, maintenance of protocol procedures, information flow and follow-up on deadlines and commitments made. The PA also provides organizational functions to the CO in terms of: providing effective communications support; ensuring facilitation of knowledge building and management; providing logistical support; and coordinating the secretarial services.

The Programme Specialist oversees the UNFPA 'big data" agenda and ensures the effective management of UNFPA activities in the areas of Strategic information, Monitoring & Evaluation, Data and Planning. S/he drives UNFPA’s reinforced and reinvigorated strategic information focused on assessing progress in implementing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights(SRHR) policies, identifying programmatic gaps at national level. The incumbent plays a pivotal role in providing the evidence needed by the BCO to fulfill its strategic role in the country through data analysis on the status and trends in SRHR and Maternal Health, including modelling and mapping, to quickly and efficiently assess the impacts of past efforts and chart the way forward.