Short term Technical Assistance to conduct an Assessment on the Economic and Health Implications for Accessing WASH Services in Urban Areas. at RTI International

RTI International in collaboration with Plan International and other partners is implementing a 4-year USAID funded Effective Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (E-WASH) project. E-WASH will provide technical assistance to state governments to improve urban water service delivery by strengthening the governance, financial, and technical viability of six (6) state water boards (SWBs) in Nigeria. This is part of the United States Government’s (USG) efforts working with the Federal Government to address the heart of the challenges faced by the urban water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services. The overall goal is improvement of urban water and sanitation service delivery.

The USAID Effective Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (E-WASH) program, is seeking to identify and engage a consultant to conduct an Assessment on the Economic/Health Implications for Accessing WASH Services in the Urban Areas of Taraba, Sokoto, Delta and Imo States

Specific tasks include:

• Hold preliminary discussions with Advocacy and Strategic Communications Advisor (ASCA), the Institutional Policy and Development Adviser (IPDA) to discuss the scope of work.
• Conduct a desk review of literature on economic and health implications of accessing WASH services in the urban areas.
• Determine methodologies and techniques i.e. whether FGD or KII or both and develop and or adopt tools for data collection for the assessment.
• Field test tools and revise tools, as needed.
• Conduct the assessment underscoring economic and health implications for the urban poor and vulnerable populations.
• Conduct an analysis and hold one day validation of findings with each of the SWBs and stakeholders
• Develop a detailed assessment report with recommendations and provide guidelines/action plan for addressing gaps.

Key Deliverables:

• An inception including schedule of activities and deliverables
• Documentation of findings and validation
• Final assessment Report with recommendations and provide guidelines/action plan for addressing gaps.

Qualifications and Experience:

• A minimum of master’s degree in a related field
• A minimum of five (5) years of progressive, work experience in research and/or related tasks
• Demonstrated strength and experience providing similar technical assistance with international development project
• Evidence of similar work done for USG-funded or other international development project will be an added advantage 

The Level of Effort (LOE) for this assignment is thirty (30) workdays. Contract duration is effective October 21th to December 29th  2019. Note: Engagement days may not run concurrently.