Baseline Study Consultant for A Mobile Clinic Project 153 views0 applications

1. PURPOSE OF THE BASELINE ASSESSMENT

Egyptian Red Crescent is seeking to hire a consultant to work on the baseline study to be carried out for the “Providing primary health care services to migrants and Egyptians in Greater Cairo” project to be implemented in Greater Cairo, Egypt. The study will focus particularly on the migrant’s areas of El Hay El Asher, Ard El-Lewa, Arab Maadi and Ain Shams where the project is to be implemented. The baseline study is intended to provide program staff with detailed baseline data on key project indicators to enable changes in migrants to be measured over the course of the project. The data collected will include information gathered on the outcome indicators and on knowledge, attitudes, and practices in regards 4 main benchmarks; health, Health awareness, psycho-social support and engagement of stakeholders working with migrants.

2. Objectives of the baseline study

• Provide benchmark against pre-set indicators (table below) of actions.
• Verify the project result framework’s adequacy with realities observed on the ground and provide inputs that will assist in updating the actions taken by target community members indicated in the result framework to measure changes in attitude and behavior among potential migrants.
• The results of this baseline survey will be used to monitor the project progress against the determined indicators throughout the course of implementation

3. Responsibilities of the consultant:

The consultancy/consultant team will be primarily responsible for:

• develop/design baseline survey including questionnaire and checklist and tools for group interaction including IDI at ERC and target beneficiaries.;
• share survey design including process, methods and questionnaires/checklist with the project team, collect feedback and finalize the survey design;
• pre-test questionnaires and other tools in one of the project implementation sites;
• debrief/discuss with the project team about effectiveness of questionnaire, checklists and other tools used in the pre-test, collect feedback and finalize them;
• orient, train and supervise the enumerators;
• carry out fieldwork together with enumerators;
• ensure the quality of information collected from fields, cross check with the validity of information collected and verify/revise where needed;
• update progress of the survey on a weekly basis to Project Manager, focal points & ERC CEO;
• analyze data and prepare the quality report;
• give a presentation of the draft report to ERC; and
• submit the final report of each district as well as a compiled version report to the project after incorporating the feedback and suggestions from ERC.

APPLICATION PROCESS:

Applications should be submitted by 30th of April, 2019. The selection committee will review all applications as they arrive. All applicants must meet the minimum requirements described above, and those unable to meet these requirements will not be considered.

Each application package should include the following:

• An application letter addressing the selection criteria including how the consultant’s previous experience matches the consultancy objectives as well as the interest for the position. It should also indicate the candidate’s availability and consultancy rates. The letter should be no longer than two pages.
• A brief technical and financial proposal for the baseline study with a detailed methodology and work plan (not more than 10 pages).
• Updated CVs for the consultant including relevant work experience and qualifications.
• Contact details of Two references.
• All the mentioned documents should be delivered by hand in a sealed document to the Egyptian Red Crescent HQ to The Procurement Department.

Abd El Razak El Sanhouri St., Nasr City, Cairo, 11371, Egypt

Applications not including all of the above information will not be reviewed