Programme Analyst – UNDP Myanmar

About the role

The Programme Analyst supports UNDP Myanmar’s commitment to accountable, risk‑informed and results‑oriented programme delivery, focusing on quality assurance, compliance, monitoring and learning across the portfolio of community governance and local economic recovery initiatives.

Key responsibilities

• Review programme and project designs to ensure robust theories of change, results frameworks and alignment of inputs, outputs, outcomes and indicators.
• Provide independent quality‑assurance inputs to integrated work plans, project documents and results reporting.
• Assess integration of political, social, economic, climate and risk analyses into programme documents and policy briefs.
• Identify, track and mitigate programme and project‑level risks, including fiduciary, delivery, partner and reputational risks.
• Ensure compliance with UNDP Enterprise Risk Management frameworks, social and environmental standards and safeguard requirements.
• Integrate gender equality and women’s empowerment commitments into programme design, budgets, risk analysis and safeguards.
• Support strategic positioning by analysing contextual signals, donor priorities and partnership landscapes.
• Facilitate communication and knowledge management to ensure consistent stakeholder engagement and capture lessons learned.