National or International Consultant: RAISE SRHR Project Coordinator, Maseru, Lesotho (office based) 13 months #
Job No.: 596434
Contract Type: Consultant
Duty Station: Maseru
Level: Consultancy
Location: Lesotho
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 is a place where careers are built. We offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.
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HOW CAN YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
The purpose of this assignment is to provide dedicated technical and coordination support to the Ministry of Health and UNICEF Lesotho for implementation of the RAISE SRHR Project and the National SRHR Roadmap.
The consultant will be based within 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 coordination of roadmap implementation, monitoring of project milestones, harmonisation and use of SRHR indicators, strengthening of routine health information systems, facilitation of stakeholder coordination platforms, support for accountability mechanisms, and documentation of 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 implementation of the RAISE SRHR Project and the National SRHR Roadmap.
Specific Objectives
The consultant will:
- 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 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 scale-up of effective approaches.
- Support 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, SPECIALISED KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE, COMPETENCIES AND LANGUAGE SKILLS
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 Experience and Skills
- Experience supporting 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 multi-sectoral 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.
Deadline: 03 Nov 2026 South Africa Standard Time