Relief International Emergency Health and WASH Response Program Jobs in South Sudan

Relief International is a non-profit organization working in 20 countries to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity. Relief International specializes in fragile settings, responding to natural disasters, humanitarian crises and chronic poverty.

Rationale of the survey

Humanitarian needs in South Sudan remain acute and continue to be driven by armed conflict and violence, economic crisis and food insecurity. After five years of conflict, South Sudan is now facing a chronic nutrition and health crisis, with hunger and malnutrition having escalated on an unrelenting course that has seen nearly 1.1 million children under the age of five and 672,500 pregnant and lactating women estimated to be acutely malnourished and in need of life saving assistance while a record high 6 million people are severely food insecure.

In 2017 and 2018, conflict continued largely unabated in Upper Nile (on the western bank of River Nile, Renk, Mathiang, Longechuk and Pagak counties) which added to the continued mass displacement of tens of thousands of civilians.

As conditions of violence and insecurity persist, access to basic services that include health and nutrition, water supply and infrastructure have remained restricted. Affected populations have been forced to retreat into more remote areas that are not easily accessible for humanitarian assistance and basic services.

Particularly vulnerable groups such as children, women, people with disabilities and older people continue to suffer the most intense consequences of sustained displacement, violence and lack of access to services.

Under this project, Relief International will conduct a KAP Survey to assess knowledge, attitude and practices of the caregivers of targeted households regarding health as well as overall water, sanitation and hygiene at household level. An understanding of KAP of the targeted populations will inform programming and content of awareness raising sessions and other related information and education materials.

Overall, the survey will enable Relief International to gain a more thorough understanding of specific behavioural factors underpinning health outcomes and understanding of barriers to health.

Furthermore, the results from the survey will enable Relief International to develop targeted health and WASH messaging and implement an appropriate response to improve health outcomes in all the targeted counties.

Specific Objectives of the survey

The consultant will work under the direct supervision of RI-Health and Nutrition Manager and WASH Program Manager based in capital office and in close collaboration with a technical team consisting of the WASH, Health and Nutrition coordinators based in the targeted field locations

Methodology

In consultation with key program and technical staff, the consultant will be responsible for defining the parameters of the assessment, including the finalization of an inception report to be shared with the RI’s WASH and Health & Nutrition Program Managers .

The assessment will look at the knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding water, sanitation, hygiene and health services , identify barriers to these services. Focus group discussions will be conducted in a participatory manner that will enable the government counterparts from the County Health Department, implementing partners, and

The consultant will be responsible for the analysis of findings and drafting of the final report. The report must provide a clear picture of the current knowledge and practices around health and WASH as well as the barriers to optimal health practices and care, and recommendations on the priority behaviors to address and how to address the barriers to those behaviors .

Activities

Expected Deliverables:

The consultant/firm is expected to demonstrate that it has a track record of not less than four (4) years of experience executing similar surveys in a developing country set-up with diverse geographic and ethnic/clan compositions. The consultant/firm should also list the scale of similar projects worked on in the past. Experience in conducting surveys in South Sudan or the region will be considered a plus

All Bidders are required to meet the following minimum requirements in order to qualify for submission of their proposal:

Relief International will provide the following at no cost to the consultant: