
International Consultant: Mentorship Capacity Building of Young Female Leaders
Pay and conditions
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Job Description
Designs and delivers a UNFPA mentorship-capacity programme across Belize and Suriname to prevent adolescent pregnancy and improve sexual and reproductive health outcomes. The consultant prepares inception and final reports; maps mentorship, education and economic-empowerment initiatives; develops culturally relevant safe-space training content and mentor safeguards; validates screening tools;.
Key Details
Department
Sub-regional Office for the Caribbean
Position Details
Experience level
Senior
Minimum experience
7 years
Employment type
Contractor
Arrangement
Onsite
Minimum education
Postgraduate degree or equivalent
Job Areas
Language Requirements
Required
English
Preferred
Spanish, Dutch
Summary of Responsibilities
- Develop the inception report methodology tools safeguards work plan and monitoring mechanism
- Map mentorship education economic-empowerment and referral initiatives in both countries
- Assess curricula and develop a culturally relevant Safe Space Training Package
- Develop mentor screening recruitment and child-protection safeguarding protocols
- Facilitate national multistakeholder validation of curriculum and screening tools
- Conduct Training of Trainers for female mentors in Belize and Suriname
- Develop monitoring toolkit metrics trackers and feedback tools
- Deliver final report with sustainability and scale-up recommendations
Role Requirements
- Advanced degree in public health epidemiology social sciences behavioural science international development health systems or related discipline
- At least seven years implementing sexual and reproductive health and rights programmes
- Safe Space and adolescent mentorship-programme experience
- Fluent written and spoken English
- Curriculum and training-package development and Training of Trainers experience
Desired Criteria
- Experience in Indigenous Tribal or geographically remote communities
- Landscape assessment baseline mapping or stakeholder-analysis experience
- Economic empowerment livelihoods or life-skills programming for adolescents
- UN government and civil-society experience
- Spanish Dutch or Sranan Tongo
Skills
Source & verification
IGO Jobs sourced this vacancy from UNFPA Careers, on 3 Sep 2026.