Consultant

UN Habitat
Location: Nepal
Salary: Negotiable
Posted Date: 2015-09-30 Deadline: 2015-10-11
  • Location : Nepal
  • Working Position : Entry Level
  • Qualification Degree : -
  • Salary : Negotiable
  • Category : Development Work/Consulting Service
  • Nature : Full Time
Job Description

Consultancy for Global Sanitation Fund’s ODF Sustainability Study

After launching the Sanitation and Hygiene Master Plan - 2011, coordination and harmonization among stakeholders have improved and the numbers of ODF declarations of Districts, VDCs and Municipalities have been rising across the country. The results have drawn admiration from across and outside of the country. As people are constructing their toilets on their own, subsidy issue has increasingly become less significant with the acceleration of sanitation campaign nationwide. As almost all 75 districts are designing their Open Defecation Free strategies and placing efforts to achieve ODF status targeting the achievement within national sanitation target of 2017 and some had already achieved, the country now has decided to conduct a study on the sustainability of the ODF results.

In early 2014, the Joint Sector Review, through an intensive field work and national level consultation has come up with a resolution that would shape the WASH interventions in the country. The process seeks out voices of communities and local bodies’ engagement in designing a resolution assuring impact on the quality of their lives in relation to WASH sector. One of the resolutions agreed was to ‘conducting an Open Defecation Free sustainability study.’ 

Thus in line with the national interest and GSF commitment, the programme also plans for study on ODF sustainability within GSF districts. As the programme had already been implemented for five years, it has also been vital to measure its sustainability of claimed results of 80% + results against the targets of the first phase of GSF. The study aims to measure the sustainability and impacts of sanitation initiatives in 3 GSF supported ODF districts and some ODF VDCs within the 15 GSF supported districts. The quantitative aspects of the study will look into the improved toilet installation, its continued and proper utilization and behavior change, particularly related to hand washing with soap. The qualitative aspects will put emphasis on the financing, institutional, technical, social and environmental aspects of the sanitation campaign supported by GSF programme in these districts.

General Requirements:

  • The team should comprise of at least (i) Monitoring and evaluation Expert with sharp skill of result analysis and familiar with software intervention result assessment, (ii) Sociologists to analyze cultural and social aspects, and (iii) professionals with experience in reviewing behavior change outcomes in public health programmes. 
  • It is expected to have at least two strong field teams to gather data / information within given timeframe
  • Good communication, analytical and facilitation skills with good understanding of the context and challenges of total sanitation programming;
  • Proven capacity to work with multiple partners from governmental and non-governmental institutions;
  • At least 5 years of experience in independent evaluation of the development programmes with local and international organization in the field of public health behavior change interventions. Experience in sanitation and hygiene sector will be preferred. Exposed to experience in conducting focus group discussions, key informant interviews, and the supervision and cross-checking of household interviews
  • Knowledgeable in extracting information and interaction at field level for analyzing the reality of achievements claimed in terms of programme approach, its linkage with national strategy, behavior change and the sustainability aspects.
  • Experience in working with development agencies both multilateral and bilateral particularly UN Agencies would be considered an asset
  • Fluency in English and Nepali language

How to Apply:

Proposals may be submitted by Close of Business on Sunday, October 11, 2015 via courier or mail

 

CO/RFP/2015/01

Registry

UN Receptions, UN House,UN-HABITAT Nepal Office

Pulchowk, Lalitpur, Nepal

 

Your Proposal must be expressed in the English Language, and valid for a minimum period of 90 days 

In the course of preparing your Proposal, it shall remain your responsibility to ensure that it reaches the address above on or before the deadline.  Proposals that are received by UN-HABITAT after the deadline indicated above, for whatever reason, shall not be considered for evaluation.  Please provide softcopy of the proposal set in CD or Pen drive during the submission.

 

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Industry Type NGO / INGO / Social Work
Location Nepal
Organization Size 50-100
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