National Consultant - for Sanitation Marketing and Micro-financing for Sustainable Sanitation, UNICEF Myanmar (Open to Myanmar Nationals Only)

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Scope of Work

The main objectives of the assignment are to promote the community’s accessibility and affordability on the safe and sustainable sanitation and hygiene services through

• Conducting the feasibility study for sanitation microfinancing including market survey and stakeholder mapping
• Mobilizing private sector and local entrepreneur to develop locally contextualized sanitation services and products
• Providing intensive entrepreneurship and business training and guide development of sanitation marketing
• Developing the sanitation microfinancing implementation model and implementing through partnership with financial institutions and local sanitation product suppliers
• Monitoring the progress of microfinance for sanitation activities and producing the learning documents

The Consultant’s tasks will include the following;

1. Submit the inception report with detailed work plan including desk review and preliminary schedule for stakeholder engagement, field survey, training and meetings
2. Conduct the market survey to identify the community’s interest, willingness to pay for sanitation, preferred toilet design and payment model
3. Mobilize the private sector and local entrepreneur to develop locally contextualized sanitation services and products
4. Provide intensive entrepreneurship and business training to private sector and local entrepreneurs for at-least 3 entrepreneurs from Kengton, Hsiseng, Salin, Pwintphyu Buthitaung, MraukU, Kyauktaw
5. Organize meeting with microfinance institutions, companies and local Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) who are working in sanitation business and microfinance activities
6. Illustrate the detailed key stakeholders mapping for sanitation microfinancing on 7 project implementing townships (Kengton, Hsiseng, Salin, Pwintphyu Buthitaung, MraukU, Kyauktaw).
7. Develop the microfinance for sanitation implementation modality and guidelines
8. Develop a new partnership initiative for sanitation microfinancing business
9. Monitor the progress of microfinance for sanitation activities and report on the barriers/challenges
10. Monitor the functionality of smart subsidized sustainable and climate resilient toilet items and local market development
11. Document the successful case studies that showcase business case for WASH
12. Submit the final report to WASH

Key Deliverables:

Consultant will deliver the following outputs

1. Inception report which includes work plan, stakeholder engagement plan, field survey, training and meetings
2. Market survey report
3. Training module for sanitation products and services for different regions/townships (Kengton, Hsiseng, Salin, Pwintphyu Buthitaung, MraukU,Kyauktaw)
4. Training report for entrepreneurship and business training to private sector and local entrepreneurs
5. Meeting minutes which include the role of financial institution and implementation modality development initiatives
6. Microfinance for sanitation stakeholder mapping document
7. Microfinance for sanitation concept note and implementation guidelines
8. Partnership program document on microfinance for sanitation activity
9. Monitoring report which include the progress, challenges, lesson learned and recommendation on implementation of sanitation microfinancing
10. Monitoring report which include the progress, challenges, lesson learned and recommendation on implementation of context specific climate resilient sanitation product market
11. Two knowledge management products: case studies
12. Final report which includes performance against deliverables, assignment overview, lesson learned and recommendation

Geographic Area

Consultant will be based in Nay Pyi Taw for 60% of the assignment duration and 40% in the field. Please find detail travel frequency and durations for each month under the work assignment section.

Duration of the Consultancy

1 October 2022- 31 August 2022 , 11 months, full-time

Work Assignment Overview

Tasks / Milestones 1

Inception report and workplan

Submit inception report with detailed work plan including desk review and preliminary schedule for stakeholder engagement, field survey, training and meetings

Deliverables 1:

Inception report which includes; work plan, stakeholder engagement plan, field survey, training and meetings

Tasks/ Milestones 2:

Contextualized sanitation product development

Conduct the market survey to identify the community’s interest, willingness to pay for sanitation, preferred toilet design and payment model

Mobilize the private sector and local entrepreneur to develop locally contextualized sanitation services and products

Provide intensive entrepreneurship and business training to private sector and local entrepreneurs for at-least 3 entrepreneurs from Kengton, Hsiseng, Salin, Pwintphyu Buthitaung, MraukU, Kyauktaw.

Deliverables:

Market survey report

Training curriculum for sanitation products and services for different regions/townships (Kengton, Hsiseng, Salin, Pwintphyu Buthitaung, MraukU, Kyauktaw

Training report for entrepreneurship and business training to private sector and local entrepreneurs

Tasks/ Milestones 3:

Sanitation microfinancing model development and partnership management

Organize meeting with microfinance institutions, companies and local Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) who are working in sanitation business and microfinance activities

Illustrate the detailed key stakeholders mapping for sanitation microfinancing on 7 project implementing townships (Kengton, Hsiseng, Salin, Pwintphyu Buthitaung, MraukU, and Kyauktaw).

Develop the microfinance for sanitation implementation modality and guidelines

Develop a new partnership initiative for sanitation microfinancing business

Deliverables:

Meeting minutes which include the role of financial institution and implementation modality development initiatives

Microfinance for sanitation stakeholder mapping documents

Microfinance for sanitation concept note and implementation guidelines

Partnership program document on microfinance for sanitation activity

Tasks/ Milestones 4:

Progress monitoring and learning documents

Monitor the progress of microfinance for sanitation activities and report on the barriers/challenges

Monitor the functionality of smart subsidized sustainable and climate resilient toilet items and local market development

Document the successful case studies that showcase business case for WASH

Deliverables

Monitoring report which include the progress, challenges, lesson learned and recommendation on implementation of sanitation microfinancing

Monitoring report which include the progress, challenges, lesson learned and recommendation on implementation of context specific climate resilient sanitation product market

Two knowledge management products: case studies

Tasks/ Milestones 5:

Final report prepared and submitted to UNICEF

Deliverables

Final report which includes

Performance against deliverables

Overview, lesson learned and recommendation

Travel Details:

This assignment will need to travel to 7 townships of Rakhine, Shan and Magway States/Region. The estimated travel frequency and locations for each month can be found in detail in Question # 2 of the attached Expression of Interest form in the vacancy announcement.

Please check, complete and attach the “Expression of Interest” form in your application.

The consultant has to arrange the transportation him/herself. Payment will be done based on the deliverable submission and it is all inclusive lumpsum payment method which includes travel and DSA cost.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• Holding a Master’s degree in one of the disciplines relevant to the following areas: Public Administration, Business Administration, Development, Public Health, Civil or Mechanical Engineering, Water Supply or Environmental Engineering or other specialized field related to WASH is required.
• A Bachelor’s degree may be accepted in lieu of a Master’s degree combined with 2 additional years of relevant professional experience
• Over three years of professional work experience in rural Sanitation and Hygiene programme
• Extensive experience in financial services for development especially in microfinancing/micro-crediting
• Experience in implementing Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS), market-based sanitation (MBS) and WASH financing is an asset
• Extensive knowledge of Myanmar’s socio economic and local context
• Ability to develop the training manual and implementation guideline

• Experience with consultancies to United Nations and/or development banks

  Language Proficiency:

• Fluency in English is required (oral and written).
• Native Myanmar language Speaker, and local language is an asset (Rakhine and Shan)

Please complete the following "Expression of Interest" form and attach in your application: 26082022 EOI- Sanitation_Microfinancing_TKS_25Aug.doc

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA).

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UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Remarks:

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.

The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.

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