Terms of Reference (TOR): Consultant- Post Abortion Care Provider Behavior Change Communication Package

Established in 2002, Ipas Nepal is an International Non-government Organizations (INGO) which works on Health System and Policy, Women-led Climate Justice, Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Response, Agency and community, and Humanitarian support. Ipas Nepal's focus area includes Safe Abortion, Contraception, Health Response to Gender Based Violence, Community mobilization, and Climate change, gender and SRHR. Ipas Nepal is part of the Ipas Impact Network, a locally led, globally connected network of Ipas teams in 18 countries with extensive global technical and operational expertise and experience on intersectional approaches.

Post-abortion care (PAC) is one of the crucial emergency services that all health care providers should provide. The treatment is free of cost in public health facilities in Nepal. At current scenario, the providers are providing PAC service through providers that are trained in abortion service as it needs skill to provide Manual vacuum Aspiration. One of the key gaps to seek service as identified by the expert and the users (through rapid assessment) is the respectful PAC services by the service providers. The assessment by the Ipas Nepal has identified by the health care provider to provide the respectful PAC service has been the limited communications skills, approach and practice that is often judgmental, one-way, technically complex, insufficiently empathetic, and disconnected from the client’s concerns, choices, dignity, and lived experience.

Post-abortion care providers do not consistently use empathetic, non-judgmental, confidential, culturally respectful, and two-way communication as an integral part of clinical care. Communication is often provider-led, rushed, affected by stigma and bias, and characterized by inadequate listening, limited counseling, medical jargon, incomplete information, and insufficient explanation or consent. These practices reduce clients’ trust, dignity, informed choice, satisfaction, and willingness to seek timely facility-based post-abortion care.

Thus, Ipas Nepal aims to develop PAC communications guidelines and tools, to support providers to communicate respectfully throughout the entire client journey to women and girls requiring care after spontaneous or induced abortion. To support this initiative, Ipas Nepal seeks a qualified Provider Behavior Change Communications (PBCC) Consultant to provide technical assistance for developing the PAC communications guideline and tools.

Contract Type

Task-Based Consultancy

Consultancy period

October 2026-December 2026

Reporting Line

Program Development and Communications Manager

Scope of Work / Key Responsibilities

Eligible candidates should submit a complete proposal package including the following documents

Application Deadline

5 October 2026

Please follow the link to apply the advertisement

https://ipas.bonfirehub.com/opportunities/256278

Only short-listed individuals/companies will be contacted for further selection process. Telephone inquiries will not be entertained. Canvassing at any stage of the recruitment process shall lead to automatic disqualification, and Ipas Nepal reserves the rights on the final candidate selection.

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