GUJARAT STATE OFFICE – CIC Advertisment
Title: State WASH Consultant – Climate Resilient Sanitation
Duty Station: Gandhinagar, Gujarat
Purpose of Activity/Assignment:
The purpose of this assignment is to engaged services of technical consultant to develop guideline, SoPs and capacity building on climate resilient safely manage sanitation and solid and liquid waste management. The consultant expected to develop evidence-based framework and action plan to roll-out ODF+ and ODF sustainability.
Support strengthening result-based monitoring of safely managed sanitation and knowledge management and dissemination.
Scope of Work (Include Background/Rationale/Key Objectives of the Assignment):3
Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India have launched Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin (SBM-G) phase-2 in April 2020 to sustain the gains of ODF movement. Further the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India also developed national rural sanitation strategy (2019-2029) that emphasises achieving environmentally sustainable sanitation through ODF-S and ODF+ activities implementation in all villages. In this context Project Implementation Plans (2020-2025) for SBM-Phase-2 and AIP (2020-21) have been developed for Gujarat and resources have also been mobilized to enable implementation.
UNICEF is partner of choice to Government of Gujarat and supporting government and partners in planning and implementation on key flagship Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin in order to sustain ODF status and expanding to ODF+. During 2021-22 UNICEF extended technical support at state level towards developing SDG Roadmaps, state ODF policy, protocols, ODF verification approaches, SBCC strategies, capacity building on Sujal and Swachh Gaon, rolling out ODF sustainability interventions, monitoring and documentation of case studies and knowledge management.
Government of Gujarat is focusing on ODF sustainability, addressing the gaps to ensure toilet facility to unreached (LOB and NLOB) categories, providing community sanitary complexes (CSC) to reduce the risk of open defecation. As part of the ongoing ODF+ agenda under SBM-G Phase II, UNICEF supported Rural Development Department, Government of Gujarat to develop and demonstrate Environmentally Sustainable Sanitation (ESS) models – one each in each priority district to facilitate stakeholder learning. Comprehensive support was extended to handhold the stakeholders at district, block and GP level to orient, plan, implement and monitor the ESS model project through an implementation support agency.
UNICEF is committed to extend the required technical support to six priority and aspirational districts as Development Support Partner to facilitate achieving ODF sustainability and ODF+ status through capacity building, coordination and field monitoring and knowledge management. UNICEF supported districts includes Narmada, Sabarkantha, Surat, Kutch, Banaskantha and Dahod.
Government of Gujarat aims to promote ODF+ activities that includes Solid and Liquid Waste Management interventions and expects UNICEF to extend the support technical WASH consultants at state and in the identified priority and aspirational districts for effective coordination among stakeholders and close monitoring of SBM-G programme implementation.
UNICEF in the new country programme 2023-2027 and Multiyear WASH-CCES workplan 2023-24 focuses on the following four outputs:
Output 501: By 2027, Government and partners have increased capacity to plan, implement and monitor equitable, safely managed sanitation and hygiene services including through participative development and humanitarian approaches
Output 502: By 2027, Government and partners have increased capacity to ensure access to climate-resilient, gender-responsive and safely managed drinking water services for all
Output 503: By 2027 Government and partners have increased capacities to plan, implement and monitor equitable, climate resilient and gender-responsive WASH and menstrual hygiene programmes in schools, AWCs and health-care facilities at scale
Output 504: By 2027, Government and partners have increased capacity to promote social and behaviour change, and communities have increased knowledge on safe, gender-responsive WASH-CCES practices
The ToR is developed to support UNICEF WASH sector in engaging technical expert consultant for developing guideline, SoPs and capacity building on climate resilient safely manage sanitation and solid and liquid waste management. The consultant will also support developing monitoring framework and tools for ensuring sustained ODF environment and sustain environment in rural areas. This is support is aligned with CPD 2023-27 outcomes and agreed in Multi-Year WASH-CCES workplan 2023-24.
