Programme Specialist, Population Dynamics & Youth

Leads UNFPA Timor-Leste’s technical work on population dynamics, demographic dividend and youth development. The international UN Volunteer turns demographic evidence into policy dialogue, youth investment cases and programme results; coordinates government, statistics and UN partners; mobilises resources; and strengthens data use, youth programming and capacity for inclusive national development.

• Analyse population dynamics, age structures and related socioeconomic and environmental trends
• Lead planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting for the Population Dynamics and Youth Development portfolio
• Develop youth investment cases and demographic-dividend analysis with government and statistics partners
• Produce policy and programme briefs to support evidence-based decisions
• Coordinate policy dialogue and the Data for Development technical working group
• Represent UNFPA’s population-dynamics position in policy and interagency forums
• Lead resource mobilisation through proposals, concept notes and donor reports
• Strengthen youth coordination, comprehensive sexuality education, youth networks and counterpart capacity

• Advanced degree in demography, population studies, population and development, statistics, economics, development studies or a related field
• At least eight years of progressively responsible experience in population dynamics, demographic analysis, population and development or youth development
• English

• Experience working with national statistics systems
• Proficiency in Power BI, Tableau, GIS or similar data-visualisation platforms

• Population Dynamics
• Demographic Analysis
• Youth Development
• Policy Analysis
• Data Analysis
• Programme Management
• Resource Mobilisation
• Partnership Development
• Capacity Building
• Data Visualisation
• Research and Analysis

• Power BI
• Tableau
• GIS
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Word