Introduction
Announcement: Roster of Sectoral Experts – Ukraine (STOOS Consulting)
STOOS Consulting is building a national roster of sectoral/technical experts in Ukraine to collaborate on 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 operating in complex and fragile contexts, delivering evidence-based, gender- and conflict-sensitive analysis to improve programme quality and accountability.
Purpose of the Roster
- Create a pool of on-call technical experts in Ukraine.
- Match experts to short-term assignments (inception input, data collection, tool refinement, analysis, reporting).
- Ensure strong local/contextual expertise for sector-specific studies.
Key Duties and Tasks
- Inception support
- Review ToR and background documents.
- Validate scope, geographic focus, and stakeholders.
- Propose/adapt methodological approaches to the Ukrainian context.
- Technical inputs to tools
- Refine questionnaires, KII/FGD guides, checklists.
- Tailor tools to sector standards (e.g. WASH minimum standards, Education cluster guidance, Health facility readiness).
- Integrate cross-cutting themes (gender, disability, localization, protection, accountability).
- High-level technical data collection
- Conduct KIIs with: cluster/sector leads, line ministries, oblast/local authorities, service providers (utilities, schools, health facilities), INGO/UN staff, CSOs.
- Where needed, co-facilitate FGDs with beneficiary groups and specialized target groups (IDPs, female-headed households, older persons, PwDs).
- Analysis and interpretation
- Validate findings from field teams.
- Provide sector-specific interpretation (e.g. what “adequate winterization” means in a given oblast; what is feasible in partially damaged infrastructure).
- Identify technical gaps and risks.
- Reporting and recommendation refinement
- Draft or review sector chapters.
- Formulate practical, context-feasible and donor-aligned recommendations.
- Align recommendations with Ukraine clusters, government recovery plans, and ongoing humanitarian response.
Sectors / Fields of Interest
We welcome experts in the following areas (you may select more than one):
- Shelter & Settlements / Housing Repair & Light Rehabilitation
- Damage assessment, BoQs, prioritization of vulnerable HHs, multi-storey buildings, collective centres.
- Knowledge of Ukrainian construction norms and municipal approval processes.
- WASH (Emergency & Institutional)
- Water supply in damaged areas, rural water systems, small-scale treatment, water trucking, WASH in collective centres and schools, hygiene promotion.
- Coordination with water utilities and local administrations.
- Health & MHPSS
- Primary health care, mobile/outreach services, supplies, infection prevention and control (IPC), rehabilitation of facilities.
- MHPSS layers, GBV/SEA referral pathways, conflict/stress-related conditions.
- Education (EiE and Early Recovery of Schools)
- School rehabilitation, temporary learning spaces, inclusive education, non-formal education for IDPs, digital/remote learning.
- Work with education authorities at oblast/raion levels.
- Protection / GBV / Child Protection
- Case management systems, safe identification and referrals, PSEA, protection desks, community protection structures.
- Housing/land/property (HLP) issues for IDPs and returnees.
- Food Security, Livelihoods & Early Recovery
- Cash and voucher assistance (CVA), market assessments, support to MSMEs, agricultural recovery, value chains disrupted by the war.
- Linkages to recovery/stabilization and local economic development.
- Energy, Winterization & District Heating
- Household-level winterization kits, heating support, alternative energy, building efficiency.
- Municipal-level constraints and prioritization.
- DRR / Resilience / Mine-Affected Areas
- Risk mapping, business continuity for services, community-based preparedness.
- Social Cohesion, Governance & Localization
- Engagement with hromadas, CSOs, volunteer groups; participatory/complaints & feedback mechanisms; inclusion of local responders.
Requirements / Profile
- Education (sector-specific):
- Shelter/WASH: Civil Engineering, Construction/Architecture, Water & Environmental Engineering.
- Health/MHPSS: Medicine, Nursing, Public Health, Health Systems Management, Psychology.
- Education: Education, Pedagogy, Social Sciences.
- Protection/GBV/CP: Social Work, Law, Gender Studies, Psychology.
- Livelihoods/FSL: Economics, Agronomy, Business/Enterprise Development.
- Experience:
- Minimum 5 years of relevant work in Ukraine’s humanitarian / early recovery response.
- Prior work with UN, INGOs, clusters, or large national NGOs is a strong asset.
- Experience in assessments, monitoring, evaluations, or TPM preferred.
- Skills:
- Strong analytical and writing skills.
- Ability to work with mixed methods (quant + qual).
- Confident in conducting high-level KIIs.
- Languages:
- Ukrainian (required), Russian (asset), English (for inputs to reports).
How to apply
Application Method
Please submit your CV in one document, filling out the following link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeUA_eQPOqm-XmFsnpb4Z3FXEop_lbny8jhafjHW0HncgAdxg/viewform
Note
- This is a pre-qualification / roster announcement, not a vacancy for a single post.
- Engagements will be short-term and assignment-based, depending on sector, location, language, and donor requirements.
