WASH Consultancy (Development of 2 x Climate Resilience District WASH Plan), Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

UNICEF is seeking to engage a WASH consultant to support the development of 2 x data driven WASH Plans for North Waghi and Bogia Districts. These will include a costed implementation plan, climate risk analysis and recommended solutions as part of the project’s effort to build the capacity of North Waghi and Bogia DDAs capacity for WASH planning and implementation and to support sustainability in WASH service delivery in the two Districts.

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With over 850 indigenous languages and one of the most ethnically diverse populations, widespread poverty, and gender inequality make it hard for many children to realize their rights. In Papua New Guinea, UNICEF’s works effectively both ‘upstream’ (with governments) and ‘downstream’ (at the grassroots level) to carry out its mission through a programme of cooperation jointly developed with the government guides our work in the country.

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UNICEF in partnership with United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) and Water PNG is supporting the Government PNG to implement the EU-funded Klinpela Banz Projek as part of the effort to realize the objectives of the National WASH Policy.  The four-year project is focusing on increasing access to, and utilization of safe and sustainable water and sanitation as well as improving hygiene practices in households, schools, health care facilities and markets in the provincial township of Banz and surrounding communities in North Waghi District. The project is also aimed at strengthening national and sub-national institutional capacity in WASH followed by developing the North Waghi District WASH Plan.

Bogia District WASH plan is one of the key activities of the UNICEF Australia and UNICEF New Zealand supported Convergence programme. The Convergence programme integrates activities and results across the WASH, Education, Health and Child Protection Sectors. The development of the Bogia District WASH plan is intended to generate key evidence which will inform and guide the effective planning of both the hardware and software aspects of WASH to improve WASH situation of Bogia District. Furthermore, it is intended to measure all relevant WASH baseline data as benchmark indicators to support the development of a comprehensive WASH plan. These 5 year WASH Plans will be used to monitor and evaluate changes in the WASH status of the district. UNICEF requires a qualified and experienced research organization/consultants to undertake this activity.

 

PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES

The purpose of the assignment is to support the development of data driven WASH Plans for North Waghi and Bogia Districts. These will include a costed implementation plan, climate risk analysis and recommended solutions as part of the project’s effort to build the capacity of North Waghi and Bogia DDAs capacity for WASH planning and implementation and to support sustainability in WASH service delivery in the two Districts. It will also complement to the national hygiene awareness and behaviour change campaigns on water, sanitation and hygiene.

The overall objective, two District WASH Plans developed to reduce public health risks through improvements of access to WASH services within each district.

Both of the districts have base line information (North Waghi is ongoing) and based on the findings, the following are the main objectives for the assignment:

1. Conduct two bottleneck analyses to identify the underlying causes of WASH deprivation, map institutional capacity and recommend the way forward through consultative process.
2. Considering the inclusion lenses of climate change, DRR, resilience, gender, child friendliness, disability friendliness and sustainable environment to facilitate a WASH gap analysis of supply (level of access to WASH service), demand (knowledge, practices, social norms) and enabling environment (policies/district development plans, sector coordination, financing and budgeting, accountability, capacity building, monitoring and evaluation, partnership, advocacy and communication)
3. Based on the WASH gap analysis, national and district targets, developing a costed District WASH plan linked with the milestone targets to fill the gaps
4. Consolidating the WASH gap analysis and district targets, facilitate the development of a Climate Resilient District WASH Plan for each of the two districts ensuring stakeholders’ participation and engagement.

Two (2) national consultants will be recruited for this assignment. Each consultant will develop a Climate Resilience WASH Plan for the assigned district (Bogia or North Waghi).

Scope of Work

Tasks and activities:

The key Indicative activities to be conducted in each district are:

1. Preparation of inception report along with detail protocol, methodologies and outline of two WASH plans.
2. Support the collection or updating of WASH data in the Management Information System mWater.
3. Review secondary documents and information.
4. Organize two inception meetings (one per district) with Government Counterparts and relevant stakeholders for sharing detail protocol and methodologies.
5. Conduct WASH climate risk assessment and propose resilient solutions.
6. Conduct District WASH Gap analysis based on two base line reports of North Waghi and Bogia districts.
7. Organise and conduct two WASH Bottleneck Analysis Tool workshops in North Waghi and Bogia districts and facilitate the setting of district WASH targets and milestones.
8. Draft two WASH plans for North Waghi and Bogia districts.
9. Organise two stakeholders’ consultation workshops in each district to assess the sector and develop the draft WASH plans.
10. Finalise WASH Plans and facilitate the endorsement of the costed Climate Resilient District WASH Plan by the district authorities in Bogia and North Waghi.
11. Disseminate the WASH Plans through the facilitation of a dissemination workshop, one in each of the two districts.

 

As a champion for every child, qualifications are… 

• University Degree, Discipline: Climate and Environnent; Sociales services, Project development, Policy development
• Extensive experience in designing, planning, organizing and conducting bottleneck analysis and WASH Plan, especially on social and development issues in a developing country context.
• Extensive experience with bottleneck analysis climate risk, and WASH Plan in PNG or other countries, especially in the fields of rural & urban WASH, WASH in school, WASH in health, hygiene behavior changes approaches including CLTS (Community-Led Total Sanitation), WASH interventions in both rural & urban settings along with institutional capacity development.
• Have highly experienced WASH professionals with advanced degrees in social sciences, public health, engineering or related fields and long-standing experience of developing plans or programmes  and in using participatory and qualitative approaches.
• Knowledge of climate change and its impacts on WAH sector and social services
• Ability to mobilize required local expertise includes government counterparts, CSO and private sector.
• Demonstrated experience in facilitating workshops
• Prior experience of having conducted bottleneck analysis and WASH Plan with children, adolescents, young people, ethnic minorities, and traditionally marginalized populations would be an added advantage.
• Commitment to deliver the final products in line with the set TOR within the agreed timeline.
• Knowledge of challenges and issues on development including gender equality and human rights, and vulnerability in PNG will be an asset.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of an additional local language is an asset.
• Women are encouraged to apply

 

For every Child, you demonstrate… our core values of Commitment, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability and Sustainability.

This position is a short-term assignment and doesn’t give rise to a long-term permanent post with the organization.

Applicants are required to include in their applications a financial proposal which includes a lumpsum amount for consultancy fees, local transportation and other miscellaneous costs. Breakdown or details of the fee will be much appreciated.

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

UNICEF does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing, or orientation). 

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.