Deadline: 24 June 2026 at 4:30 PM

Locations:Six schools and surrounding communities inTewor DistrictandCommonwealth District, Grand Cape Mount County.).

Assignment Period: June 29 to July 29, 2026

1. Background

1.1 About Water Aid Liberia

Water Aid Liberia is part of the Water Aid Federation, an international NGO focused on sustainable access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) for the poorest and most marginalized communities. Water Aid Liberia has worked in Grand Cape Mount County since 2013, implementing WASH in schools, healthcare facilities and communities, and strengthening local governance for service delivery.

1.2 About SHED

Serving Humanity for Empowerment and Development (SHED) is a Liberian NGO founded in 2017. SHED has expertise in nutrition‑sensitive food security, livelihoods, and community development, with successful multi‑year projects funded by BMZ, EU, Finn Church Aid and Irish Aid.

1.3 The Project

With funding from Radiohjälpen through Water Aid Sweden, Water Aid Liberia and SHED are jointly implementing an 18-month project titled “Healthy Children, Safe Schools: WASH and Nutrition in Grand Cape Mount County, Liberia” from May 2026 to October 2027. The project seeks to improve the health, nutrition, and school attendance of children through integrated Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), nutrition, and school governance interventions in six schools and surrounding communities in Tewor and Commonwealth Districts, Grand Cape Mount County.

The intervention responds to persistent challenges affecting school-aged children, including inadequate access to safe drinking water, poor sanitation and hygiene facilities, malnutrition, limited nutrition education, and weak school governance systems. The project will improve access to safe and sustainable WASH services, strengthen school and community food production systems, and enhance multisector coordination for sustainable service delivery.

To establish benchmark values for project indicators and generate evidence to guide implementation, SHED seeks to engage a qualified consultant or consulting firm to conduct a comprehensive baseline survey.

• Objectives of the Assignment

The baseline survey will:

• Establish baseline values for all project indicators.
• Assess the current status of WASH services in schools and communities.
• Assess nutrition practices, dietary diversity, and school feeding systems.
• Examine the functionality of school governance and coordination mechanisms.
• Identify barriers affecting girls, children with disabilities, and vulnerable groups.
• Generate recommendations to strengthen project implementation and monitoring.

3. Scope of Survey

The consultant/firm will:

• Review project documents and results framework.
• Develop survey methodology, sampling framework, and data collection tools.
• Recruit and train enumerators.
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative data collection.
• Analyze and interpret data.
• Present findings and submit draft and final reports.
• Develop an Indicator Performance Tracking Table (IPTT).

4. Expected Deliverables:

1. Inception Report, including methodology and work plan.
2. Data collection tools and sampling framework.
3. Enumerator training report.
4. Clean datasets and codebook.
5. Draft Baseline Survey Report.
6. Validation presentation of findings.
7. Final Baseline Survey Report with baseline indicator tables and recommendations, including Annexes (e.g. references, questionnaire, sampling elaborations, etc.)

5. Required Qualifications

Interested consultants/firms should possess:

• Post graduate degree in Statistics, Public Health, Nutrition, Development Studies, Social Sciences, Monitoring and Evaluation, or a related field.
• At least five years of experience conducting baseline surveys, evaluations, or research assignments.
• Proven experience in WASH, nutrition, education, public health, or community development programming.
• Strong quantitative and qualitative research skills.
• Excellent analytical, report writing, and presentation skills.
• Experience working in Liberia or similar contexts is an advantage.

6. Duration

The assignment will take place during the period 29 June and 29 July 2026 and last for a maximum of 20 working days. The final reports should be submitted by July 29, 2026. The Consultant is required to communicate to SHED any relevant changes or delays to the assignment immediately.

7. Contact persons

The Consultant’s contact persons at SHED will be:

Program Manager, tel: 0770423035, email: nathan.kpehe@shed-liberia.org , the main point of contact and in charge of the approval of instruments and report/data

8. Proposal Submission

Interested consultants or firms should submit:

• Technical Proposal (understanding of assignment, methodology, work plan, and relevant experience).
• Financial Proposal (detailed budget).

Applications should be submitted electronically to:

The Executive Director
Serving Humanity for Empowerment and Development (SHED)
Email: info@shed-liberia.org

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

SHED is an equal opportunity organization and reserves the right to accept or reject any proposal without obligation to provide justification.