WASH Consultant Oxfam Australia
Oxfam would like to help community sanitation champions, who are currently directly involved in motivating their neighbors to build latrines, to identify what leads to a village having, using and maintaining an Open Defecation Free (ODF) status. The eventual goal would be for the sanitation champions to then use this data to motivate a larger portion of the population to build latrines as well. The objectives include:
• Identify constraints to the achievement of sustained ODF status within Oxfam partners WASH program areas
• Identify what motivates communities to become ODF
• Assisting community sanitation champions to create research questions, conduct research an analyze research findings
• Document good practice related to motivating communities to build their own latrines
We would prefer the consultant use a participatory methodology that enables community sanitation champions (local organization partner staff, community leaders or community health volunteers) to conduct research. and identify what leads to a village having, using and maintaining an ODF status.
The consultant would first review existing household surveys and research done in Timor and share them with community sanitation champions about external research and program experiences that has already been done in a simple easy to understand format.
In addition to Timor specific research, this review might focus on approaches that have been effective in achieving ODF status such as effective community mobilization/ engagement of men and women, household latrine construction, emergence of men and women sanitation champions, or support provided etc.
The consultant would then facilitate a process that would enable community sanitation champions to develop questions and then research the answers. We would like to see community sanitation champions leading the engagement with communities. This process would empower them to investigate, analyze, compile and then immediately use what they have learned.
The role of the consultant would then be to facilitate a process with staff, partners and community members, to help them utilize their existing knowledge and that gained from the ODF research conducted to better understand what leads a village to gain using and maintain an ODF status.
The successful candidate with have:
• Positive deviance, appreciative Inquiry or community research facilitation experience
• Experience in Timor Leste,
• Experience motivating communities to build their own toilets (through community –led total sanitation, sanitation marketing or similar non subsidy approaches),
• Tetun or Bahasa Indonesia language skills would be an assets
Your statement should include preliminary proposed implementation work-plan, fee details, and your experience with positive deviance, appreciative inquiry or community research facilitation. The statement should not exceed three pages.
Interested individuals, teams and/or organizations are welcome to apply. Applications must be received by Oxfam no later than Sunday 31 March 2011, 24:00 (GMT+9). Applications received after this deadline will not be considered.
• Identify constraints to the achievement of sustained ODF status within Oxfam partners WASH program areas
• Identify what motivates communities to become ODF
• Assisting community sanitation champions to create research questions, conduct research an analyze research findings
• Document good practice related to motivating communities to build their own latrines
We would prefer the consultant use a participatory methodology that enables community sanitation champions (local organization partner staff, community leaders or community health volunteers) to conduct research. and identify what leads to a village having, using and maintaining an ODF status.
The consultant would first review existing household surveys and research done in Timor and share them with community sanitation champions about external research and program experiences that has already been done in a simple easy to understand format.
In addition to Timor specific research, this review might focus on approaches that have been effective in achieving ODF status such as effective community mobilization/ engagement of men and women, household latrine construction, emergence of men and women sanitation champions, or support provided etc.
The consultant would then facilitate a process that would enable community sanitation champions to develop questions and then research the answers. We would like to see community sanitation champions leading the engagement with communities. This process would empower them to investigate, analyze, compile and then immediately use what they have learned.
The role of the consultant would then be to facilitate a process with staff, partners and community members, to help them utilize their existing knowledge and that gained from the ODF research conducted to better understand what leads a village to gain using and maintain an ODF status.
The successful candidate with have:
• Positive deviance, appreciative Inquiry or community research facilitation experience
• Experience in Timor Leste,
• Experience motivating communities to build their own toilets (through community –led total sanitation, sanitation marketing or similar non subsidy approaches),
• Tetun or Bahasa Indonesia language skills would be an assets
How to apply
To apply, please send your CV and brief statement of qualifications to Benigna Vicente Martins, Senior HR Officer at benignam@oxfam.org.auYour statement should include preliminary proposed implementation work-plan, fee details, and your experience with positive deviance, appreciative inquiry or community research facilitation. The statement should not exceed three pages.
Interested individuals, teams and/or organizations are welcome to apply. Applications must be received by Oxfam no later than Sunday 31 March 2011, 24:00 (GMT+9). Applications received after this deadline will not be considered.
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