National Consultancy: Programme Management Consultant, SRH (remote-based)

The Position:

This is a remote consultancy for a Programme Management Consultant, SRH, with UNFPA Ukraine, for a maximum of 11 months (tentatively June 2025 - April 2026). The consultant will support the SRH humanitarian response by assisting with programme implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting, including financial management, donor reporting, and proposal drafting.

How you can make a difference:

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 realize 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.

Job Purpose:

UNFPA is seeking a consultant to support the delivery, ensure high impact and sustained results of the SRH humanitarian response. While working closely with UNFPA’s Programme Analyst, SRH, the consultant will support the planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and reporting on SRH programme activities.

You would be responsible for:

Programme implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting

 Provide SRH Programme team with technical support in meeting objectives and results outlined in donor proposals in a timely and efficient manner.

 Provide SRH Programme team with technical support in managing SRH output of UNFPA Ukraine’s RRP.

 Provide SRH Programme team with advisory on UNFPA programme management, procurement, communication, travel and other relevant policies and procedures.

 Provide SRH M&E Specialist with advisory in creating logical frameworks and monitoring tools best-fitted for specific donor-funded projects; support the integration of results and lessons learned to donor reports following the evidence-based approach.

 Provide SRH Programme team with technical support in financial management of donor-funded programmes, as well as in following donor-specific financial requirements.

 Provide UNFPA Communication team with advisory in fulfilling UNFPA obligations within specific requirements of donor-funded programmes in SRHR domain.

 Provide SRH Programme team with technical support in ensuring the inclusion of opinions and needs of vulnerable groups while designing interventions and ensuring the safe delivery of humanitarian aid.

 Provide UNFPA Resource Mobilisation team with technical support in drafting project proposals, donor updates and reports upon request.

 Provide UNFPA procurement team with technical support in following donor-specific requirements and project-specific deadlines for procurement, distribution and delivery of humanitarian aid and services.

 Provide SRH Programme team with advisory on the risks and risk-mitigation measures to ensure uninterrupted delivery of programme activities.

 Provide SRH Programme team or wider UNFPA team with other programme management-related technical support per supervisor’s request.

Expected deliverables and deadlines:

Each month, the consultant is expected to deliver the following outputs:

• Mapped SRH Programme implementation, including financial needs, donor funds allocations, fund code implementation rate, etc. (updated biweekly)
• Produced, reviewed and finalised donor narrative and financial reports (deadlines specified in project proposals and award contracts)
• Progress against targets for earmarked proposals (updated monthly)
• Mapped implementing partners’ budgets, progress and implementation rate (updated quarterly)
• Finalised and submitted project proposals and proposals budgets, when needed verified by UNFPA’s RO or BO (deadlines will be specified by UNFPA’s RM team)

Payment conditions and other remarks:

The consultancy fee will be paid monthly upon UNFPA's approval of monthly deliverables and the Consultant's monthly report.
Any remarks, proposals, complaints, or claims to the consultant regarding services being provided in line with these terms of reference should be submitted to the consultant in writing within 10 days of the submission of consultancy deliverables or reports by the consultant.
The scope of work to be performed by the consultants under these terms of reference and other conditions of the consultancy could be modified, if required, through a written agreement between the consultant and UNFPA.

Qualifications and Experience:

Education:

Advanced degree in Social Sciences, Management, Logistics, International Relations, Human Rights, Law, Economics, Gender Studies or other studies relevant for UNFPA mandate.

Knowledge and Experience:

• Minimum 7 years of progressively responsible experience in managing development or humanitarian is required.
• Experience in managing humanitarian delivery actions in Ukraine and good knowledge of context is required.
• Knowledge of UN standard operating procedures, Quantum and environments is required.
• Experience in designing, monitoring, and evaluating humanitarian and development programmes is required.
• Experience and understanding of implementing programmes/initiatives aimed at human rights, gender equality, population development, SRHR, and GBV-related services in humanitarian and/or development context is an advantage
• Knowledge of specific policies, procedures and requirements of DG ECHO and DG NEAR is an advantage.

Languages:

• Fluency in English and Ukrainian is required.
• Knowledge of other UN languages will be an advantage.

Required Competencies:

Values:

• Exemplifying integrity,
• Demonstrating commitment to UNFPA and the UN system,
• Embracing cultural diversity,
• Embracing change

Core Competencies:

• Achieving results,
• Being accountable,
• Developing and applying professional expertise/business acumen,
• Thinking analytically and strategically,
• Working in teams/managing ourselves and our relationships,

Functional Competencies:

• Advocacy/Advancing a policy-oriented agenda.
• Leveraging the resources of national governments and partners/building strategic alliances and partnerships.
• Delivering results-based programmes.
• Internal and external communication and advocacy for results mobilization.

UNFPA Work Environment:

UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, diversity, integrity and healthy work-life balance. We are committed to ensuring gender parity in the organization and therefore encourage women to apply. Individuals from the LGBTQIA+ community, minority ethnic groups, indigenous populations, persons with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply. UNFPA promotes equal opportunities in terms of appointment, training, compensation and selection for all regardless of personal characteristics and dimensions of diversity. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is at the heart of UNFPA's workforce - click here to learn more.