The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is the lead UN agency for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), committed to delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe, and every young person's potential is fulfilled. UNFPA's Strategic Plan focuses on youth as a key accelerator to achieve three transformative results: zero preventable maternal deaths, zero unmet need for family planning, and zero gender-based violence (GBV) and harmful practices. In Nepal, youth are defined by the National Youth Policy as individuals aged 18 to 35. UNFPA recognizes that young people are essential assets for achieving peace and sustainable development.
The agency's mandate involves empowering adolescents and youth through inclusive access to life-oriented education, integrated health systems, and meaningful participation in governance. Adolescents and youth are a central focus of UNFPA, not only as a priority population but as key agents of change. Their leadership, participation, and access to services are mainstreamed across all outcomes and outputs, recognizing their role in shaping inclusive, rights-based development. UNFPA works closely with the Government of Nepal at federal, provincial, and local levels to institutionalize gender equality and youth priorities. In Sudurpashchim Province, youth continue to face challenges such as high maternal mortality, unmet need for family planning, high gender-based violence and persistent harmful practices like child marriage and tech-facilitated GBV (TFGBV).
UNFPA is partnering with the Government of Nepal and providing technical support for policy formulation, legislative oversight, and budget allocation and to ensure youth voice is influential to the policy plan, budget and programme of Nepal. In Sudurpashchim, UNFPA serves as one of the leading agencies on the youth agenda. It is actively collaborating with the Ministry of Social Development (MoSD) and the Provincial Youth Council (PYC), local governments, and Provincial Youth Think. The Ministry of Social Development, in close consultation with the Provincial Youth Council, is currently in the process of finalizing the Provincial Youth Policy.
The primary purpose of this consultancy is to provide specialized technical support to MoSD to review the initial draft Provincial Youth Policy, facilitate broad stakeholder consultations, and finalize the document to ensure it reflects the voice and needs of the young population, National Youth Policy, second Periodic Plan of the Provincial Government and aligns it with the ICPD30+ agenda.
UNFPA is the lead United Nations agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is intended, every childbirth is safe, and every young person's potential is fulfilled. The UNFPA Strategic Plan for 2026-2029 articulates the organization’s response to a complex global environment, providing a roadmap for resilience and renewal. It is designed to accelerate the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. This mandate is pursued through a focus on four interconnected outcomes: ending the unmet need for family planning; ending preventable maternal deaths; ending gender-based violence and harmful practices; and adapting to demographic change through evidence and rights-based policies.
In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff who embody these international norms and standards and will defend them courageously and with full conviction.
UNFPA is seeking candidates who transform, inspire, and deliver high-impact sustained results, ensuring effective external relations, communications, partnership-building and resource mobilization in a rapidly changing development and funding landscape. We need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them, and who commit to delivering excellence in programme results
The primary purpose of this consultancy is to provide specialized technical support to MoSD to review the initial draft Provincial Youth Policy, facilitate broad stakeholder consultations, and finalize the document to ensure it reflects the voice and needs of the young population, National Youth Policy, second Periodic Plan of the Provincial Government and aligns it with the ICPD30+ agenda.
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. Reasonable accommodation may be provided to applicants with disabilities upon request, to support their participation in the recruitment process. 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.
Selection and appointment may be subject to background and reference checks, medical clearance, visa issuance and other administrative requirements.
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Applicants for positions in the international Professional and higher categories, who hold permanent resident status in a country other than their country of nationality, may be required to renounce such status upon their appointment.
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