Title: Conducting regional policy reviews to track progress on implementation of sexual reproductive health and rights (SRHR) programmes and reduction in early and unintended pregnancies (EUP) in the EAC and SADC Member States.
Description of Service: Consultancy Services
Expected start date: 11th May 2020
Expected Completion date: 5th June 2020
Reporting to: Advocacy & Social Protection Technical Working Groups through the RIATT-ESA Programme Manager
Location of Assignment: Desk review with virtual consultations conducted with stakeholders in the Eastern and Southern Africa region.
Background and Justification:
Adolescents need different health, education and social services. Further, the right of adolescents below the age of 18 years to these services is enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The reality is that in many places, neither the providers of these services nor the systems in which they operate are geared towards meeting the needs and fulfilling the rights of adolescents. To address this widely recognized gap, efforts are increasingly under way to build competence and empathy in teachers, health-care workers, social workers and others. However, these efforts need to be stepped up. Training and supporting service providers and reorienting the systems they are part of are crucial to delivering the many effective promotive, preventive and curative interventions available.
Job Summary
Aim of the Study:
This study seeks to track progress ahead of the 25th Anniversary of the Beijing Declaration 1995 and 10-year countdown to the SDGs by 2030 in relation to sexual reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and reduction in early and unintended pregnancies (EUP) as they affect adolescent girls (aged 10–19 years) in the EAC and SADC Member States and recommend additional actions that need to be taken to enable all girls to make a safe and healthy passage to adulthood and delay childbearing.
Scope of this assignment / Detailed Activities and Tasks
Consultation with stakeholders:
Consult with key and relevant stakeholders at national level in the ESA region
Outputs/Deliverables:
This assignment has 4 deliverables:
Inception Report;
Progress Update Report/Recommendations;
Study Report; and
2 Policy Briefs (one on SRHR and one on EUP)
Qualifications & Experience Required:
Education:
Relevant advanced academic degree (Social Sciences, Public Health, Development Studies, Economics, Law or related fields); previous experience leading teams; knowledge of SRHR and Early and Unintended Pregnancy programmes; knowledge of institutional development and capacity assessment; high quality report writing skills;
Knowledge & Skills
Demonstrated experience in conducting advocacy studies and planning for advocacy campaigns.
Demonstrated experience in institutional development and with knowledge of SRHR and EUP programmes and implementation;
Experience working with governments, international donors and others.
Sensitivity to and ability to work with people living with HIV, at risk and affected by HIV including key populations.
Knowledge and skills in capacity assessment in relation to large scale public programmes;
Specific knowledge of mapping, programmes coordination and data base development;
Demonstrated ability to prepare for, facilitate and lead, national surveys;
Demonstrated ability to present information and ideas and to communicate effectively;
Demonstrated data collection and analytical writing skills;
Knowledge of the East and Southern Africa Community (EAC & SADC) administrative structures is an added advantage; and
Proven ability to: (i) handle multiple tasks under pressure with short deadlines; (ii) ability to work independently, seeking guidance on complex issues; and (iii) excellent interpersonal skills, proven team orientation and the ability to work across unit boundaries.
Experience:
At least 5-8 years’ experience working in SRHR and EUP programmes and institutional development;
Demonstrated experience in conducting advocacy studies and planning for advocacy campaigns.;
Relevant academic degree (Public Health, Social Sciences, Development Studies, Economics, Law or related filed); previous experience leading teams; knowledge of social protection programs; knowledge of institutional development and capacity assessment; high quality report writing skills;
Prior experience working closely with the SADC and EAC; and
Prior experience on information / Data management– database development; qualitative research software skills; mapping skills.
Languages: Fluency in English is essential, working knowledge of French, Portuguese and or KiSwahili will be an added advantage.
How to apply:
Potential candidates are requested to submit the following to hradmin@repssi.org cc riattesamanagement@repssi.org by 8th May 2020.
A cover letter outlining your skills and experience
A detailed CV
Closing date: 8th May 2020 at 5pm Johannesburg time. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.