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Location: Dikwa and Bama, Borno State.
Position Type: Consultant
Supervisor: Project Manager
Project Background:
Through this project, CARE intends to provide critical SRHR and GBV services to 47,000 (2,600 males; 15,600 females; 8,400 boys; 10,400 girls) vulnerable people – including displaced persons, host communities, and returnees – living in camps and host communities in three Central Borno LGAs: Bama, and Dikwa. Priority will be given to women and girls, pregnant and lactating women, female and child-headed households, and unaccompanied and separated children. Through the SRHR component, the project will seek to increase access to health services through the improvement of health care facilities and by training health care service providers. This approach will increase the quality and availability of life-saving SRHR services and allow CARE to meet the needs of the target population. The GBV component of this project will establish and deliver an integrated and well-coordinated survivor-centered GBV response, focusing on the areas of health and psychosocial support. Given the nature of the context where women’s mobility is severely restricted, this project will focus on health and psychosocial support delivered through community-based mechanisms, including raising awareness and engaging gatekeepers around GBV. CARE will undertake a combination of direct implementation and working through partners depending on access and location. CARE will directly implement the mobile outreach delivery, support capacity-building efforts of project participants, procure goods and services for project implementation, and lead the monitoring and accountability. Our local CSO partners have extensive knowledge of the communities and local contexts. They will be responsible for creating demand for services provided, community engagement, awareness-raising, strengthening referrals by linking GBV survivors and SRH service seekers to the appropriate service providers, as well as using their existing relationships with the communities to initiate and lead advocacy actions with state/community authorities.
Project rationale: As the conflict in Northeast Nigeria between security forces and non-state armed groups is closing its ninth year, the humanitarian situation has continued to deteriorate. The protracted conflict has resulted in a humanitarian crisis characterized by widespread displacement, violations of international humanitarian and human rights law, protection risks, destroyed infrastructure, and collapsed basic services in a region that was already experiencing high levels poverty, underdevelopment, unemployment, and inequality.
SRHR: CARE Nigeria concluded a rapid SRHR assessment (November-December 2018) in parts of Bama, and Dikwa LGA, where this project will be implemented. Findings from this exercise pointed to the shortage of skilled/trained health personnel (particularly doctors and midwives) as the major factor responsible for either the unavailability/limited availability of these services. In addition, many actors engaged in the current response acknowledged there is still significant unmet need for SRH services. Less than 30% of health facilities in Borno have a functional referral mechanism to a higher level of care. Facilities that are functioning are short of skilled health-care workers (many reluctant due to the volatile security situation), and lack safe water, basic drugs, and equipment. Significant shortages remain in Antenatal Care (ANC) and Basic Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (BeMONC) supplies, equipment, and medication.
GBV: Over three and a half million women, men, and children remain in need of GBV services (Northeast Nigeria Humanitarian Situation, October 2018), including psychosocial support services, mental health evaluation for new arrivals, documentation of experiences of conflict related sexual violence (CRSV), and referrals for specialized services. Individualized GBV case management is required in women, girls, children and adolescent friendly environment for CSRV and other critical cases. According to the GBV Sub-Sector Humanitarian Needs overview for 2018, the prevalence GBV and violence against women and girls has increased by 7.7% since the conflict began (Humanitarian Situation Update, OCHA, September 2018).
1. SCOPE OF WORK:
Purpose of this consultancy
Primary Responsibilities:
The consultancy/ consultant team will be primarily responsible to:
Key deliverables
Final versions of baseline data collection tools (FGD guide for women, men boy and girls; individual household survey; KII for Camp representatives, Security forces, Health workers, community leaders)
Draft and final baseline report:
Experience and Qualification:
Conditions
By submitting your Application for this position you agreed to CARE’s ZERO Tolerance to:
Fraud.
Sexual Harassment, Exploitation, Abuse and Child Abuse.
Applications should include the following:
Interested applicants should send their applications/proposals indicating clearly in the subject line of the email the position being applied for (in Caps E.g.Consultant for SRHR and GBV Baseline Survey-Dikwa/Bama) to: ngahr@care.org.
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