National Consultant WASH Provincial/Districts Aceh Province based in Banda Aceh, Indonesia – for Indonesian Only

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BACKGROUND

Since 2021, UNICEF has supported the Authorities of Aceh to extend entry to securely managed sanitation by way of orientation and capability constructing, each on the provincial and chosen district/metropolis ranges. Efforts to lift consciousness and demand creation are ongoing, along with equipping chosen native governments with numerous capability constructing and advocacy efforts.

In the direction of the tip of 2022, entry to improved sanitation in Aceh Province has elevated to 77.48%, together with the safely managed sanitation improve from 14.44% to 16.91% (BPS, 2022). Nevertheless, the dearth of institutional capability and the capability of sanitation service suppliers remains to be an impediment in realizing ample protected sanitation providers. As well as, survey information from 2,000 septic tanks in Banda Aceh Metropolis confirmed that just one out of 10 septic tanks have been declared protected. This exhibits that stakeholders’ information and consciousness of the applying of SNI normal septic tanks remains to be low.

In the meantime, Aceh remains to be struggling to eradicate open defecation (OD) apply, as the present fee of open defecation practices at 12.75% of the inhabitants (BPS, 2021) remains to be increased than the nationwide common of 5,69%. Aceh ranks tenth amongst provinces with the very best variety of individuals practising open defecation in Indonesia. As well as, entry to water and sanitation in healthcare services and colleges can also be a problem. The 2011 Risfaskes (Nationwide analysis on well being facility) reported that 38% of neighborhood well being facilities (Puskesmas) surveyed didn’t have 24-hour availability of water providers. In the latest survey from 2019, this share additional dropped to fifteen%.

As a part of an space that’s between two continents and oceans, and near the equator, Aceh is a area with a really excessive vulnerability to local weather change impacts. One of many impacts of local weather change that always happens is the excessive depth rainfall leading to hydrometeorological disasters throughout a number of areas. The BMKG famous that there have been a number of incidences of floods and landslides in a lot of areas in Aceh since 2021, corresponding to in Aceh Besar, Pidie, Bener Meuriah, East Aceh and Aceh Tamiang. With WASH providers bearing many of the the brunt throughout the floods, it’s crucial that pressing efforts are made to local weather proof WASH investments and guarantee local weather resilience is mainstreamed throughout the WASH sector.

SCOPE OF WORK

Key duties embody, however not restricted to:

1. Help discipline workplace in offering technical help to the native governments

– Help information assortment for sanitation choices led by UNICEF Jakarta nation workplace compile sanitation infrastructure information (IPLTs and DEWATS) in Banda Aceh and Sabang as per agreed template. This may cowl element of the infrastructure, capability, performance, staffing, O&M, energy consumption, sludge disposal and situation of plan, and many others. It will contain desk work and discipline visits as required, whereas variety of services shall be consulted with governments.

– Conduct panorama evaluation to grasp local weather hazard and its affect, which embody (a) determine local weather hazard out there; (b) mapping of areas/places with specific local weather hazards; (c) overview present native laws associated with WASH and local weather change and determine the hole on bettering WASH local weather resilience.

– Monitor and supply technical help for the implementation of WASHFIT in 10 Puskesmas situated within the Pidie district.

– Assist the implementing associate in organizing advocacy and studying occasions for WASHFIT implementation on the provincial degree.

– Help the provincial authorities in deciding on districts and colleges for the college well being program implementation, together with menstrual hygiene administration (MHM).

– Help the sphere workplace in emergency preparedness and response and take part in emergency coordination conferences with the federal government.

2. Strengthen non-public sector engagement on SMS and WASH in office (WASH4Work)

– Determine function of personal sector and its alternatives to help the governments in offering entry to securely managed sanitation, together with WASH entry at office. The advisor can use UNICEF’s market evaluation on safely managed sanitation report as reference to align with the context of Aceh.

– Overview present native regulation stating on non-public’s engagement within the sanitation growth and analyze the hole must be addressed when it comes to regulation and its enforcements. 

– In collaboration with native IP, proceed offering technical help to Baitul Mal Aceh and different monetary establishments to assist the poor to get entry of improved sanitation services and safely managed sanitation service.

– Develop technical notice to summarize a few of the good practices in participating non-public sector in WASH.

– Help and doc implementation of WASH4Work initiatives in Aceh, together with present required helps on WASH4Work provincial coaching, facilitate the sensitization technique of focused corporations in Aceh to hitch the pilot implementation of WASH4Work.

3. Determine potential engagement of native universities on WASH growth, together with on local weather resilience in Aceh

– Conduct information stock and evaluation on universities in Aceh coping with public well being to discover potential partnership on WASH growth. The stock will embody kind of obtainable programs, neighborhood growth program and analysis. 

– Put together a technical notice summarizing collaboration with native universities on WASH growth and the way UNICEF can seize in on the College sponsored neighborhood initiatives.

