PNG ANCP Baseline Assessment Consultant – Papua New Guinea

· Short term consultancy assignment

· Commencing November 2025, concluding March 2026

· Papua New Guinea

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About the project:

Save the Children has a long-standing presence in Papua New Guinea (PNG), working across child protection, education, health, and humanitarian sectors. The Together for Safe Families project is part of the Country Office’s strategic priority to ensure children are protected from violence and can access child protection services.

Together for Safe Families (Wok wantaim lo mekim seif familis) is implemented by Save the Children in Papua New Guinea (SC PNG) with funding from the Australian Government through the Australian NGO Cooperation Program (ANCP). The project runs from August 2025 to July 2029 and aims to reduce violence against children by promoting positive parenting, safer schools, and stronger child protection systems, with the overall objective for children to thrive in safe environments where violence is unacceptable.

The project targets children, caregivers, and community members (13,00 adults and 2,200 children) in 35 communities in East Sepik, 25 in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (ARoB), and national-level advocacy based in the capital. Within the target communities, four schools will also be targeted (two each in East Sepik and ARoB, respectively). The project aims to reduce violence against children by promoting positive parenting, safer schools, and stronger child protection systems.

A place to make a difference:

Save the Children is seeking a consultant to conduct a baseline assessment that will establish a robust evidence base against which the project’s progress and impact can be measured. It will provide critical insights into the current status of key indicators related to child protection, positive parenting, gender norms, and institutional capacity. The evaluation will also inform adaptive programming and contribute to the project's learning agenda, which includes testing the effectiveness of integrated approaches such as Safe Families and Safe Schools, and assessing the value of home visits in enhancing parenting outcomes.

In this consulting assignment you will:

· Develop a detailed inception report including a participatory methodological approach, sampling frame, and tools

· Recruit (if relevant), train and manage field level enumerators

· Plan for and independently conduct data collection activities in the target communities, including conducting quality assurance

· Translate, clean and analyze qualitative and quantitative data

· Produce and present findings in a narrative report and presentation for key stakeholders, integrating feedback to finalize a comprehensive report

· Share final clean and raw datasets in line with Save the Children's data protection policy

For detailed information, the full Terms of Reference are available here.

This consultancy requires experience in:

· Designing and conducting (baseline) assessments or evaluations with qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis.

· Conducting studies in the field of child protection.

· Conducting studies in the Pacific and having existing networks of enumerators. Submissions by local consultants or in partnership with local consultants will be highly regarded.

· Conducting ethical and inclusive studies involving children and child participatory techniques, as well as involving other marginalised, deprived and/or vulnerable groups in culturally appropriate and sensitive ways.

· Managing and coordinating a range of government, non-government and community group stakeholders.

Does this sound like the place for you?

We’d love to hear from you. To apply please send an application that includes:

· Technical proposal, i.e. proposed methodology and approach

· Project plan with key activities, timeline and LoE/ days needed to carry out activities

· A letter expressing interest and outlining the consultants’ experience and track record of conducting similar studies. This should also include key personnel and their role(s), how the team will be managed, and the team's ability to commit the skills and resources to the study over the period

· A copy of CV(s) or details of expertise in your research institution, or consultancy firm/agency, if applicable

· Sample of minimum two previous works, relevant to this consultancy

· Contact details of at least two references

· Financial proposal that should include personnel allocation (role / number of days / daily rates / taxes), as well as any other applicable costs (i.e. travel, support costs)

Applications must be received no later than Nov 10, 2025 and can be sent to Louisa Carpenter, Pacific MEAL Technical Advisor (louisa.carpenter1@savethechildren.org.au) and Laila Khondkar, PNG Program Development and Quality Director (laila.khondkar@savethechildren.org.au)

Save the Children Australia is a child-safe organisation. All consultants are required to undergo an International / National Police Check, a Working with Children Check where necessary, and sign our Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct.