Background 

VSO has been working in Nepal since 1964, evolving our focus from service delivery to our current  approach of developing organizational, managerial and civil society capacities to address poverty. One  of our key strengths is our ability to work at the community level where the needs are the greatest,  sharing skills and experience strategically with people and organizations with the potential to  effectively contribute to development in Nepal. 

Through volunteering for development approach, VSO envisions a fair world for everyone, our unique  mission is to bring people together to address marginalization and poverty. We embrace collaboration  by empowering marginalized people to take charge of their own development, enable them to share  knowledge and skills to create everlasting change and build partnerships that promote innovation and  impact, we promote inclusion in all we do and lastly we are committed to integrating safeguarding,  treating others equally whilst ensuring no harm, and zero tolerance to fraud. 

VSO Nepal envisions a world where excluded and marginalized people including people with  disability(PWDs), people living with HIV(PLWHIV), LGBTQI populations, adolescents, youth, prisoners,  sex workers and drug users are empowered to exercise their Sexual, reproductive health and  rights(SRHR) and enjoy healthier and safer lives. VSO works at the level of individuals, families,  communities, services, systems and polices. We aim to achieve behavioral change and build  confidence in young people, to create a supportive and enabling family and community environment,  to build capacity of service providers working in the health system, and to influence positive policy  responses that meet the needs of youth and adolescents.  

Expertise required 

Qualification of the Consultant qualified consultant should have:  

• Proven research and analytical skills and knowledge of sexual and reproductive health and rights for transgender persons  
• Experience and/or academic training in research design and methodology in HIV, key populations,  public health or related field  
• Experience working with community-based organizations in Nepal 
• Strong experience in conducting similar research projects or academic works 
• Strong writing skills, and experience in preparing similar report  
• Fluency in English written and spoken, 
• Experience of developing Policy brief, Advocacy and SRHR strategies. 
• Excellent organizational and planning skills  
• Ability to deliver outcomes in timely manner  
• University education, Master’s/Doctoral degree in public health, social sciences or related  discipline  
• A minimum of 5 years professional experience in research related to HIV and AIDS or Sexual  Reproductive Health, including cross cutting areas such as advocacy, Disability and inclusion;  
• Ability to work with remote team 

Application Procedure 

Consultancy firms are required to submit the following:  

• An organizational profile containing evidence of the work done in health Research and  documentation 
• Expression of interest outlining how the agency meets the selection criteria 
• Concept note with proposed methodology, work plan with time frame and estimated budget  (financial proposal) 
• Copy of company registration certificate. 
• Copy of PAN/VAT registration certificate 
• Copy of tax clearance certificate for the FY 2076/77 or, Nissa paper for the same FY. 
• An audit report of immediate last fiscal year

For the detailed TOR, please CLICK HERE

Reporting  

The Consultant will report to ASRH Coordinator of SFSE Project and Consortium Project Manager,  SAHAJ project . 

Interested individuals/registered firms are requested to send application/proposal by 15th of April,  2021 within business hours at [email protected]