STOOS Consulting is establishing a national roster of sectoral/technical experts in South Sudan to support upcoming evaluations, third-party monitoring (TPM), assessments, and research studies for UN agencies, INGOs, and donors. STOOS is an international MEAL, research, and advisory firm working in fragile, conflict-affected and hard-to-reach contexts and delivering evidence-based, gender- and conflict-sensitive analysis to improve humanitarian and resilience programming.
Purpose of the Roster
- Build an on-call pool of South Sudan–based sector experts.
- Deploy experts for short-term assignments (inception, tool refinement, field-level technical KIIs, analysis, reporting).
- Ensure strong contextualization to South Sudan’s operating environment (access constraints, local authorities, community dynamics, inter-communal tensions, floods).
Key Duties and Tasks
- Inception support
- Review ToR, project documents, cluster guidance.
- Validate scope by state/county/payam/boma.
- Advise on feasibility in insecure/flooded/riverine areas.
- Technical inputs to tools
- Refine questionnaires, KII/FGD guides, observation checklists for South Sudan context.
- Integrate gender, protection, disability (including persons with disabilities), AAP, conflict sensitivity.
- Align tools with South Sudan cluster standards (WASH, FSL, Nutrition, Education, Protection, CCCM, Health, Shelter/NFI).
- High-level technical data collection
- Conduct KIIs with: line ministries (e.g. MoH, MoE, MoWRI), state/county authorities, cluster/sector leads, UN/INGOs, church actors, women/youth groups, local CSOs, and service providers.
- Where needed, co-lead FGDs with IDPs, returnees, host communities, women/girls, cattle camp youth, PWDs.
- Analysis and interpretation
- Validate field data from remote or partner-assisted collection.
- Explain programmatic implications of access, seasonality, cattle migration, conflict, and floods.
- Highlight risks to Do No Harm, GBV, localization, and social cohesion.
- Reporting and recommendations
- Draft/review sector chapters.
- Provide practical, context-feasible recommendations (considering taxation, INGO presence by county, local partners’ capacity, rainy season).
- Align with donor frameworks (ECHO, USAID/BHA, BMZ/GFFO, SDC, pooled funds) and HRP priorities.
Sectors / Fields of Interest (South Sudan)
We welcome experts in the following areas (multiple selections allowed):
- WASH (emergency & community-based): water yards, handpumps, water trucking, solarization, sanitation in PoC/IDP sites, hygiene promotion, linkages with FSL/Nutrition.
- Food Security & Livelihoods (FSL): emergency food assistance, CVA, agri-livelihoods, fisheries, livestock, farmer field schools, resilience/livelihoods for flood- and conflict-affected counties.
- Nutrition: CMAM/OTP/TSFP, IYCF-E, IMAM, nutrition integration in health/WASH, community-based volunteers.
- Health & MHPSS: PHCC/PHCU support, outreach/mobile clinics, integrated health–nutrition response, SRH/GBV clinical care, referral challenges in remote counties.
- Protection / GBV / Child Protection: case management, safe spaces, SASA! / SAA-type approaches, PSEA, GBV risk mitigation in WASH/shelter, protection monitoring, HLP in return areas.
- Education in Emergencies (EiE): TLSs, ALP, school feeding linkages, teacher incentives, girls’ education, education in flood- and conflict-affected counties.
- CCCM / IDP Site Management & Returns: camp/site management, service mapping, community governance, accountability, durable solutions and area-based approaches.
- Shelter / NFI: emergency shelter, rapid response, prepositioning, shelter for flood/displacement, integration with WASH and Protection.
- Peacebuilding / Social Cohesion / Local Governance: community engagement, customary leadership, women/youth involvement, inter-communal violence mitigation, localization of aid.
- Resilience, Climate & Flood Response: seasonal movement, flood-prone counties (Jonglei, Unity, Upper Nile), market disruptions, adaptive programming.
Requirements / Profile
- Education (sector-specific):
- WASH/Shelter/NFI: Civil/Water/Environmental Engineering, Construction.
- Health/Nutrition/MHPSS: Medicine, Nursing, Public Health, Nutrition.
- Education/EiE: Education, Pedagogy, Social Sciences.
- Protection/GBV/CP: Social Work, Gender Studies, Psychology, Law.
- FSL/Livelihoods/Resilience: Agriculture, Rural Development, Economics.
- Experience:
- Minimum 4–5 years of humanitarian or early recovery work in South Sudan (preferably in multiple states/counties).
- Experience with UN, INGO, NNGO consortia, or cluster systems.
- Prior involvement in assessments, MEAL, TPM, baselines/endlines is an asset.
- Skills:
- Ability to work with mixed methods (surveys + KIIs/FGDs).
- Comfortable conducting high-level KIIs with authorities, UN/INGOs.
- Strong understanding of access constraints, local conflict dynamics, and power relations.
- Languages:
- English (reporting).
- Juba Arabic (highly preferred).
- Knowledge of local languages (Dinka, Nuer, Bari, Shilluk, Azande, etc.) is a strong asset.
How to apply
Application Method
Please complete the STOOS South Sudan Expert Roster Form at:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdOk-8YivCo_GSlo27qAAQQ4YEO_8HHD5r4OedgsEXX3-i-mg/viewform
Note
- This is a roster / pre-qualification call, not a full-time vacancy.
- Engagements will be assignment-based and depend on: sector, location (e.g. Upper Nile, Jonglei, GPAA, Unity, Lakes, Warrap, WBeG/EBeG, CES, WES), access, and donor requirements.
