International Consultant: SRHR Advisor, Kathmandu, Nepal
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United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
- Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
- Job type: Job
- Organisation type: Inter-governmental
- Remote option: No
- Right to work requirements: International contract
- Remuneration: Remuneration not disclosed
- Work schedule: Full-time
- Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
- Deadline: 20/04/2026
- Location: Nepal
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide high-level technical and strategic leadership in the implementation of the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) components of the UNFPA Nepal Country Programme. The consultant will provide policy and advocacy leadership to strengthen and advance national SRHR priorities, while promoting partnership, synergy, and strategic alliances with counterparts in government, multilateral and bilateral agencies, development partners, and civil society organizations. The consultant will facilitate innovative approaches to strengthening health systems, including quality improvement, institutional capacity development, and domestic financing and workforce strategies in the key priority areas including family planning, midwifery, maternal and newborn health, mental health, adolescent SRHR, and other emerging SRHR priorities.
The consultant will ensure strong integration and coherence across UNFPA programme areas, particularly adolescent and youth development, gender equality, and population and development. In addition, the consultant will ensure state of art technical support to federal, provincial, and local governments to enhance implementation of policies, programmes, and action plans, ensuring that equitable, accessible, and rights-based SRH services are available to women, men, adolescents, and marginalized populations when and where needed.
Qualifications and Experience
● 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.
● 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 shared visions and goals.
● Understanding human rights and gender equality dimensions of reproductive health is desirable.
● Strong negotiation, liaison, analytical and communication skills, including ability to produce high quality practical advisory reports and knowledge products. -
● Demonstrated ability to network within the development community.
● Fluent in English Language.
The consultant will ensure strong integration and coherence across UNFPA programme areas, particularly adolescent and youth development, gender equality, and population and development. In addition, the consultant will ensure state of art technical support to federal, provincial, and local governments to enhance implementation of policies, programmes, and action plans, ensuring that equitable, accessible, and rights-based SRH services are available to women, men, adolescents, and marginalized populations when and where needed.
Qualifications and Experience
● 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.
● 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 shared visions and goals.
● Understanding human rights and gender equality dimensions of reproductive health is desirable.
● Strong negotiation, liaison, analytical and communication skills, including ability to produce high quality practical advisory reports and knowledge products. -
● Demonstrated ability to network within the development community.
● Fluent in English Language.
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