Job Opening ID: 19181
Location: Kathmandu, Nepal
Full/Part time: Full Time
Vacancy Type: Individual Consultancy
Rotational/Non Rotational: Non-rotational
Duration: 5 months 
Education & Work Experience: Master's Degree with at least 7 years of experience.
Deadline: 7 July 2024 by 5:30 PM NPT

Scope of work: The purpose of this consultancy is to support the UNFPA Nepal country office in implementing the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) components of the Country Programme. This includes providing strategic, technical, policy, and programmatic leadership to enhance SRHR interventions. The consultancy will involve leading efforts to ensure substantial contributions and implementation of the workplans, leveraging existing and new partnerships, and advancing SRHR advocacy and policy engagement. The goal is to accelerate actions for delivering resilient, high-quality, human-rights-based SRH information, services, and workforce development.

Under the overall supervision of the Country Representative and close collaboration with the Deputy Representative and relevant thematic teams, the consultant is expected to provide programme and technical support as follows.

• Coordinate RH workplans implementation at national and sub-national level, guiding and orienting project personnel and implementing agencies and introducing effective modalities and practices of implementation in line with technical and programme policies and guidelines.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of an integrated strategy for delivery of technical assistance or UNFPA supported priority programs.
• Ensure close coordination and synergy with the integrated programme teams of the Nepal Country Office; Ensure complementarities and alignment with the needs, realities, and activities at different levels.
• Identify and analyze trends, threats and risks related to SRH, midwifery and family planning issues that may affect the ICPD agenda, SDGs and UNFPA’s work in the country.
• Provide strategic guidance and technical support to programme monitoring and evaluation studies, and other relevant research undertakings; Develop substantive tools and guidance for monitoring in close coordination and cooperation with the CO Monitoring and Evaluation team.
• Ensure that state-of-the-art thinking in SRH, including family planning, midwifery education and regulation is integrated within the project implementation frameworks.
• Identify sources of technical knowledge both in country and outside. Promote a learning environment and systematic information sharing within the project team.
• Analyze progress, technical and other substantive reports from implementing partners and stakeholders and recommend required follow-up actions. Systematize lessons learned and ensure that these are incorporated into the Nepal Country Office knowledge sharing system.
• Advise and report on achievement of the project results (including semi-annual report and project fact sheets), proactively measuring substantive progress and the effective utilization of the resources using appropriate monitoring and measuring mechanisms and tools.
• Provide strategic guidance and technical support in preparing donor reports, proposals, and concept notes. Spot at least one funding opportunity to scale up the project outreach.
• Identify scope and requirements for and contribute to the development of new or updated policies and strategic frameworks on SRH, including family planning, midwifery education and regulation, emergency obstetric and neonatal care, and comprehensive sexuality education.
• Assemble briefing and background materials related to family planning, midwifery education, emergency obstetric and neonatal care, and comprehensive sexuality education.
• Coordinate RH workplans implementation at national and sub-national level, guiding and orienting project personnel and implementing agencies and introducing effective modalities and practices of implementation in line with technical and programme policies and guidelines.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of an integrated strategy for delivery of technical assistance or UNFPA supported priority programs.
• Ensure close coordination and synergy with the integrated programme teams of the Nepal Country Office; Ensure complementarities and alignment with the needs, realities, and activities at different levels.
• Identify and analyze trends, threats and risks related to SRH, midwifery and family planning issues that may affect the ICPD agenda, SDGs and UNFPA’s work in the country.
• Provide strategic guidance and technical support to programme monitoring and evaluation studies, and other relevant research undertakings; Develop substantive tools and guidance for monitoring in close coordination and cooperation with the CO Monitoring and Evaluation team.
• Ensure that state-of-the-art thinking in SRH, including family planning, midwifery education and regulation is integrated within the project implementation frameworks.
• Identify sources of technical knowledge both in country and outside. Promote a learning environment and systematic information sharing within the project team.
• Analyze progress, technical and other substantive reports from implementing partners and stakeholders and recommend required follow-up actions. Systematize lessons learned and ensure that these are incorporated into the Nepal Country Office knowledge sharing system.
• Advise and report on achievement of the project results (including semi-annual report and project fact sheets), proactively measuring substantive progress and the effective utilization of the resources using appropriate monitoring and measuring mechanisms and tools.
• Provide strategic guidance and technical support in preparing donor reports, proposals, and concept notes. Spot at least one funding opportunity to scale up the project outreach.
• Identify scope and requirements for and contribute to the development of new or updated policies and strategic frameworks on SRH, including family planning, midwifery education and regulation, emergency obstetric and neonatal care, and comprehensive sexuality education.
• Assemble briefing and background materials related to family planning, midwifery education, emergency obstetric and neonatal care, and comprehensive sexuality education.

Qualifications and Experience:

  Education:

•  Advanced university degree in public health, medicine, sociology, health systems, economics, or other field directly related to the substantive area identified in this job description.

 Knowledge and Experience:

• 7 years of professional experience, preferably in programme/project management in the public or private sector.
• Demonstrated ability to refine programme design to ensure alignment of programme objectives to national priorities and capacities.
• Strong track record of programme leadership, and proven ability to manage complex programmes/projects and produce demonstrable results, with sharedvisions and goals.
• Understanding of human rights and gender equality dimensions of reproductive health s desirable.
• Strong negotiation, liaison, analytical and communication skills, including ability to produce high quality practical advisory reports and knowledge products.
• Demonstrated expertise in advocacy and policy dialogue is desirable.
• Demonstrated ability to network within the development community.
• Field experience is strongly desirable.

Note: For further details please refer attached TOR.

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How to apply
Full job description of the position can be accessed via link UNFPA External Career Site and only online applications using this link will be accepted.

Notice: There is no application, processing, or other fee at any stage of the application process. UNFPA does not solicit or screen for information in respect of HIV or AIDS and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status. UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, teamwork, embracing diversity in all its forms, integrity and a healthy balance of work and life. We are committed to maintaining our balanced gender distribution and therefore encourage women to apply. UNFPA promotes equal opportunities for all, including people from minority groups, persons with disabilities and LGBTQIA+ communities.

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*Reasonable accommodation means necessary and appropriate modifications and adjustments not imposing a disproportionate or undue burden, where needed in a particular case, to ensure to persons with disabilities the enjoyment or exercise on an equal basis with others of all human rights and fundamental freedoms (Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Article 2).