National Consultant: PSEAH Information Management Consultant, Kabul, Afghanistan

UNFPA, the UN reproductive health and rights agency, aims to achieve universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights [SRHR] for all by ending unmet need for family planning, ending maternal death, and ending violence and harmful practices against women and girls. UNFPA has been the lead United Nations agency for reproductive health commodity security and the largest multilateral supplier of contraceptives and condoms.

UNFPA’s Strategic Plan (2026–2029) charts a roadmap for resilience and renewal, reaffirming  the organization’s  commitment to  ensuring  universal access  to sexual and reproductive health, realizing reproductive rights for all, and accelerating the implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action. The Plan focuses on four interconnected outcomes: to accelerate progress  on  meeting the  unmet  need for  family planning; end preventable maternal deaths; end gender-based violence and harmful practices; and adapt to demographic change through evidence- and rights-based policies.

In Afghanistan, UNFPA’s work supports national efforts to strengthen resilient and equitable health systems and ensure continuity of quality maternal and reproductive health services for women and girls. Guided by the principles of partnership, respect and accountability, we seek  dedicated and  ethical  professionals who  embody these values and contribute to sustainable results. Without the right products, even the best health programmes cannot succeed. Hence, UNFPA is seeking candidates who can transform, inspire and deliver high-impact,  sustained results  —  professionals who  are transparent, accountable, and committed  to ensuring  the  reliable availability  of  reproductive health commodities and supplies throughout the country.

The purpose of hiring an Individual Consultant “Information Management Analyst (PSEAH), Kabul” is to support the finalization, operationalization, and sustained use of the Sexual Exploitation and Abuse Risk Overview (SEARO) tool in Afghanistan, ensuring national capacity to manage, analyse, and apply the tool independently.

The Analyst will report directly to the PSEAH Specialist and Network Coordinator for strategic direction and operational oversight. The role will work in close collaboration with the surge Information Management Specialist for PSEAH during the initial phase, ensuring structured knowledge transfer, on-the-job learning, and progressive assumption of technical responsibilities related to SEARO.

As a Kabul-based position with national scope, the Analyst will support the integration of SEARO into UNFPA programming and inter-agency coordination mechanisms, ensuring that SEAH risk analysis is consistently evidence-based, comparable across provinces, and used to inform decision-making. This includes working with UNFPA units, implementing partners, and the PSEA Network to strengthen data collection, harmonization, and analytical application.

A core function of the role is to progressively take over the management and application of SEARO. During the surge phase, the Analyst will actively participate in the refinement, validation, and operational use of the tool, while receiving technical mentoring and contributing to the development of a structured SEARO handover package (including tools, SOPs, guidance, and training materials). Following this, the Analyst will assume responsibility for maintaining data pipelines, producing analytical outputs, and ensuring regular updates of SEAH risk profiles across all provinces.

The Analyst will also contribute to strengthening national and partner capacity by supporting training, guidance, and technical assistance to ensure that SEARO is understood, used, and owned across the PSEA Network. This includes promoting the use of existing country datasets (including population, service delivery, and protection data) to ensure that SEAH risk analysis reflects real-time contextual realities and supports targeted, evidence-based prevention and mitigation measures.

Based in Kabul with engagement across regions, the Analyst will serve as the operational link between advanced technical development of SEARO and its practical, sustained application by national actors. The overall aim is to ensure that SEAH risk analysis in Afghanistan is institutionalized, locally owned, and systematically used to strengthen safeguarding outcomes for programme participants and frontline staff.

Under the overall supervision of the PSEAH Specialist and Network Coordinator for strategic direction and operational oversight, the Information Management Analyst will work in close collaboration with the surge Information Management Specialist, UNFPA units, implementing partners, and inter-agency counterparts to support the finalization, operationalization, and handover of SEARO. He/She will perform the following tasks:

 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. 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 [link removed]to learn more.

 Selection and appointment may be subject to background and reference checks, medical clearance, visa issuance and other administrative requirements. 

UNFPA does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process and does not concern itself with information on applicants' bank accounts. 

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.