Nutrition Survey Specialist Bossasso and Garowe IDP camps, Puntland State Somalia

1. Background

Somalia is one of the world's longest running humanitarian crises. The combination of conflict, insecurity, mass displacement, recurrent droughts, flooding and extreme poverty, coupled with very low basic social service coverage, has seriously affected food security and livelihoods and greatly increased vulnerability to disease and malnutrition. 

The MDG health-related indicators are among the worst in the world. The high infant and child mortality rates in Somalia are caused by a mixture of high risk infection, underlying poor nutrition and lack of access to quality health care. This is caused by a number of factors from diseases, limited prevention practices, and a very fragile health system which is not optimally utilised.

In the IDP camps of Puntalnd, malnutrition levels have been above the emergency cut- off of 15% for the past 10 years. According to assessments completed by FSNAU in May/June 2012 in IDPs settlements in Puntland, Bossaso and Garowe, the GAM rate was 18.7% and 19.2% and SAM rate of 4.7% and 3.9% respectively.

The finding of this year’s FSNAU ,May/June 2012 assessments in Garowe IDP camps indicated a GAM rate of 19.7% and a SAM rate of 5.4% while Bossaso IDP had A GAM of 18.7% and SAM of 3.9% indicating a critical nutrition situation. The results show a slight reduction in GAM rates from May/June 2011 levels however the reduction is not statistically significant. 

2. Aim of Consultancy

2.1 Overall Objectives
 

To conduct area specific  survey to determine nutrition status of children< 5 years and PLW as well as to determine knowledge, attitude practicec of  IYCF

2.2 Specific Objectives

• To evaluate the nutritional status of children aged 6-59 months and PLW
• To assess infant and young child feeding practices
• To investigate IYCF practices among children aged 0-23 months
• To determine the extent to which negative coping strategies are used by households
• To establish recommendations on actions to be taken to address the situation.
• To understand the causes of malnutriton in the area
• To present recommendations based on the survey result for planning and decision making.

2.3 Outputs

• Training of SCiSOM technical coordination team in Puntland to be autonomous on survey and all preparation, planning, implementation, analysis and reporting techniques
• Implementation of survey and production of survey results, including global acute malnutrition and severe acute malnutrition overview in the two districts (Bossaso and Garowe).
• The consultant will produce a baseline KAP survey report on key IYCF , detailing and analyzing the baseline survey results. The report will be distributed to local, national, and international staff involved with the program.

3.0 Work plan and Timetable

The survey and training is planned for 3 weeks, starting in October, 2012

4.0 Desired Qualifications

• Education (Knowledge): Advanced degree in Nutrition, Public Health, Epidemiology or related discipline
• Experience: At least extensive experience in Nutrition surveys.
• Skills and Abilities: Proven ability to organize and supervise a survey team in a cross-cultural setting. Excellent report writing and communication skills, Good training/facilitation skills.

5.0 Conditions

• Daily wages will be negotiated before the signing of contract
• A further 40% of the advance of the final consultancy fee will be paid on submission of a satisfactory draft of the final report; and the final 60% will be paid on satisfactory completion of the assignment
• Travel, food cost, and accommodation during briefing and debriefing will be covered by SCiSOM Mission.
• Visa request will be handled by SCiSOM Mission.
• The costs for the conduction of the survey will be taken care of by SCiSOM Mission
• Medical insurance/repatriation will not be covered by SC, and it is the responsibility of the consultant to be insured before departure. Detail of his/her medical/repatriation will be requested by SCiSOM prior to the signing of the contract.

6.0 Copyrights

The copyright of the draft and final versions of the report is the property of SCiSOM and donors supporting the baseline survey. The document, or any publication linked to the baseline survey, will not be shared before SCiSOM validation and delivery of the final reports to the donor.

7.0 Terms and Conditions

Code of conduct: Because Save the Children's work is based on deeply held values and principles, it is essential that our commitment to children's rights and humanitarian principles is supported and demonstrated by all members of staff and any other person involved in work that is supported by Save the Children. Save the Children's Code of Conduct sets out the standards which all staff members, partners and consultants must adhere to. 

The consultant is bound by the principles and conditions of Save the Children’s Code of Conduct (This includes Child Safeguarding Policy, Fraud and Dishonesty Policy, Anti-Terrorism, Anti-Corruption.

A contract will be signed by the consultant before commencement of the action. The contract will detail terms and conditions of service, aspects on inputs and deliverables.

8.0 Application Process

Application requirements: All expressions of interest should include:

Cover letter and updated copy of your CVs (maximum three pages) addressing the consultancy criteria.

Technical Proposal: brief explanation about the Consultant with particular emphasis on the previous experience in this kind of work; profile of the Consultant, understanding of the TOR, methodology, the task to be accomplished as well as base line analysis framework and plan.

Financial Proposal: The financial proposal should provide cost estimates for services rendered including daily consultancy fees excluding: accommodation and costs of living; transport cost; stationeries, and supplies needed for training and costs related to the participants during the exercise

All interested candidates please forward your applications to: vacancies@scsom.org, the applications deadline is on Thursday 27th Sept 2012 at 16:00 pm