Solidarités International
Deadline to respond to the consultancy : ASAP
Start Date: 09/01/2023
End Date: 09/02/2023
Location: North West Syria
ABOUT THE MISSION
SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL (SI) is a humanitarian NGO which is committed to meeting the vital needs of populations faced with a major crisis of human or natural origin and to strengthening their resilience, particularly regarding Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, and food security.
After over ten years of conflict in Syria, the impact of present and past hostilities on civilians remains the principal driver of humanitarian needs. North East (NES) and North West Syria (NWS) contexts are both characterized by: (i) ongoing and protracted displacements with low return opportunities, into densely-populated areas where humanitarian assistance is overstretched, (ii) no availability of alternative durable solutions, such as eventual re-installation or re-integration within host community because of social and cultural related issues, as well as the will of authorities to protect local communities, (iii) the depletion of productive assets and savings, (iv) limited economic opportunities and (v) the widespread destruction and contamination of agriculture and water related infrastructure by past and recent air raids, shelling and explosive remnants as well as other infrastructures have had a profound impact on the population. The COVID-19 pandemic further exacerbated a fragile situation with a potentially disastrous impact on vulnerability levels of communities across the region. Eventually, the area of intervention is facing a cholera outbreak since September 2022, which further demonstrate how public health is at stake.
ABOUT THE CONSULTANCY
To verify project outputs of the project in both partners’ areas of intervention and ensure that implementation on the ground corresponds to implementation plan, strategy and technical specifications outlined in the project proposal.
Specifically, the TPM will be responsible for:
- Direct observation and verification of implementation and implementation process at site;
Monitoring and verification of SI and IHSAN activities in locations where SI and IHSAN have limited or no access;
- Evaluate the procedures put in place to capture and address community concerns and enquiries;
- Augment the M&E processes, tools, and evidence in assigned implementation areas for purposes of quality implementation;
- Provide objective evidence of works in the field, according to SI and IHSAN response strategy and activities planning;
- Determine whether the project addresses the key needs as perceived by the community and Local Authority;
- Situational analysis, identify implementation and monitoring related challenges and provide recommendations to improve quality.
The proposed TPM will be the only TPM implemented for this project and should provide information that is evidence-based, credible and useful, enabling the incorporation of conclusions and recommendations into the future decision-making processes of SI and the donor.
YOUR PROFILE
In general, the TPM consultant/ consulting firm will combine the following criteria:
- Capacity to conduct the TPM on site (required)
- A solid and diversified experience in Third Party Monitoring of humanitarian assistance activities and information management and information systems
- Experience in Monitoring of emergency-based WASH and Shelter and settlement related interventions (preferably in emergency context for reputed donor agencies and international organizations
- Strong knowledge on data collection, analysis and protection
- Experience on managing monitoring assignment in remote management settings
- Full working knowledge of English and excellent report writing,
- Full working knowledge of Arabic
- A proven record of experience in conducting similar assignments, especially in NWS.
- A proven record of capacities to access and conduct monitoring works in both targeted districts (Afrin and Azaz)
APPLICATION PROCESS
Interest applicants are required to submit their proposal by 28th November through sending an email with “2786BHA – TPM APPLICATION” referred in the subject of the email (applications with a different email subject will not be considered), using the following guidelines:
- Cover letter – one-page maximum
- Technical proposal – 4 pages including the following but not limited to
- Relevant experience – Monitoring of emergency WASH and shelter related projects
- Understanding of the assignment
- Proposed methodology, sampling, tools and techniques
- Propose clear timeline for TPM
- Approach for data collection, cleaning, analysis, frequencies
- Propose outline of the survey report
- Composition of team, their resumes and assigned roles in the survey
- Financial proposal. Includes breakdown of costs such as consultant fee, training, stationary, traveling and lodging etc.
- Consultant/ consulting firm profile:
- Training and qualifications
- Professional experience (if relevant to consultancy, specific skills and/or specific context conditions)
- Experience in TPM/evaluation/research
- Experience in facilitating learning and participatory processes (in the case of a learning-oriented TPM/evaluation with co-construction of lessons learned and recommendations)
- Knowledge of the country/area of intervention
- Required qualities
- Languages: English and Arabic
- Sample copy of at least two similar assignments in past work.
- Reference