National Consultant - Monitoring and Evaluation of ILC WASH at UNICEF

Purpose of the Assignment

• The purpose of this assignment is threefold with an overall objective to evaluate technical performance, user adoption, and health impact of in-line chlorination (ILC) systems in improving access to safely managed drinking water, reducing microbial contamination, and lowering WASH-related disease incidence among households in Maiduguri and Jere LGAs over a 16-month period.

Deliverables/Outputs

• Inception Report detailing the assessment framework including sampling strategy, geographical coverage, and timeline. The inception report should detail the expected workdays required for each step. The inception report shall be approved WASH manager
• Baseline (development of assessment tools, develop and implement a detailed data collection, cleaning/verification and real time analysis strategy that will ensure data being collected and finalization of the tools and the checklist. Develop reporting template that includes water safety assurance plan.
• Midline (Review and update indicators from the baseline, develop a framework based on capacity need assessment, identify operational challenges and provide community feedback. Submit report on performance
• Endline (Data collection and analysis: primary quantitative and qualitative data collection, analysis using standard statistical software and presentation of the preliminary findings, organize a stakeholder validation workshop of evaluation findings. Finalized the evaluation report, brief and infographics.
• A draft report and final evaluation report
• Final report which includes evaluation brief and infographic

Minimum Requirements

• Advanced Degree in Construction Management, Development Studies, Economics, Public Health, Community Health, Public Administration, Engineering, Environment, Climate Change and any other related field. Some experience in climate resilience work would be highly desired.
• Relevant work experience can be considered as a substitute for a higher degree.
• The consultant shall have a minimum of 5 years’ experience in national and sub-national work in the WASH sector with skills in WASH-related assessments, statistical modelling, survey design, and policy-level analysis. He brings strong technical expertise in monitoring and evaluation, expenditure tracking, intervention profiling, and geospatial mapping of WASH services across Nigeria.
• Language: Fluency in English (verbal and written) is required. Fluency in Hausa language is an asset, and an added advantage.
• S/he should also have a solid writing skill in English language, with evidence of having done similar kinds of work at the national and sub-national level in the past.