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The Eurasian Movement for the Right to Health in Prisons (EMRHP) seeks a consultant to develop a methodology for documenting penitentiary healthcare reform in Armenia and Kazakhstan, with a focus on access to HIV services for people in places of detention and after release, as part of the Inclusive Penitentiary Healthcare Reform Project (IPHRP), with financial support from the Elton John AIDS Foundation.

The methodology will be used to collect and analyse information and to document the reform process, stakeholder experiences, changes achieved, challenges and lessons learnt concerning the availability and continuity of services for people in places of detention and after release.

Service delivery period: November 2026 – January 2027

Scope of work: - Prepare a draft methodology, discuss it with the EMRHP team and finalise it in line with the comments received, including: - developing an overall approach to documenting the stages, mechanisms and current status of reform implementation, including the distribution of responsibilities, interagency cooperation and the organisation of healthcare delivery; - defining the areas to be examined in relation to access to prevention, diagnosis, treatment and support for HIV, tuberculosis and viral hepatitis, opioid substitution therapy and harm reduction services, and the influence of the reforms implemented on access to these services; - incorporating into the methodology issues relating to continuity of services upon admission to places of detention, during transfers between institutions, in preparation for release and after release; - identifying the data required, their sources and methods of collection. - Develop the structure of an analytical report on the implementation of penitentiary healthcare reforms and their influence on access to healthcare services, including HIV services, for people in prisons.

Candidate requirements: - experience in public health, penitentiary healthcare, access to HIV services and/or protection of the right to health; - experience in developing research methodologies, manuals, methodological guidance and/or analytical documents; - experience of working with representatives of communities vulnerable to HIV and/or people with experience of imprisonment; - a university degree in public health, medicine, sociology, social work, social policy, human rights or a related field; - fluency in Russian and/or English; - experience of working in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA), particularly Armenia and Kazakhstan, and experience in documenting healthcare reforms will be an advantage.

Application documents: - CV; - examples of previously developed methodologies or similar work, or links to them; - financial proposal (a signed scanned copy in PDF format).

Application deadline: Please submit your application documents by email to by 04 November 2026, 23:59 Tbilisi time, with the subject line “Consultant to develop a methodology for documenting penitentiary healthcare reforms”.

If you have any questions, please contact Tetiana Palchun, Programme Manager.

Payment terms: Payment for completed work will be made following submission of documentation confirming the work completed for each task and signing of certificates of work completed.

The contractor shall bear all costs associated with carrying out the work under these terms of reference.

By signing and submitting their proposal, the applicant agrees to the following: - the applicant has read the published announcement; - the organisation is not obliged to accept the lowest-priced proposal or any of the proposals received; - until a contract is signed, the organisation has no obligations in relation to the selection process or towards potential applicants; - the organisation reserves the right to reject all proposals; - participation by related parties or collusion between applicants is prohibited; - the organisers reserve the right to replace the selected candidate if the project tasks are not performed to the required standard.