OBJECTIVE/S
To facilitate Rural Development Department in implementation of national flagship programme SBM (G) through:
- Evidence based action plan development integrating climate resilience and environment sustainability for Safely Manage Sanitation
- Capacity building of key stakeholders on climate resilient sanitation approaches, developing ODF+ models, fostering convergence and Water safety and security approaches
- Implementation framework for SBC and SLRM plan with greater community involvement towards developing environmentally sustainable sanitation models
- Support developing climate resilient WASH (CRW) models in priority districts towards sustainable access and use of WASH services to the marginalized communities
Start Date: 1st February 2023 End Date: 31st December 2024
Supervisor: WASH Specialist, Gandhinagar, Gujarat
Deliverables/Outputs
Timeline/Date for submission of Deliverable
Deliverables for the year 2023
Provide technical support for evidence-based action plan for climate resilient sanitation and Solid and Liquid Resource Management plans
State Action plan for Safely Managed Sanitation and SRLM indicating situation analysis of ODF-S and ODF plus, status of preparedness and capacity gaps, strategy with action plans including climate resilient and risk informed interventions 30th April 2023
District Action plans with CR Sanitation and disaster risk informed interventions of 2 districts- Banaskantha and Kutchh
Support Training needs assessment and development of capacity building plan for District/Block service providers, PRI members, SHGs and private entrepreneurs on safely managed climate resilient sanitation
Mapping of existing institutional structure for sanitation intervention, capacities, gaps and proposal for strengthening institutional structure upto village level with role-clarity and financing from flagship for sustain ODF+. 31st May 2023
State capacity building plan for Key Stakeholders based on capacity needs assessment and CB progress report 30th June 2023
Facilitate demonstration of comprehensive models on waste management in select GPs, document the learning and facilitate dissemination for wider replicability
Approved Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) for targeted Gram Panchayats and good practices are documented and disseminated with stakeholders for replication across the State 16th Feb 2023
Compendium of best practices on SRLM in rural areas of Gujarat
Support development of concurrent monitoring and evaluation systems to strengthen quality delivery of WASH services in rural areas.
Monitoring framework and assessment tool focusing on processes and assets for strengthening sanitation systems to achieve safely manage sanitation as per SDG 6.2. 31st Aug 2023
Analytical report on implementation of village sanitation assessment (benchmarking- SSG 2.0) with highlighting key issues and action points 30th Sep 2023
Support assessment/mapping of Urban infrastructure and services on FSSM and Waste Management and support partnership and rural urban convergence for optimal utilization and sustainability of sanitation value chain
a. Mapping of Urban infrastructure/service on FSSM and Waste Management and scope for use for rural areas
b. City-wide Inclusive Sanitation Action Plan for 1 Urban Local Body with learning documented and disseminated among stakeholders 31st October 2023
Develop roadmap for convergent WASH CCES interventions at community and institution level through key line departments
Report on learnings from implementation of climate resilient WASH models, resource mobilization and O&M. Dissemination of learnings across districts 30th Nov 2023
Document learnings on uptake of capacity building of key stakeholders at GP level on water conservation, ground water recharge, water budgeting and water security planning 31st Dec 2023
Developing a comprehensive status report and action plan on improving the occupational safety and livelihoods of sanitation workers engaged in sanitation value chain
Status Report and Action Plan for improving the safety and dignity of sanitation workers in urban and rural areas of Gujarat and including capacity building progress report. 31st March 2023
Support development and roll-out of evidence based social and behaviour change communication action plans and intervention for ODF+ and WASH-CCES
Evidence based SBC strategy and action plan for Climate Resilient Safely Managed Sanitation for Gujarat State. 31st July 2023
Deliverables for the year 2024
Provide technical support for evidence-based action plan for climate resilient sanitation and Solid and Liquid Resource Management plans
Progress report and revised/updated State Action plan for Climate Resilient Safely Managed Sanitation and SRLM action plan 16th Feb 2024
WASH Financing Strategy and contextualized financing options for Gujarat 31st March 2024
Support Training needs assessment and development of capacity building plan for District/Block service providers, PRI members, SHGs and private entrepreneurs on safely managed climate resilient sanitation
Report on assessment of SBM-G capacities of district/block and PRI functionaries, key findings and new areas of CB 30th April 2024
Updated CB plan for key stakeholders focusing on O&M, Climate Resilient technologies, and practices for SRLM and FSSM 31st May 2024
Facilitate demonstration of comprehensive models on waste management in select GPs, document the learning and facilitate dissemination for wider replicability
Standard automated tools for development of SRLM village action plan and DPR 30th June 2024
Compendium of best practices on climate change adapted waste management practices, Rural-Urban Convergence models in rural areas of Gujarat 31st July 2024
Support development of concurrent monitoring and evaluation systems to strengthen quality delivery of WASH services in rural areas.