4. Help the native authorities in creating a method and actionable plan for accelerating ODF achievement; and in getting ready water safely plans (WSP) 

– In collaboration with Provincial Authorities, conducting a web based evaluation on ODF benchmarking to grasp the enabling elements and boundaries to attaining ODF.

– In session with stakeholders, develop a method doc and motion plan to expedite ODF attainment primarily based on the advice from benchmarking evaluation.

– Help the implementing associate in finishing up efficient advocacy efforts to hurry up the achievement of Open Defecation Free (ODF) standing.

– Develop and finalize water safely plans in collaboration with PDAMs in 3 chosen districts.

– A Report on Water High quality Monitoring protocols in 3 chosen PDAMs.

Key Deliverables:

The advisor will develop a number of outputs, i.e.,

1. Compilation of the sanitation infrastructure (IPLT and DEWATS) information as per agreed template in Banda Aceh and Sabang.

2. Outcomes of personal sectors’ mapping which embody:

a. Listing of potential non-public sector entities out there in Aceh Province

b. Hole evaluation on native regulation associated with non-public engagement to help sanitation growth in Aceh

3. Panorama information evaluation report on local weather change in Aceh Province, which embody:

a. Listing of obtainable local weather hazard

b. Mapping of areas/places with specific local weather hazards

c. Hole evaluation on native regulation associated with local weather change.

4. Technical notice to determine potential engagement of native universities on WASH growth.

5. Technical notice to summarize collaboration with BMA Aceh to enhance entry to securely managed sanitation.

6. Report of pilot implementation of WASH4Work in Aceh. 

7. ODF Benchmarking Evaluation Report and Technique Doc and Motion Plan for ODF acceleration in Aceh Province.

8. Monitoring report on WASHFIT implementation in Pidie and faculty choice report for Faculty Well being programme.

9. Water Security Plan paperwork in chosen districts.

10. Report on Water High quality Monitoring in chosen districts.

Consultations and discipline visits:

– Through the course of the task, the advisor will have interaction with quite a lot of stakeholders in session with the WASH Specialist. She/he’ll conduct desk opinions and interviews of varied stakeholders (authorities ministries, native governments, sanitation service suppliers, growth companions, native NGOs, and many others). She/he’ll develop wanted instruments for the assorted assessments in addition to the define of the deliverable in session with UNICEF WASH Specialist.

– The advisor will conduct formal and casual session and conferences with vary of stakeholders, notably governments (together with the Dinas of Public Works and Dinas of Well being), water utility, growth companions, NGOs, and others.

– Desk opinions will embody overview of present steering paperwork, insurance policies/laws, reviews, on-line analysis associated with local weather change, out there sanitation infrastructure, and many others. The advisor may even draw from nationwide/ different cities experiences appropriate for the Aceh context.

– Help the conduct of a workshop together with drafting the agenda and getting ready abstract of the discussions.

– This task may even embody discipline visits to pick places, the price of which shall be lined by UNICEF.

– The advisor is anticipated to be within the workplace at the least 2 days in every week, in session with the Chief of Area Workplace.

 Please consult with the Time period of Reference connected for the detailed breakdowns of duties and deliverables/outputs.

Download File TOR Consultant WASH Aceh-TMS.pdf

To qualify as an advocate for each little one you should have… 

– Bachelor’s diploma Schooling in civil engineering, environmental engineering, public well being, social science or associated fields related to the task. Grasp diploma is preferable.

– Have information and at the least 5-year expertise of the city/rural water provide and or sanitation programmes (e.g., PPSP, Pamsimas, STBM, IUWASH), at Nationwide and/or Sub-national degree.

– Understanding of the WASH sector within the Indonesian context in addition to the associated Authorities buildings for program implementation at sub-national and Nationwide degree i.e., Nationwide Program for Sanitation Improvement is a bonus.

– Confirmed potential in conduct information accumulating -including major information collection-, information evaluation, analysis, dialogue and put together synthesis of complicated data in strategic reviews.

– Expertise in facilitating native governments in conducting evaluation on WASH evaluation, or growth of WASH growth planning doc, Water Security Plan, and many others.  

– Has affordable expertise and information on non-public engagement in WASH sector.

– Has ample information on WASH growth in Aceh is most popular.

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Remarks:  

Solely shortlisted candidates shall be contacted and advance to the following stage of the choice course of. 

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The chosen candidate is solely accountable to make sure that the visa (relevant) and medical health insurance required to carry out the duties of the contract are legitimate for your complete interval of the contract. Chosen candidates are topic to affirmation of fully-vaccinated standing towards SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Well being Group (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which should be met previous to taking over the task. It doesn’t apply to consultants who will work remotely and usually are not anticipated to work on or go to UNICEF premises, programme supply places or straight work together with communities UNICEF works with, nor to journey to carry out capabilities for UNICEF all through their consultancy contracts. This emptiness is open for Indonesians solely.

Marketed: 20 Sep 2023 SE Asia Customary Time
Deadline: 01 Oct 2023 SE Asia Customary Time

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