Consultant - Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) (C)

Position Title: Consultant - Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
Duty Station: Homebased
Classification: Consultant, Grade Other
Type of Appointment: Consultant, two months
Estimated Start Date: As soon as possible
Closing Date: 28 July 2025

Project Context and Scope: 

Since 2015, IOM has been implementing a global project on reducing violence against women and girls (VAWG) through enhanced institutional risk mitigation efforts under the Safe from the Start Initiative (SftS) supported by the US Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM). The IOM Global SftS project is currently in its Phase X.  

One of the main project outcomes, Outcome 1, is to strengthen operational approaches to mitigate risks of VAWG across IOM key technical sectors in preparedness and emergency response to displacement crisis. This includes CCCM, Shelter and Settlements, Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), and Health Sectors. 

One of the strategic aims of the IOM Global WASH Unit is to meet the rising demand for impactful, accountably and evidence-based WASH interventions that prioritize the needs of affected populations and promote community cohesion, localization, resilience, and the empowerment of local actors through the crisis response cycle. As part of this, the Global WASH Unit has developed various toolkits and trainings to build capacity of WASH staff and country offices to systematically integrate VAWG risk mitigation within WASH interventions. 

During 2025, (Phase X of the global project), IOM aims to undertake a comprehensive review of these activities, to understand to what extent VAWG risk mitigation measures have been incorporated within WASH activities in different contexts.

The review, which will be conducted by an external consultant, aims to identify existing opportunities and barriers to improving WASH programming to reduce risk of VAWG, providing recommendations to enhance future actions. As part of the review, a Compendium of Case Studies on WASH and VAWG will be curated, drawing insights from the SftS project experiences across missions. This compendium will serve as a valuable resource for internal and external advocacy efforts, including advocacy with the Global WASH Cluster for the prioritization of VAWG within WASH.  

The specific objectives of the review are:  

The review should include a review of all main project documents, relevant IOM and Global WASH Cluster tools, and consultations/interviews with relevant HQ and field teams and VAWG stakeholders including women-led organizations and women-run organizations). 

Proposed outline 

This section proposes a tentative outline for the review, but the structure and sections listed below can be expanded and adapted based on review findings and team members and/or consultants’ suggestions.  

Organizational Department / Unit to which the Consultant is contributing: The project Promoting reduction and improved operational response to violence against women and girls through camp management and site planning Phase X​​” (DP.2890) funded by PRM is managed by the CCCM Unit in within the Preparedness and Humanitarian Response Division (PHRD)  under the Department of Humanitarian Response and Recovery (DHRR).

Category B Consultants: Tangible and measurable outputs of the work assignment  Activity Estimated number of working days 1 Introduction meeting with project team 0.25 2 Review of project documents  3 3 

Develop methodology  

Deliverable: methodology  

2 

Week 14

Review and finalization of the report outline 

Deliverable: outline 

1

Week 25Interviews with key informants 5 6Data analysis  10 7

Report drafting 

Deliverable: draft report

15 

Week 108 

Report finalization after feedback 

Deliverable: final report

10 

Week 12 

Estimated number of working days

Estimated number of weeks 

46 

12, with possibility of extension

Performance indicators for the evaluation of results

IOM’s official languages are English, French, and Spanish. All staff members are required to be fluent in one of the three languages.

For this position, fluency in English is required (oral and written). Working knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish) is an advantage.

Proficiency of language(s) required will be specifically evaluated during the selection process,
which may include written and/or oral assessments. 

Subject to approval by the relevant IOM approving authority, the selected candidate is expected to work remotely/homebased.