A new consultant opportunity for a TERMS OF REFERENCE for Consultancy to Conduct a ‘Gender Landscape Analysis of WASH programmes in Somaliland’ has been announced by Action Aid International in Somaliland. This Consultancies sector position calls for a professional with 9 - 10 years of demonstrated expertise. Interested applicants should submit their applications before Jul, 06.
ACTIONAID INTERNATIONAL SOMALILAND
TERMS
OF
REFERENCE
CONTRACT
MODALITY
:
Individual
Consultancy (open to International and National consultants)
DURATION
OF
CONTRACT
4
months
Purpose
of
Assignment
The purpose of this consultancy is to undertake a comprehensive gender landscape analysis of the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) sector in
the four focus
districts of
Erigavo, Aynabo, El Afweyn and Burao in Somaliland.
The
analysis
will
identify
gender-related
gaps,
p
ower
dynamics,
inequalities,
barriers,
opportunities,
and systemic issues affecting WASH access, governance, participation, and outcomes. It will generate practical, evidence-based recommendations and tools to strengthen gender- transformative and inclusive WASH programming across the programme cycle.
To ensure analytical rigour and comparability, the analysis will be structured around UNICEF’s nine WASH GALA transformative principles: (1) Transforming Ourselves; (2) Transforming WASH Organisations; (3) Transforming WASH Systems; (4) Transforming WASH Services; (5) Transforming Safety; (6) Transforming Engagement of Men and Boys; (7) Transforming Agency of Women and Girls; (8) Transforming Partnerships; and (9) Transforming Data. Together these principles examine how gender dynamics shape WASH access, decision-making, safety, and outcomes — from individual attitudes and organisational practice through to systems, services, and gender-disaggregated data
Specific
objectives
1.
Use
UNICEF’s
global
gender
WASH
landscape
assessment
package
to
carry
out
an
assessment
in
the
four
districts
in
Somaliland.
2.
Assess
gender
and
gender
dynamics
shaping
WASH
access,
participation,
leadership,
and
decision
making
in
the project target districts.
3.
Analyze
how
gender
norms,
roles,
and
inequalities
affect
WASH
service
delivery,
management,
and sustainability, including in fragile contexts associated with recurrent climate induced disasters and clan induced conflicts.
4.
Identify
gaps
in
WASH
policies,
systems,
strategies,
and
programmes
in Somaliland
related
to
gender
equality
and
assess
how current frameworks support or hinder objectives.
5.
Assess
protection
and
GBV-related
risks
linked
to
WASH
access
and
facilities
and
propose
mitigation
measures.
6.
Provide
actionable
recommendations,
guidance,
and
practical
tools
to
integrate
gender
equality
across
design, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and accountability.
7.
Adapt, translate, and contextualize the global WASH GALA data collection tools — including key informant interview and focus group discussion guides, participatory activity guides, and consent/assent forms — into Somali and locally relevant terms, and pilot them before full deployment.
8.
Lead the WASH GALA scoring exercise, applying the assessment’s scoring framework to generate principle-level scores grounded in the evidence gathered, in collaboration with ActionAid and partners.
9.
Support the co-development of a gender- WASH action plan for the ASWA programme and strengthen the capacity of UNICEF and partner staff to apply gender-equitable approaches, translating findings into concrete, time-bound commitments
Scope
of
Work:
The
assessment
will
be
conducted
in
the
four
districts
in
Somaliland.
It
will
engage:
•
Government
relevant
Line
Ministries,
Departments
and Agencies
•
WASH
actors
(UN,
NGOs,
CSOs),
private
sector/service
providers
•
Community
members
and
leaders
(women,
men,
adolescent
girls/boys,
children)
•
Women’s
groups,
youth
groups,
minority
groups,
IDPs
and
displacement-hosting
communities
•
Persons
with
disabilities
and
organizations
of
persons
with
disabilities
•
WASH
committees
and
institutional
governance
structures
•
School
and
Health
facility
staff/management
committees
and
patients/caregivers.
All
respondent
groups
must
be
disaggregated
by
sex,
age,
and
disability.
The
consultant
will
be
responsible
for
successfully
completing
the
following
tasks
under
this
assignment:
Task
1:
Inception
and
design
•
Conduct
a
desk
review
of
relevant
policies,
frameworks,
project
documents,
and
prior
studies.
•
Map
stakeholders
and
respondent
groups
to
ensure
inclusive
representation.
•
Hold
inception
meetings
with
ActionAid Somaliland and WASH Cluster partners
to
confirm
expectations
and contextual dynamics.
•
Submit
an
inception
report
including
refined
methodology
and
analytical
framework;
sampling
plan;
tools; workplan/timeline; ethics and safeguarding measures.
•
Review all global WASH GALA tools and guidance thoroughly before commencing fieldwork and identify priority knowledge gaps for the assessment to address.
•
Complete the WASH GALA Stakeholder Mapping Template across all nine principles, paying particular attention to women’s organisations, disability networks, and community-based groups that may be under-represented in formal WASH stakeholder lists.
•
Complete the WASH GALA Directory of Referral Organisations for all field locations before data collection begins, verifying that listed services are operational and accepting referrals.
About Somaliland
Somaliland is a self-declared republic in the Horn of Africa with a relatively stable political environment and growing economy. Employment opportunities are concentrated in the main cities of Hargeisa, Burao, and Berbera, spanning government, NGOs, telecoms, and the private sector.
Ereyada Soomaaliga (Somali Keywords): La-talin • Shaqo Soomaaliya • La-talinta • Shaqo Cusub