Consultant_Technical Assistant (TA) to DWSSM

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the world’s largest humanitarian organization, with a network of 191-member National Societies (NSs). The overall aim of IFRC is “to inspire, encourage, facilitate, and promote at all times all forms of humanitarian activities by NSs with a view to preventing and alleviating human suffering and thereby contributing to the maintenance and promotion of human dignity and peace in the world.” IFRC works to meet the needs and improve the lives of vulnerable people before, during and after disasters, health emergencies and other crises.

IFRC is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (Movement), together with its member National Societies and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The work of IFRC is guided by the following fundamental principles: humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity, and universality.

IFRC is led by its Secretary General, and has its Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The Headquarters are organized into three main Divisions: (i) National Society Development and Operations Coordination; (ii) Global Relations, Humanitarian Diplomacy and Digitalization; and (iii) Management Policy, Strategy and Corporate Services.

IFRC has five regional offices in Africa, Asia Pacific, Middle East and North Africa, Europe, and the Americas. IFRC also has country cluster delegations and country delegations throughout the world. Together, the Geneva Headquarters and the field structure (regional, cluster and country) comprise the IFRC Secretariat.

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is looking for a national individual consultant to provide technical assistance in supporting the work of the Department of Water Supply and Sewerage Management (DWSSM).

Interested candidates are requested to submit their Expression of Interest (EOI), along with technical and financial proposals, no later than 11 August 2026 to Ms. Aliza Baidya, e-mail: [email protected]

Technical Assistant (TA) to DWSSM

WASH MIS & Data Management Expert

Technical Assistance for Strengthening Water Quality Monitoring Systems – Department of Water Supply and Sewerage Management (DWSSM)

The Department of Water Supply and Sewerage Management (DWSSM) itself and with support from its development partner, is implementing a Technical Assistance (TA) initiative for strengthening water quality monitoring systems and the functionality and sustainability of local water quality mini-laboratories. The initiative is grounded in an assessment of decentralized water quality mini-laboratories, which found a physically present but systemically paralyzed laboratory network: only a small number of laboratories are fully functional, while most are dormant and unable to generate reliable routine testing data.

The assessment identified cascading failures across the Nine WASH Building Blocks institutional anchoring, finance, regulation and accountability, infrastructure maintenance, monitoring, water resource management, planning, learning, and policy. A central consequence is a monitoring blind spot: municipalities cannot detect fecal contamination, chlorine failure, arsenic risk, or source deterioration before these hazards become public health emergencies, as illustrated by the 2025 cholera outbreak in Birgunj and nearby Madhesh municipalities.

A central targeting framework for this assistance is the identification of Priority Areas for Multisectoral Interventions (PAMIs), as defined by the Global Task Force on Cholera Control (GTFCC) under the Global Roadmap to End Cholera. PAMIs are the geographic units identified through a standardized, evidence-based methodology for cholera control in settings with moderate to high transmission, or for cholera elimination in settings with limited transmission where cholera burden or vulnerability is concentrated and where multisectoral WASH, health, and surveillance interventions must be prioritized under a National Cholera Plan (NCP). In the Madhesh context, PAMI-designated and other high-risk municipalities are precisely where non-functional laboratories, dense settlements, poor service reach, arsenic or microbiological risk, and recent or potential outbreak pathways overlap. The technical assistance therefore uses PAMI classification as a primary lens for sequencing laboratory reactivation, monitoring, and health-WASH coordination.

Restoring the laboratories as reliable data-generating nodes requires that laboratory results flow into the National WASH Management Information System (NWASH-MIS) and that GIS-based evidence including laboratory functionality maps, testing deserts, sustainability-risk layers, and PaMI/health-risk overlays is used to prioritize interventions

To support DWSSM in leading this work, a Technical Assistant (TA) with expertise in NWASH MIS and data management will be engaged for a period of five (5) months. The TA will serve as the principal technical resource for NWASH-MIS integration, GIS-based decision support, and data-driven monitoring under the technical assistance package.

The overall objective of the assignment is to support DWSSM to advocate for the establish a functioning, real-time, decision-oriented water quality monitoring and reporting system integrated with NWASH-MIS, so that laboratory testing data drives municipal planning, regulatory oversight, and outbreak preparedness and response.

4. Scope of Work and Key Responsibilities

Working under the direct supervision of Chief of Service Regulation and Management of Information Section at DWSSM and in coordination with provincial authorities, Local Governments, and the development partner, the TA will perform the following tasks, structured around the components of the technical assistance package:

4.1 NWASH-MIS Data Management and Digital Reporting

4.2 GIS-Based Planning, and Visual Decision Support

4.3 PAMI Analysis and Multisectoral Targeting (GTFCC Framework)

In line with the GTFCC guidance on Priority Areas for Multisectoral Interventions, the TA will serve as DWSSM’s technical resource for evidence-based, PAMI-informed targeting:

4.4 Capacity Building and Institutional Support

4.5 Health-WASH Data Integration and Outbreak Preparedness

4.6 Reporting, Coordination and Knowledge Management

Coordinate with DWSSM sections, provincial authorities, Local Governments, Water Supply and Sanitation User Committees, health authorities, and the development partner;

Document all datasets, GIS layers, SOPs, and training materials, and hand these over to DWSSM in an organized, reusable format at the end of the assignment;

Perform other related tasks as reasonably assigned by DWSSM within the scope of the technical assistance.

5. Deliverables and Payment Schedule

The TA will produce the following deliverables. Payments will be made upon acceptance of each deliverable by DWSSM and the development partner.

6. Duration, Duty Station and Working Arrangements

The TA will report to Chief of Service Regulation and Management of Information Section at DWSSM. The TA will submit monthly progress updates. All deliverables will be reviewed and approved by DWSSM.

8. Required Qualifications and Experience

Candidates will be evaluated on the basis of qualifications, relevant experience, and demonstrated technical capacity in NWASH-MIS, and GIS-based data management, through desk review of applications and interviews.

The TA operates within a coordinated institutional arrangement: DWSSM leads and steers the technical assistance; Local Governments own and operate the laboratories, appoint focal persons, allocate O&M budgets, and enter NWASH-MIS data; provincial authorities provide oversight; health authorities use the data for outbreak prevention and response; and development partners provide technical assistance resources, training support, templates, and facilitation without replacing municipal responsibility. The TA is expected to strengthen not substitute for government systems and municipal ownership.

Interested candidates are requested to submit their Expression of Interest (EOI), along with technical and financial proposals, no later than 11 August 2026 to Ms. Aliza Baidya, e-mail: [email protected].

Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

thank you in advance for understanding that only short-listed candidates will

be contacted for the next step in the application process.

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