Family Planning (FP) / Reproductive Health (RH)-Advisor

Vacancy Announcement

CARE is an international NGO with local staff and community partners in more than 90 countries. We create local solutions to poverty and inequality and seek dignity for everyone every day and during times of crisis. CARE puts women and girls at the center of everything we do because they have proven to be the best hope for creating lasting change in the world. CARE has been operational in Nepal since 1978 and works in partnerships with government and non-government stakeholders across the spectrum of humanitarian action and long-term development programs.

USAID Adolescent Reproductive Health (ARH) project is an adolescent co-led initiative to empower girls and boys, 10-19 years including the most marginalized, to attain their adolescent reproductive health (ARH) rights. The goal of the program is to support adolescents to reach their full potential by; ensuring they receive correct and appropriate reproductive health (RH) information and guidance to decision-making skills, creating an environment conductive in making healthy reproductive health decisions and facilitating translation of these decisions into healthy behaviors.

CARE Nepal hereby invites applications, for the below mentioned positions, from interested Nepalese candidates. (Click on the links below for the more Job details):

  1. Family Planning (FP) / Reproductive Health (RH)- Advisor - based in CO

The FP/RH Advisor will be under the direct supervision of the Technical Director-ARHSS & Governance and will be responsible for the technical backstopping to the project team and government at all levels on FP/RH. The incumbent will be responsible for compiling and conveying global and national evidence on FP/RH (especially adolescent RH) to the SMT and program team regularly and when required. The incumbent works as the technical focal point for family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH) and informs SMT for any changes in global and government policies, guidelines, and strategies. The incumbent supports coordination with the federal level, MoHP and DoHS/FWD, MoEST and partners for planning and implementation with linkages to the province teams along with the technical director and the program management team. The incumbent will coordinate closely with the MEL team and technical team to generate global and national evidence and support / guide province and district teams in terms of technical aspects of FP/RH. Support in facilitation of various technical workshops, planning meetings and review / reflection organized at federal and province levels are other key areas of responsibilities.

We seek candidates who will bring diverse cultural backgrounds, beliefs, and perspectives to our team. Women, people representing marginalized groups in Nepal, people with disabilities, and LGBTIQ++ people are strongly encouraged to apply.

We offer fully flexible work norms to staff in good standing. This means our staff and teams work from anywhere, at any time, in the manner required to maximize efficiency and effectiveness while reducing stress. Staff and line managers are fully empowered and accountable for results; hard work alone is insufficient.

Interested candidates are encouraged to visit our website at www.carenepal.org and complete the application process. The last date for submitting the application is 17:00 hours, November 14, 2023.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Telephone enquiries will not be entertained.

“CARE Nepal is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage candidates of diverse background, women and differently abled, to apply”