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International Consultant: SRMNAH Specialist

UNFPASuva, Fiji
Category | Grade:Professional | CONDeadline:5 Aug 2026Job ID:35826Posted on:30 Jul 2026
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Overview

Provides senior technical and programme support to strengthen sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn and adolescent health services across Fiji, Tonga and Vanuatu, advancing surveillance, clinical capacity, integrated GBV and HIV prevention, monitoring and donor reporting.

Department: Pacific Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Team

Languages

Required: English

Minimum Experience

5 years

Estimated Salary

Not available

Responsibilities

  • Support rollout and institutionalisation of maternal and perinatal death surveillance systems
  • Build healthcare-provider capacity in emergency obstetric and neonatal care and gender-based violence response
  • Coordinate HIV prevention and sexual and reproductive health interventions in Fiji
  • Coordinate implementing partners, government departments and experts against workplans
  • Oversee essential health and gender-based violence supplies and establish youth-friendly health spaces
  • Support coordination meetings, community outreach and public information events
  • Monitor programme delivery through field visits, performance indicators and evaluation missions
  • Prepare six-monthly and annual donor reports and recommend corrective actions

Requirements

  • Master’s degree in public health, medicine, nursing, midwifery, sociology, anthropology, health economics, health systems or a related discipline
  • At least five years of progressively responsible public-health, programme-management and development experience relevant to sexual and reproductive health and rights
  • Experience in sexual and reproductive health and rights, maternal and perinatal death surveillance, and maternal and newborn health including emergency obstetric and neonatal care
  • Experience developing and delivering health training modules to government, NGO and community participants
  • Track record of technical expertise and demonstrable results
  • Fluency in English

Skills

Sexual and Reproductive HealthMaternal HealthNewborn HealthHealth Systems StrengtheningProgramme ManagementCapacity BuildingDonor ReportingResults-Based MonitoringHealth AdvocacyGender-Based Violence Integration

Tools

MPDSRBEmONCPoint-of-Care TestingPrEPNeedle and Syringe Programme

Additional info

  • Time-bound consultancy supporting work across Fiji, Tonga and Vanuatu
  • Payments are made after satisfactory delivery and approval of agreed outputs
  • Field visits may be required for programme monitoring