WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) and CEED (Climate, Environment, Energy and Disaster Risk Reduction) Consultant, Manaus, Brazil

• Country: Manaus, Brazil
• No of vacancies: N/A
  
• Salary: N/A 
• Organization: UNICEF
• Gender: Both
• Deadline: 2024-01-30

WORK ASSIGNMENTS OVERVIEW

1.1. WORK ASSIGNMENT 1: Analyze, assess and make technical recommendations to improve the WASH infrastructure of 4 health units and strengthen access to water for human consumption in communities in the Munduruku Indigenous Land, in the state of Pará, impacted by mercury contamination resulting from illegal mining.

Deliverable: technical assessment report and action plan of the work assignment 1

1.2. TIMELINE – 01 month from the date of contract signature

1.3. ESTIMATE BUDGET – 10,0%

2.1. WORK ASSIGNMENT 2: Analyze, assess and make technical recommendations to improve infrastructure and promote the resilience of WASH systems to extreme hydrological events in 10 health units, strengthening access to water for human consumption in communities impacted by drought in the state of Amazonas. Deliverable: technical assessment report and action plan

2.2. TIMELINE- 02 months from the date of contract signature

2.3. ESTIMATE BUDGET – 10,0%

3.1. WORK ASSIGNMENT 3: Provide technical advice to a WASH project in 4 riverside schools in the Tupé Sustainable Development Reserve (RDS), in the rural area of ​​Manaus.

Deliverable: technical assessment report and action plan

3.2. TIMELINE – 03 months from the date of contract signature

3.3. ESTIMATE BUDGET – 10,0%

4.1. WORK ASSIGNMENT 4: Assess WASH conditions in 10 UBSIs, focusing on climate resilience, using an adapted version of the WASH FIT tool.

Deliverable: Technical assessment report and recommendation on resilience measures

4.2. TIMELINE – 04 months from the date of contract signature

4.3. ESTIMATE BUDGET – 10,0%

5.1. WORK ASSIGNMENT 5: Plan and undertake a WASH training for 90 Indigenous Sanitation Agents (AISAN) on the operation and maintenance of water supply systems, including donating kits for routine water quality control.

Deliverable: WASH training content and training report

5.2. TIMELINE – 05 months from the date of contract signature

5.3. ESTIMATE BUDGET – 10,0%

6.1. WORK ASSIGNMENT 6: Evaluate and consolidate the results of the WASH in school project in Colonia Antonio Aleixo, Manaus.

Deliverable: systematization on the methodology used and lessons learned

6.2. TIMELINE – 06 months from the date of contract signature

6.3. ESTIMATE BUDGET – 10,0%

7.1. WORK ASSIGNMENT 7: Analyze, assess and make availability recommendations to implement 6 DSEIs mini-laboratories to analyze water quality in indigenous health units impacted by drought in the state of Amazonas.

Deliverable: technical assessment report and action plan

7.2. TIMELINE – 07 months from the date of contract signature

7.3. ESTIMATE BUDGET – 10,0%

8.1. WORK ASSIGNMENT 8:  Analyze, assess and make recommendations to better implement a pilot project of a bacteriological H2S test kit in the field, in collaboration with DSEIs, as a tool for simple monitoring of water quality in indigenous communities impacted by drought in state of Amazonas.

Deliverable: technical assessment report and action plan

8.2. TIMELINE – 08 months from the date of contract signature

8.3. ESTIMATE BUDGET – 10,0%

9.1. WORK ASSIGNMENT 9: Provide technical support for the implementation of a pilot project, in partnership with government institutions in the state of Amazonas, for the drilling of strategic deep wells in public facilities located in locations impacted by drought in the state of Amazonas, the implementation of collective rainwater collection and storage systems and the recharging of aquifers, considering the application of nature-based solutions and the specificities of local populations. The project should include the creation of Standard Operating Protocols (SOP) for use during emergencies. Deliverable: technical assessment report and recommendations

9.2. TIMELINE – 09 months from the date of contract signature

9.3. ESTIMATE BUDGET – 10,0%

10.1. WORK ASSIGNMENT 10: Reverse engineering diagnostics on decentralized water supply systems and climate-resilient water security plans.

Deliverable: reverse engineering technical report for at least two water systems

10.2. TIMELINE – 10 months from the date of contract signature

10.3. ESTIMATE BUDGET – 10,0%

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED

• University degree, in a subject area relevant to the sector: water and sanitation program management, hygiene promotion, public health.
• Extensive work experience relevant to this consultancy may be considered as a replacement for formal qualifications.
• Experience of emergency humanitarian response an asset.
• Experience working with WASH sector stakeholders at governmental and non-governmental levels.
• Technical knowledge in the agenda related to the rights of children and adolescents
• Experience in the development of projects focused on access to WASH services for indigenous communities, schools and capacity building of municipalities.

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

Portuguese fluent. 

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