Development and Implementation

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.

Under the direct supervision of the Head of Office, the consultant shall closely working with Programme Analyst on Population and Development. The scope of work encompasses the following key areas.

You would be responsible for:

• Continued Platform Development and Implementation
• Contribute strategic insights to the integration of SoSafe with other relevant platforms and applications, collaborating closely with TraffyFondue development team (NSTDA), Thai Health Promotion Foundation, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, provincial government offices, and national ministries (Public Health, Social Development and Human Security, Interior, Education) at both national and sub-national levels.
• Plan and facilitate a official launch conference, training-of-trainers workshops to ensure strategic geographical expansion usage of SoSafe, and launch events in new provinces. Provide ongoing monitoring and evaluation (M&E) support in existing provinces, with a focus on gender-based violence response, sexual and reproductive health needs, and service availability for women and girls

 Partnership and Resource Mobilization:

• Support and engage potential partners able to offer financial or in-kind contributions to the SoSafe project.
• Support to secure commitments from at least two new partners to support the platform’s expansion and sustainability.

Analysis and Reporting:

• Produce a comprehensive analytical report following each implementation phase of SoSafe, including key findings, recommendations, and detailed insights on the platform’s performance.
• Collaborate with the mobile app developer team to ensure that user feedback and lessons learned are integrated into the platform’s prototype and subsequent iterations.

Stakeholder Engagement and Collaboration:

• Support the overall collaboration by Leading and facilitating meetings to gather input from stakeholders and communities interested in adopting or enhancing the SoSafe platform.
• Support the final report development and co-present the final report to key stakeholders and the mobile app developer team, laying the groundwork for subsequent stages of SoSafe’s nationwide implementation.
• Duration and working schedule: 1 March – 31 December 2025 for 100 working days
• Delivery dates and how work will be delivered (e.g. electronic, hard copy etc.):
• The outline work plan is to be finished by 31 March 2025.
• The mid-term progress report is to be finished by 31 July 2025.
• The final report is to be finished by 15 December 2025.
• Monitoring and progress control, including reporting requirements, periodicity format and deadline: Consultant shall communicate with UNFPA and relevant partners to understand the objective and to seek advice/clarifications on any specific technical terms that are unclear.
• Expected travel: 10 trips to engage with key target areas such as Chiang Rai, Phayao, Lamphun, Phuket, Yala, Pattani, Khon Kaen, Udon Thani, Singburi provinces (tentatively)

Qualifications and Experience: 

Education: 

• Master’s degrees in business, economics, public finance, social sciences, demography, international development, or other related fields.

Knowledge and Experience: 

• At least five years of relevant working experience in social, economic or public policy research, complex and multiple-stakeholder coordination,
• Experience promoting or developing innovative digital or technological tools to address social problems will be an advantage.
• Excellent analytical, writing and communication skills.
• Excellent written and spoken English language skills.
• Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships, both internally and externally with partners and stakeholders.
• Proven experience in providing quality comprehensive analytical reports.
• Experience working multilateral organizations and the UN system preferred.
• Experience working to enhance UNFPA’s life-cycle approach is required.
• The ability to advise on the design and implementation of the life-cycle digital platforms is required.
• Experience working or coordinating with both national and sub-national governments in Thailand is required.
• Experience working with UNFPA and understanding of UNFPA’s mandate is desirable.
• Good analytical skills: ability to analyse and synthesize good practices, and lesson learned of the community/local initiatives.

Languages: 

• Must be fluent in English and Thai

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