Analytical report based on safely managed sanitation monitoring systems and ranking of districts according to SDG 6.2. 31st Aug 2024
Support assessment/mapping of Urban infrastructure and services on FSSM and Waste Management and support partnership and rural urban convergence for optimal utilization and sustainability of sanitation value chain
a. Urban-Rural convergent plan for FSSM and Waste Management for one district
b. CWIS action plan with SFD for 1 ULB with learning documented 30th Sep 2024
Develop roadmap for convergent WASH CCES interventions at community and institution level through key line departments Report on climate resilient waste water management, water reuse examples and scale-up plan 31st October 2024
Developing a comprehensive status report and action plan on improving the occupational safety and livelihoods of sanitation workers engaged in sanitation value chain Capacity building package and CB plan and progress for sanitation workers training and linkages with social protection schemes 30th Nov 2024
Support development and roll-out of evidence based social and behaviour change communication action plans and intervention for ODF+ and WASH-CCES SBC strategy and Action for Hand Hygiene for All and Climate Resilient WASH behaviors 31st Dec 2024
Travel – International (if applicable) Not applicable
Travel – National (please include travel plan)
Please specify here clearly the States and Districts where travel is required, number of trips, whether by air or train, number of days of outstation travel, terminals, travel within districts, if applicable, etc. so that the candidates can provide all-inclusive deliverable based fees.
Number of trips (air/train) = 70 trips for 2023 and 70 trips for 2024
Number of days of outstation travel = 70 days each year (for estimating taxi charges)
Unit Rate
No separate travel cost will be provided. Professional fees will be all inclusive. Total Cost
Per Diem/DSA (if applicable)
Number of days of outstation travel = ___ days (for estimating per diem)
Total estimated consultancy costs
(Consultancy Fees + Travel Costs)
Please add professional fees including travel expense to Financial bid template
Minimum Qualifications required:
Years of Experience/Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required:
- A professional with master’s degree in Public Health/Civil Engineering/Environment Engineering/Rural Development/Rural Management/Social Sciences
- At least 5 years of experience in development sector, preferably in Rural and Urban Sanitation, rural water supply, hygiene promotion, community management, participatory approaches in development sector.
- Understanding of English, Hindi is essential and Gujarati language would be an asset. Fluency of speaking and writing in English and Hindi would be essential.
- Good liaising skills to interact with Government counterparts and ability to facilitate training at State, district and block level would be desirable.
- Addition certificate or experience on humanitarian WASH response and climate resilient WASH will added advantage.
- Good computer skills, at least of MS-Office application software (MS Word, Excel, Power Point) knowledge of electronic media will added advantage.
Competitive Selection Criteria (for clarification see Guidance)
A) Technical Evaluation (maximum of 75 Points) B) Financial Proposal (minimum of 25 Points)
- Education Qualification (30)
- Relevant work experience (25)
- Interview (20)
- Qualifying score in technical evaluation is 56 out of 75.
Important Note:
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.
The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.
UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.
The General Terms and Conditions of Contract (Consultants) are ATTACHED (please attach the GTCs while advertising or sharing the TOR with candidates).
Application Procedures
(1) Qualified female/male candidates are requested to please indicate their ability and availability to undertake the terms of reference above.
(2) We request you to please inform us where you have seen this advertisement.
(3) Your application should be sent to Gandhinagar.consultants@unicef.org by COB 27 January, 2023 1030hrs with subject line State Consultant – WASH -CESS” in separate files consisting of:
An application letter with CV
P11 form (which can be downloaded from our website at http://www.UNICEF.org/india/overview_1440.htm)
A financial proposal in PDF format indicating deliverable based fee as per template attached. Please mention your name in the file name while saving.
(4) The selection will be on the basis of technical evaluation & financial proposal in the ratio of 80:20.
(5) Only short-listed candidates will be called for further discussion/interview (if applicable).
(6) The financial proposals of only those candidates, who are found technically responsive, will be opened.
(7) Any attempt to unduly influence UNICEF’s selection process will lead to automatic disqualification of the applicant.
(8) Joint applications of two or more individuals are not accepted.
(9) Please note, UNICEF does not charge any fee during any stage of the process.
For any clarifications, please contact: Gandhinagar.consultants@unicef.org
| Job Email id: | Gandhinagar.consultants(at)unicef.org |
| Download Attachment: | Financial Bid – CCES.doc |
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