Duty Station: Home-based (The consultancy will be carried out from the location of the consultant.)
Purpose of consultancy:
The Program Consultant substantively contributes to the effective management of UNFPA SRH activities and program implementation. S/he Provides substantive inputs to project formulation and evaluation, implementing partners workplan preparation and implementation and support SRH area reporting process to donors. The Program Consultant supports the delivery of UNFPA’s programs by technical and financial monitoring results achieved during implementation.
The consultancy will be for a period of 8 months, from 1st. September 2023 to 30 April 2024.
The consultant will report to Sexual Reproductive Health Regional Adviser in LACRO.
During the term of this consultancy, incumbent will be expected to perform the following activities:
- Supports project implementation establishing collaborative relationships with implementing partners (IPs), facilitating timely and efficient delivery of project inputs.
- To assitat the regional office and particulary the SRH area, in the implementation of the regional pogram with focus on SRH programs, in line with regional priorities and according to UNFPA programme policies and procedures. Ensures quality of program / project implementation based on lessons learned, newly developed policies and best practices and establishing appropriate execution and monitoring mechanisms and systems.
- Support the development and utilization of programme indicators and indicator databases Establish a database on the progress of SRH at the regional level.
- Analyze policy papers, strategy documents, technical updates in the field, and prepares briefs and inputs for policy dialogue, development frameworks and preparation of reports.
- Helps create and document knowledge about current and emerging reproductive health trends by analyzing programme, projects, strategies, approaches and supports documentation of best practices in the field and ongoing experience for lessons learned.
- Assists advocacy and technical support efforts of LAC Regional Office, and SRH area by preparing relevant documentation, i.e., project summaries, conference papers, presentations, speeches, and public information events.
- Understand and respond to the needs of the regional office in developing and updating policies, frameworks, guidance, standards, instruments, and tools in the SRH area.
- Any other activities related to the SRH area needed.
Expected travel: N/A
Required Expertise and Qualifications:
- University degree in Medicine, Social Science, Public health, sexual and reproductive health, or other health related field.
- At least 5 years' experience at the national or regional level in the development, implementation, and management of sexual and reproductive health issues.
- Experience in writing proposals and reports.
Language:
- Fluency in English and Spanish is required
How to Apply
Please send your application and a short letter of motivation with "SRH Programme Consultant" in the subject to ardines@unfpa.org by 18 August 2023.
We are no longer accepting applications for this position.
