NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANCY: RAISE SRHR PROJECT COORDINATOR
Organisation: United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Job Number: 596434
Contract Type: Consultant
Duty Station: Maseru, Lesotho (Office-based)
Contract Duration: 13 months
Level: Consultancy
Category: Early Childhood Development
ABOUT UNICEF
UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights and help them fulfil their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.
At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job; it is a calling.
UNICEF offers diverse opportunities for professional and personal development, enabling staff to reinforce their sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. The organisation welcomes everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.
ABOUT THE CONSULTANCY
The purpose of this assignment is to provide dedicated technical and coordination support to the Ministry of Health and UNICEF Lesotho for the implementation of the RAISE SRHR Project and the National SRHR Roadmap.
The consultant will be based at the Ministry of Health Headquarters under the Family Health Division and will work closely with the Head of Family Health and relevant programme units to coordinate implementation, track progress, strengthen accountability, improve data use and support timely reporting.
The assignment will focus on coordinating roadmap implementation, monitoring project milestones, harmonising and using SRHR indicators, strengthening routine health information systems, facilitating stakeholder coordination platforms, supporting accountability mechanisms, and documenting lessons, innovations and results.
The consultant will serve as the day-to-day focal point for tracking implementation progress and supporting evidence-based planning, policy dialogue, programme improvement, and donor or regional reporting requirements.
OBJECTIVES OF THE ASSIGNMENT
The consultant will provide technical and coordination support for the implementation of the RAISE SRHR Project and the National SRHR Roadmap.
Specific objectives include:
- Coordinate implementation of the National SRHR Roadmap and RAISE SRHR priority activities with the Family Health Division, UNICEF, development partners, civil society organisations and other stakeholders.
- Strengthen monitoring, reporting and accountability systems for tracking progress against project indicators, roadmap milestones, and national or regional SRHR commitments.
- Support the harmonisation, integration, quality improvement and use of SRHR data across DHIS2, eRegister and other approved national health information systems.
- Generate and synthesise evidence to inform planning, policy dialogue, resource allocation, programme improvement and implementation of priority SRHR interventions.
- Strengthen stakeholder coordination, civil society engagement, learning and knowledge management to promote alignment, accountability and the scaling up of effective approaches.
- Support the tracking of SRHR financing, budgets, expenditures and implementation risks to improve financial accountability and evidence-based resource mobilisation.
TERMS OF REFERENCE
For more information about this consultancy, review the complete Terms of Reference:
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QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
Education
A master’s degree in one of the following disciplines:
- Public Health.
- Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR).
- Monitoring and Evaluation.
- Epidemiology.
- Demography.
- Health Informatics.
- Biostatistics.
- Statistics.
- Health Systems Management.
- Development Studies.
- Social Sciences.
- Population Studies.
- Another closely related field.
Work Experience
- At least five years of progressively responsible experience in public health, SRHR, RMNCAH, HIV, adolescent health, monitoring and evaluation, health information systems, programme coordination or health systems strengthening.
- Demonstrated experience coordinating multi-stakeholder health or development programmes, preferably in Lesotho or the Southern African region.
- Experience supporting monitoring, reporting, data analysis, accountability processes, technical working groups or donor-funded programme implementation.
LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS
- Fluency in written and spoken English is required.
- Knowledge of Sesotho will be an added advantage.
DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
- Experience supporting the implementation of national strategies, roadmaps, accountability frameworks, scorecards and action plans related to health, SRHR or development programmes.
- Experience working with DHIS2, eRegister, digital health platforms, data visualisation tools, dashboards and health information systems strengthening initiatives.
- Experience in SRHR programming, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (RMNCAH), HIV, gender-based violence, adolescent health or health systems strengthening programmes.
- Experience supporting civil society engagement, social accountability initiatives, policy dialogue, advocacy programmes and monitoring of national and regional commitments.
- Experience in resource mobilisation, health financing, budget tracking, expenditure monitoring and financial accountability mechanisms.
- Demonstrated experience facilitating technical working groups, stakeholder consultations, programme review meetings, workshops and multisectoral coordination platforms.
- Experience developing technical reports, policy briefs, success stories, case studies, knowledge products and lessons-learned documentation.
- Proficiency in Power BI, STATA, R, SPSS, Tableau, Looker Studio, DHIS2 Analytics and advanced Microsoft Excel.
UNICEF CORE VALUES
UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything the organisation does.
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UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does. Its global workforce aims to reflect the diversity of the children it serves and is committed to inclusion regardless of race or ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socioeconomic background, minority status or any other status.
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Deadline: 03 Nov 2026 South Africa Standard Time