International Sanitation Marketing Consultant (WASH) at the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection and development. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments.

If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: International Sanitation Marketing Consultant (WASH)

Job Number: 495925
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Work Type: Consultancy
Supervisor: Farooq Khan
 
Purpose

• The main purpose of this consultancy is to provide technical support to UNICEF, WASH program in Nigeria to establish/strengthen sanitation supply chains through network of masons and by establishing/strengthening their network with sanitation entrepreneurs.
• The sanitation entrepreneurs together with masons will help households move up the sanitation ladder by offering a manageable range of options of easy to build and affordable yet aspirational improved toilets and delivering these toilets on receiving purchase requests.
• The Sanitation Marketing Consultant will work on various aspects of this sanitation supply chain. This will require inputs to be provided at the ward level by identifying trained masons using an objective criteria and operationalizing the network of the selected masons to become sales agents delivering latrines either as a complete package or render only construction services; At LGA/State level: to identify and build the capacity of entrepreneurs who will constitute a network of masons as one-stop supply and construction centers.
• They would be able to advise potential customers to select a particular design of toilet from a menu of options and build it for them at agreed/LGA approved standard cost.
• The supply chain constituents - that is the entrepreneurs as well as their satellite system of masons will have to be trained in the technical aspects of construction of the various toilet design options on offer.
• A system will have to be established for technical training by co-opting technical training institutes such as the Federal/ State Polytechnics as nodal training institutes. UNICEF will enter into a MoU with the identified training institutes.
• The supply network/system created will be provided marketing support to connect to the demand created through routine CLTS programming strategy.

This consultancy is under:

• Activity N14.3: Support Hygiene promotion for sustained behavioural change in the country including commemoration of national and global events.

and will contribute to the achievement of:

• Output 14 of the FGN/UNICEF Multi-year work plan for 2014 and 2015: Focus states/LGAs have increased capacity and deliver services to ensure children and women have sustained and equitable access to improved sanitation and hygiene.

Scope

• The Consultant will be based in the UNICEF Nigeria Country Office, Abuja and will work closely with National Task Group on Sanitation as well as UNICEF National and Field Office colleagues.
• The tasks will involve travelling to States, LGAs and Communities for consultation with relevant government partners and pilot testing of developed materials.
• The duration of the contract will be Three (3) months.

Specific Tasks
Under the overall guidance of Chief of WASH and with supervision from the WASH Specialist, the key tasks for this consultancy include the following;

• Prepare inception report with approach, work plan and budget for all activities developed for implementation.
• In consultations with UNICEF Staff and SMEDAN, develop a list, following an objective criteria for selection, of sanitation entrepreneurs. The criteria would include indicators on the entrepreneurs' skills, interest, outreach/network and credibility, credit-rating etc.
• Each identified entrepreneur will also identify and provide the profile of a set of masons who will work with him/her and who will have to be trained in construction technique.
• Assist in soliciting expression of interests from the participating entrepreneurs to become partners in sanitation marketing. Select (following the objective criteria) Sanitation Entrepreneurs as partners
• In discussion with UNICEF and SMEDAN, identify technical training institute which will train sanitation entrepreneurs and masons.
• In collaboration with SMEDAN, develop manual for training of entrepreneurs and masons in sanitation entrepreneurial skills and test the manual in the field.
• In collaboration with SMEDAN conduct Training of entrepreneurs and masons in sanitation promotion/marketing/entrepreneurial skills at the state level
• Support orientation workshops at state level for selected national/state/LGA level private contractors, entrepreneurs, material suppliers to become Sanitation Entrepreneur's
• Facilitate and assist selected partner sanitation entrepreneurs to form their network of masons (trained earlier) as their sales agents
• Assist sanitation entrepreneurs to develop and operationalize a system of supply of latrine materials to trained masons/sales agents on credit basis and on agreed-to negotiated costs
• Prepare Terms of Reference and assist UNICEF in contracting advertising agency (ies) to carry out media campaign in support of sanitation behaviour change and marketing interventions
• Regular follow and Technical Assistance provided to the key stakeholders and actors to ensure the operationalization of the various component of the sanitation marketing mechanism.
• Document the approach, and prepare a Plan of Action for scaling up.
• The above activities will be executed directly by the Consultant in 3 states with 1 LGA in focus per state.

Deliverables:

• Consultancy inception report with detailed budget and work schedule;
• Lead development of Technical Training manual for sanitation marketing entrepreneurs/masons with the support of UNICEF staff
• Sample business plan for prospective entrepreneurs developed.
• Conduct 3 State level advocacy/orientation workshops with the support of FOs for civil/material suppliers to become Sanitation Entrepreneurs
• Conduct 3 trainings for Entrepreneurs/Masons in sanitation marketing and entrepreneurial skills with support of concerned Field Office of UNICEF
• Draft partnership MoUs with entrepreneurs for establishing sanitation marketing supply chain developed.
• Advertising agency contracted to carry out media campaign in support of sanitation behaviour change and marketing interventions
• Minutes/note for records based on post workshop follow up meetings with potential entrepreneurs documenting key outcomes and agreements for further follow up possibly leading to development and signing of MoUs
• Final report containing Operational Guideline on sanitation marketing to be shared with UNICEF FOs, lessons learnt /best practices and recommendations for way forward, replication and scaling up.

Application Closing Date
25th May, 2016.

How to Apply
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