Background

The Family Planning Association of Sri Lanka (FPASL) is a key Sub-Recipient under the Global Fund–supported Sustainability of Services for Key Populations in Asia (SKPA-2) program, led regionally by Health Equity Matters. SKPA-2 aims to improve the sustainability of HIV services for key populations by promoting financial, programmatic, and human-rights-based sustainability mechanisms.

For the 2026–2027 period, FPASL will focus on the following four program objectives:

1. Objective 1: Accelerate Financial Sustainability
   SKPA-2 will continue supporting the development of sustainable financing mechanisms for HIV services delivered by community-based organizations

2. Objective 2: Improve Strategic Information Availability and Use
   The program will focus on maintaining and refining the national Community-Led Monitoring (CLM) system to improve data availability, use, and ensure community-generated data informs programs

3. Objective 3: Promote Programmatic Sustainability
   Activities under this objective will build the technical capacity of outreach workers and support the scale-up of programmatic innovations.

4. Objective 4: Remove Human Rights and Gender-Related Barriers to Services
   The SKPA-2 program continuation phase will support ongoing efforts to decriminalize same-sex relationships and reduce legal barriers to HIV services.

This Consultancy falls under Objective 4, which aims to advance structural and legal reforms to create an enabling environment for HIV prevention, treatment and care.

Purpose of the Consultancy

The Human Rights & Network Coordination Consultant will primarily be responsible for coordinating the ‘Human Rights Defenders against 365 & 365A’ network. This network consists of over 40 LGBTIQ+ activists and allies working together to advocate for the repeal of Sections 365 and 365A of the Penal Code, which criminalise adult, consensual same-sex relationships.

The Human Rights & Network Coordination Consultant will ensure effective collaboration with LGBTIQ+ organizations, activists and allies while also ensuring secretarial support for the network to achieve the intended objectives of decriminalization. The Human Rights & Network Coordination Consultant will be expected to engage key stakeholders, including the Justice Minister, Women’s Minister, other parliamentarians and government and other stakeholders while maintaining compliance with the Global Fund’s performance, reporting, and safeguarding standards.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

1. Advocacy: Coordinate the ‘Human Rights Defenders against 365 & 365A’ network

• Provide secretarial support to the network by coordinating meetings, minuting meeting discussions / decisions and engaging the ‘Voices against 365’ network.

• Ensure inclusion and access to all members of the network:

  • By ensuring that all network meetings are trilingual (with interpretations) and are also Hybrid in nature to allow access to out-station network members.

  • By ensuring that all emails sent to the network are trilingual.

• Develop background materials and policy briefs for joint advocacy efforts on decriminalization.

• Liaise with parliamentarians and other stakeholders to advocate for the repeal of Sections 365 and 365A.

• Strengthen coordination and engagement with community-led organizations, ensuring participation remains meaningful, inclusive, and aligned with objectives of the network.

2. Awareness: Support efforts to raise awareness on SOGIE / LGBTIQ+ rights

• Collaborate with the ‘Human Rights Defenders against 365 & 365A’ network and / or relevant LGBTIQ+ organizations to publicize and socialize all Digital Advocacy Materials developed under SKPA-2

• Support the coordination of the Human Rights & Gender Trainings and any other relevant sensitization programmers for relevant stakeholders (including parliamentarians, government authorities and media).

3. Monitoring, Reporting and Compliance

• Support FPASL’s reporting obligations by preparing quarterly and annual progress reports summarising activity progress, outputs, risks, and lessons learned.

• Ensure all documentation, data, financial records, and evidence meet FPASL, donor, and Global Fund compliance standards.

• Support audits, evaluations, and donor verifications by maintaining clear documentation of work and programme decisions.

• Ensure safe community engagement practices across all activities.

Qualifications and Experience

• Undergraduate or postgraduate qualification or training in human rights, gender, social sciences, public health or any related field.

• Minimum three years of experience in coordination, stakeholder engagement, and policy advocacy within the development sector.

• Demonstrated experience working with GBTIQ+ communities and key populations (MSM, Sex Workers, People living with HIV, people who use / inject drugs), community-based organisations, and marginalised communities.

• Strong knowledge of human rights and gender, and related programming.

• Experience managing politically sensitive or rights-based programmes.

• Strong coordination, facilitation, and reporting skills.

• Excellent written and spoken communication skills in English and Sinhala/Tamil.

Skills and Competencies

• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills.

• Analytical, problem-solving, and coordination abilities.

• Commitment to rights-based, inclusive, and non-discriminatory approaches.

• Commitment to confidentiality and safeguarding principles.

• Sensitivity to diversity, gender, and inclusion.

• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and meet deadlines.

• Comfortable working in politically sensitive environments.

• Ability to identify risks early and support safe mitigation.

Duration and Reporting

The Consultancy is for a fixed term of ten (10) months (01 March 2026 – 31 December 2026).

No minimum number of hours is guaranteed. The Consultant shall provide services as and when required and shall invoice based on the actual hours worked.

The ‘Human Rights & Network Coordination Consultant’ will work closely with and support the work of the Human Rights and Gender Advisor. They will report to the FPASL’s Senior Manager – Advocacy and work closely with the SKPA-2 project team.

FPA Sri Lanka is committed to the safety and protection of children, young people and vulnerable adults and this role may include contact with these groups. Our recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to the safety and protection of children, young people and vulnerable adults in our programs.

FPA Sri Lanka is an equal opportunity employer who will not discriminate on grounds as Age, Gender, Sexual Orientation, Ethnicity, Religion, Marital Status, and Disability.

Mail us your application on or before 15th February 2026, citing two non-related referees. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

The Executive Director
FPA Sri Lanka
37/27, Bullers Lane, Colombo 07
Email to careers@fpasrilanka.org
Website www.fpasrilanka.org
FPA Sri Lanka is an equal opportunity employer.