RH & Well- Consultant

Job Description

UNFPA Türkiye Country Office is implementing the Women Friendly Cities (WFC) Programme – Phase III (2025–2027) to strengthen gender‑responsive local governance, increase women’s participation, and promote inclusive policies at the municipal level, with a focus on health and well‑being.

A core instrument of the WFC Programme is the development and implementation of Local Equality Action Plans (LEAPs), which provide municipalities with a structured, participatory, and evidence‑based roadmap for advancing gender equality across local policies and services.

Health and well‑being
, including reproductive health
, is a core thematic area of LEAPs because it reduces gender‑based health inequalities, ensures equitable access to health and psychosocial support services, strengthens women’s bodily autonomy and well‑being, and addresses intersecting vulnerabilities at the local level.

UNFPA seeks to recruit a Short‑Term Thematic Expert on Health and Well‑Being (including SRH) to provide specialized technical support to municipalities and civil society organizations (CSOs) enabling them to develop effective health‑related components of LEAPs.

This consultancy focuses on local‑level health and well‑being priorities, including access to services, quality of care, reproductive health (RH), mental health and psychosocial support, prevention and referral mechanisms, and cross‑sector coordination. The assignment will support municipalities to develop context‑specific, feasible, and measurable health‑related actions aligned with the WFC framework and UNFPA’s mandate.

UNFPA supports efforts to end preventable maternal deaths, end gender‑based violence and harmful practices, and adapt to demographic change through evidence‑based policies. Candidates should be principled, ethical, transformative, and capable of delivering high‑impact results and effective external relations in a rapidly changing development landscape.

Retainer contract: 16 March 2026 – 15 February 2027. The consultancy is on an ‘as needed’ basis for a total of up to 60 working days. The consultant will be home‑based with occasional in‑person meetings or sessions on‑site when required. Travel to WFC programme cities and Ankara is allowed; travel expenses are covered by UNFPA in accordance with the travel policy.

Reports (electronic) are required, detailing working days and tasks. Payment will be made in installments based on the actual number of work days completed, subject to timely submission and acceptance of deliverables.

The consultant will report to the UNFPA Programme Analyst, WFC.

Within the WFC framework, the consultant will provide technical input on gender equality in health, addressing:

• Gender‑based inequalities in access to health and well‑being services
• Reproductive Health and Rights—including access to information, counselling, and referral mechanisms, adolescent‑friendly services
• Mental health and psychosocial well‑being, including stress, trauma, and community‑based support
• Climate change‑health positioning and combat at the municipal level
• Access for migrants, refugees, disadvantaged, and vulnerable groups
• Gender‑sensitive prevention and response to GBV‑related health impacts, including specialized services where relevant
• Coordination between municipalities, health institutions, social services, and CSOs

• Provide technical expertise to municipalities and CSOs to integrate gender‑responsive health, well‑being and RH components, including puberty MHM and menopause, into LEAPs.
• Review the WFC LEAP framework and draft/sample LEAPs from a health, well‑being and SRH perspective.
• Ensure that proposed LEAP health and RH actions are realistic, measurable, and aligned with municipal planning, coordination and budgeting processes.
• Provide technical quality assurance for health‑related LEAP sections, tools and guidance.
• Work with municipalities to review pilot SRH service models, assess institutional integration and sustainability, and document pilot experiences, lessons learned and…