•     SO1 — Report Finalization: Review, revise, and produce the final, publication-ready version of the gender analysis comprehensive report, ensuring internal consistency, analytical rigour, and alignment with MOH validation.

•     SO2 — Implementation Translation: Co-develop, through a participatory process led by MOH, a Gender-transformative Action Plan translating the gender analysis recommendations into concrete, costed, time-bound actions with clear institutional responsibilities and a monitoring and accountability framework.

•     SO3 — Dissemination, Communication and Inter-sectoral Engagement: Design and implement a multi-audience dissemination and engagement strategy that deepens collaboration with relevant partners, ministries and institutions including but not limited to MIGEPROF and MINEDUC ; facilitates targeted outreach to senior leadership; and produces accessible, high-quality communication materials and an advocacy toolkit reaching boarder audience including health workers, students, communities, civil society, and development partners.

•     A final, validated, publication-ready Health Workforce Gender Analysis Report available for institutional and public use.

•     A formally endorsed, costed Gender-transformative Action Plan with institutional ownership across MOH, MIGEPROF, MINEDUC, and relevant partner institutions.

•     Senior leadership across health and education sectors informed, engaged, and committed to implementation of the Action Plan.

•     Broad public awareness of gender equity in Rwanda's health workforce raised through accessible, multilingual communication materials.

•     Early implementation of the Action Plan monitored, with evidence-based course corrections documented and shared with decision-makers.

•     Conduct an inception meeting with MOH to align on priorities, stakeholder mapping, inter-sectoral engagement strategy, work planning, and coordination modalities.

•     Review all analytical documents and related national policy frameworks in full.

•     Develop and submit an Inception Report including: detailed methodology and workplan; stakeholder mapping (health sector, education sector, MIGEPROF, GMO); proposed inter-sectoral engagement strategy; and dissemination/communication plan.

•     Conduct a comprehensive review of the full gender analysis report across its three components, assessing internal consistency, gaps, methodological coherence, and narrative structure.

•     Liaise with the original MOH-UR-WHO research team to resolve outstanding analytical gaps, inconsistencies, or editorial issues.

•     Revise and produce the final, validated, publication-ready version of the comprehensive report, incorporating MOH feedback.

•     Ensure the final report meets quality standards suitable for institutional publication.

•     Design and implement a structured inter-sectoral engagement process, mobilising partner ministries and institutions (MIGEPROF, MINEDUC, GMO) whose collaboration is essential for implementation.

•     Facilitate a structured series of working sessions with MOH and partner institution technical focal points to prioritise recommendations and assign institutional ownership.

•     Map existing institutional instruments including the 4x4 Reform tools and gender policies of partner institutions identifying leverage points, gaps, overlaps, and alignment opportunities.

•     Conduct a scoping review of a sample of curricula from health professional and health management training programmes, examining their gender dimension, to inform pre-service components of the Action Plan.

•     Develop a draft Gender-transformative Action Plan structured around operational mechanisms identified by the gender analysis, covering health and education sectors, with specific institutional responsibilities, indicative budget estimates, SMART indicators, implementation prioritisation, feasibility considerations, and sex-disaggregated indicators aligned with HSSP V and NST2 reporting frameworks.

•     Facilitate a validation workshop with MOH, MIGEPROF, MINEDUC, and relevant partner institutions to finalise and formally endorse the Gender-transformative Action Plan.

•     Develop tailored presentation packages for senior management audiences across health and education sectors (MOH senior management; university and TVET leadership; partner ministry senior management).

•     Develop a 4-page policy brief and a 2-page executive summary suitable for ministerial circulation.

•     Develop an A3 infographic summarising the most significant gender analysis findings for senior management audiences.

3.2 Dissemination Event

•     Conduct targeted bilateral meetings with senior management of relevant partner ministries and institutions, as identified through the inter-sectoral engagement process.

•     Facilitate at least one high-level dissemination event bringing together senior management from the health and education sectors and relevant partner institutions.

•     Support MOH to present gender analysis findings at any relevant national policy forum or sector review meeting occurring during the consultancy period.

•     Support MOH in defining a wider audience outreach strategy aligned with the gender analysis recommendations and the Action Plan, including target audiences, communication channels, and key messages.

•     Develop and produce outreach materials in line with the approved strategy, including video testimonies, social media content, press and radio kits, and community-facing materials in Kinyarwanda and other relevant languages.

•     Ensure all content and data are validated against the original analytical documents and submitted to the MOH communications unit and relevant senior management for approval prior to dissemination.

•     Support MOH in coordinating dissemination of approved materials through agreed channels and institutions.

Post-assignment Follow-up — Monitoring of Action Plan Implementation (Months 5–12)

•     Develop and submit a Monitoring Inception Note setting out the monitoring methodology, data collection tools, and schedule of institutional consultations, based on the M&E framework and sex-disaggregated indicators in the Action Plan; validated by MOH before data collection begins.

•     Conduct structured consultations with designated focal points across MOH, MIGEPROF, MINEDUC, and other institutions with responsibilities in the Action Plan, to assess progress against agreed milestones and identify implementation bottlenecks.

•     Review available administrative data, progress reports, and institutional records relevant to Action Plan indicators.

•     Facilitate a participatory stocktaking session with focal points from all implementing institutions to collectively review early implementation evidence and identify adjustments needed.

•     Produce an Implementation Monitoring Report documenting the status of each action by responsible institution, analysis of enabling factors and barriers, sex-disaggregated indicator data, and prioritised recommendations for the next implementation phase.

•     Participate in all four Steering Committee meetings as specified in the Coordination section.

•     At inception (Week 1–2)

•     At mid-term (approximately Week 20, following completion of dissemination activities)

•     At the launch of the monitoring phase (approximately Month 4 post-endorsement, to validate the Monitoring Inception Note)

•     At close of consultancy (to review monitoring findings and agree on recommendations for the next implementation phase)