Consultancy: TAHubCall Individual Technical Experts: SRHR Financing Specialists

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The 2gether 4 SRHR is a joint United Nations Regional Programme that brings together the combined efforts of UNAIDS, UNFPA, UNICEF, and WHO to improve the sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of all people in Eastern and Southern Africa.

One of the objectives of the programme is to provide timely and quality‑assured technical assistance (TA) to continental and regional economic communities, parliamentary fora, participating United Nations agencies, and countries.

To achieve this, the Programme developed a regional SRHR Technical Assistance Hub, which is a roster of pre‑determined quality‑assured technical experts, professional organizations, institutions, and partners working on SRHR in the region.

This call is for technical experts to apply for consideration to be added to the Technical Assistance Hub. Applicants will be assessed based on each call, relevant qualifications, previous experience and examples of previous work. Once included in the roster you will have preferential access to consulting opportunities to improve the sexual and reproductive health and rights of all people in East and Southern Africa.

Selected candidates will be contracted by one of the four participating UN agencies of 2gether 4 SRHR (UNAIDS, UNFPA, UNICEF and WHO) or other partners using their internal policies and procedures. Inclusion in the TA Hub does not constitute a contractual obligation by any participating party.

UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled. UNFPA’s strategic plan (2022‑2025), reaffirms the relevance of the current strategic direction of UNFPA and focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender‑based violence and harmful practices.

These results capture our strategic commitments on accelerating progress towards realizing the ICPD and SDGs in the Decade of Action leading up to 2030. Our strategic plan calls upon UN Member States, organizations and individuals to “build forward better”, while addressing the negative impacts of the Covid‑19 pandemic on women’s and girls’ access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, recover lost gains and realise our goals.

In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff, who embody these international norms and standards, and who will defend them courageously and with full conviction.

UNFPA is seeking candidates that transform, inspire and deliver high impact and sustained results; we need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to deliver excellence in programme results.

This call seeks to identify technical experts to support the following areas of work:

• Provide technical assistance in the development of sustainable health financing policies and programs.
• Inform cross‑regional analysis of social sector financing and accountability mechanisms.
• Broker strategic partnerships to mobilise sustainable financing for SRHR.

The technical experts will provide evidence to drive advocacy towards increased investments in SRHR, scale‑up coverage for women and young people and keep SRHR at the forefront of health priorities, by directly supporting the following tasks:

Selected technical experts will be invited to register for the TA Hub to provide technical assistance to regional institutions and countries in one or more of the following areas:

1. Thought Leadership on SRHR Financing

• Conduct comprehensive analyses, studies and assessments of relevant financing landscapes, policies, strategies, and plans that…