Local Consultant-Sexual and Reproductive Health; SRH),Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

Local Consultant – Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Join us at the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for this consultancy role. The position is offered for professional, highly motivated individuals with a strong background in sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and a focus on maternal health, family planning, and gender‑based violence.

Duration: 28 January 2026 – 29 May 2026.

Location:

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (no substantive travel outside the city is anticipated; travel will be assessed case‑by‑case).

Working hours:

08:00‑17:00 Monday–Thursday; 07:30‑13:30 Friday.

• Participate in strategic meetings in Dar es Salaam as needed to advocate for the development and implementation of policies, plans, programmes and strategies for the realization of SRHR in line with Tanzania’s national, regional and global commitments.
• Analyse SRH‑related policy papers, strategy documents and national development plans; prepare briefs and inputs for policy advocacy dialogues.
• Assess implications of new policy and strategy developments on SRH, including the maternal health programme, and ensure their integration.
• Establish collaborative voids with implementing partners, experts, government counterparts and other UN agencies to facilitate timely and efficient delivery of projects.
• Organise, participate and support coordination of relevant international, national and sub‑national fora, including technical working groups and steering committees, to enhance UNFPA’s mandate on SRH, family planning, midwifery and maternal and newborn health.
• Provide technical inputs and feedback on SRH documents and products (e.g., SRH financing brief, Investment Case for Family Planning, National report for FP2030, thematic fact sheets).
• Provide leadership, technical inputs and feedback on maternal health documents and interventions under the Midwifery Programme, Maternal Health Trust Fund, 10 Million Safer Births project, SMIT project, Gates Foundation project, SSC‑China, and others.
• Draft briefing notes, talking points, statements and other requested documents to advance the SRH agenda.
• Support development and implementation of the Country Office’s advocacy strategy and impact pathway to advance the MNH agenda.
• Contribute to development of resource mobilisation proposals, ensuring alignment with donor priorities, national needs and UNFPA’s strategic plan.
• Prepare high‑quality documentation (donor profiles, conference papers, speeches, briefing notes, statements) to advance the SRHR agenda.
• Promote and support integration of digital health solutions, innovation and technology‑enabled approaches to improve SRHR service delivery and data systems.
• Identify and scale innovative practices that enhance access, quality and equity in SRHR services.
• Support integration of SRHR into emergency preparedness, response and climate resilience planning.
• Implement knowledge management strategies to capture lessons learned, best practices and innovations in SRHR, ensuring systematic documentation and dissemination within the Country Office and with partners.
• Provide technical support to the SRH team in developing, implementing, monitoring and reporting the 2026 workplans, including high‑impact maternal health and family planning interventions supported by the TCO.
• Share information and knowledge on cross‑cutting dimensions related to SRHR within the TCO team and with key partners including civil society, government and donors to ensure full integration of issues into capacity development processes and health sector institutional reforms through a rights‑based approach.
• Develop a thought piece to advance the transformative results on ending unmet need for family planning and/or ending preventable maternal deaths.
• Organise and provide technical inputs to facilitate planned global and regional technical missions aimed at strengthening health systems, including supply chain management.
• Perform any other tasks as required by the supervisor.

• Four‑month workplan with timelines for delivering the various results outlined in the TOR.
• Monthly reports detailing the deliverables achieved by the SRH consultant.
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