Position Title: Consultant - Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
Duty Station: Homebased
Classification: Consultant, Grade Other
Type of Appointment: Consultant, two months
Estimated Start Date: As soon as possible
Closing Date: 28 July 2025
Project Context and Scope:
Since 2015, IOM has been implementing a global project on reducing violence against women and girls (VAWG) through enhanced institutional risk mitigation efforts under the Safe from the Start Initiative (SftS) supported by the US Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM). The IOM Global SftS project is currently in its Phase X.
One of the main project outcomes, Outcome 1, is to strengthen operational approaches to mitigate risks of VAWG across IOM key technical sectors in preparedness and emergency response to displacement crisis. This includes CCCM, Shelter and Settlements, Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), and Health Sectors.
One of the strategic aims of the IOM Global WASH Unit is to meet the rising demand for impactful, accountably and evidence-based WASH interventions that prioritize the needs of affected populations and promote community cohesion, localization, resilience, and the empowerment of local actors through the crisis response cycle. As part of this, the Global WASH Unit has developed various toolkits and trainings to build capacity of WASH staff and country offices to systematically integrate VAWG risk mitigation within WASH interventions.
During 2025, (Phase X of the global project), IOM aims to undertake a comprehensive review of these activities, to understand to what extent VAWG risk mitigation measures have been incorporated within WASH activities in different contexts.
The review, which will be conducted by an external consultant, aims to identify existing opportunities and barriers to improving WASH programming to reduce risk of VAWG, providing recommendations to enhance future actions. As part of the review, a Compendium of Case Studies on WASH and VAWG will be curated, drawing insights from the SftS project experiences across missions. This compendium will serve as a valuable resource for internal and external advocacy efforts, including advocacy with the Global WASH Cluster for the prioritization of VAWG within WASH.
The specific objectives of the review are:
To assess the useability and impact of various tools that support risk mitigation of VAWG in WASH. To assess impact of the trainings and different modalities used. To identify country examples that can be used as case studies To find recommendations for ways forwardThe review should include a review of all main project documents, relevant IOM and Global WASH Cluster tools, and consultations/interviews with relevant HQ and field teams and VAWG stakeholders including women-led organizations and women-run organizations).
Proposed outline
This section proposes a tentative outline for the review, but the structure and sections listed below can be expanded and adapted based on review findings and team members and/or consultants’ suggestions.
Background SftS project general overview Purpose and scope of the review Context of VAWG in WASH programming 3 x country case studies (to be selected, and/or extended pending time extension from donor) Main achievements Best practices identified Challenges and opportunities Summary of lessons learnt Recommendations for strengthening VAWG mitigation in WASH programming Conclusions References /AnnexesOrganizational Department / Unit to which the Consultant is contributing: The project Promoting reduction and improved operational response to violence against women and girls through camp management and site planning Phase X” (DP.2890) funded by PRM is managed by the CCCM Unit in within the Preparedness and Humanitarian Response Division (PHRD) under the Department of Humanitarian Response and Recovery (DHRR).
Category B Consultants: Tangible and measurable outputs of the work assignment Activity Estimated number of working days 1 Introduction meeting with project team 0.25 2 Review of project documents 3 3
Develop methodology
Deliverable: methodology
2
Week 14
Review and finalization of the report outline
Deliverable: outline
1
Week 25Interviews with key informants 5 6Data analysis 10 7
Report drafting
Deliverable: draft report
15
Week 108
Report finalization after feedback
Deliverable: final report
10
Week 12
Estimated number of working days
Estimated number of weeks
46
12, with possibility of extension
Performance indicators for the evaluation of results
All tasks are completedStrong communication with project manager Quality of evidence analysis and writing Education Master’s degree in monitoring and evaluation, social sciences, development studies, gender studies, international relations or a related field from an accredited academic institution with 5 years of relevant professional experience; or,University degree in the above fields with 7 years of relevant professional experience. Experience Extensive experience in responses to displacement crises at the operational level, and a proven expertise in VAWG programming in WASH operations; and,Proven experience in conducting humanitarain programme reviews and evaluations, and developing recommendations to improve operational response strategies.Skills Strong research background, outstanding analysis and drafting skills; and,Excellent communication and coordination skills as well as fluency in English, other UN language strong asset.IOM’s official languages are English, French, and Spanish. All staff members are required to be fluent in one of the three languages.
For this position, fluency in English is required (oral and written). Working knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish) is an advantage.
Proficiency of language(s) required will be specifically evaluated during the selection process,
which may include written and/or oral assessments.
Subject to approval by the relevant IOM approving authority, the selected candidate is expected to work remotely/homebased.
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