Consultancy: Programme Baseline Assessment – Uganda & Kenya – 8 octobre 2026

Contexte

IsraAID is an International Humanitarian Non-Governmental Organization founded in 2001 and headquartered in Israel. It supports people and communities affected by humanitarian crises, combining rapid emergency response with longer-term recovery, resilience, and preparedness. Over the years, IsraAID has worked in more than 60 countries, responding to disasters, displacement, epidemics, and other crises. Its mission is centered on partnering closely with local communities to provide urgent assistance while helping them rebuild and strengthen their resilience to future shocks.

IsraAID is implementing a project titled Integrated Community Nutrition Management Programme (ICNMP) in Nakivale Refugee Settlement in Uganda and in Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya. The programme intends to improve health outcomes and reduce morbidity and mortality associated with malnutrition in vulnerable communities participating in the Program. ICNMP is designed as a regional initiative that responds to acute and chronic nutrition needs across East Africa, beginning its phase zero in Q2 of 2026, and actual implementation in September 2026. Although the immediate program launch focuses on Uganda and the emergency phase in Kenya, early 2027 will see Kenya incorporating the full package while the broader intention is to establish a model that can later expand to South Sudan as funding becomes available. The regional framing is essential, as the scale of displacement, vulnerability, and recurring shocks across these countries requires harmonized technical standards, shared learning, and coordinated supply chain approaches. The program will expand decentralized nutrition services by placing screening, early identification, and treatment within spaces that families already use daily, including schools, Child-Friendly Spaces, transit points, and primary health facilities. To be able to achieve the intended outcomes, IsraAID seeks services of a consultant to conduct a baseline upon which project progress and successes will be measured.

This Terms of Reference (ToR) sets out the background, purpose, objectives, scope of work, expected deliverables, and management arrangements for the baseline study, and invites eligible firms to submit technical and financial proposals for consideration.

Missions et responsabilités

This assignment aims at establishing both quantitative and qualitative baseline information on access to integrated nutrition services, nutrition and food security practices and programme systems to ensure that these are addressed by programme interventions to realise the intended overall goal. The baseline will also establish baseline information on several learning areas under the OECD criteria and the IsraAID Community Resilience framework (CRF). The baseline therefore aims at obtaining verified, disaggregated benchmark values for the programme indicators, enabling precise measurement of outcomes and impacts at endline (Year 2, 2028).

Objectives of the Assignment

• Assess the 3 programme outcome indicators: 1. Vulnerable communities — especially children under five and pregnant and lactating women (PLW) — access integrated, quality nutrition services delivered through a multi-tier workforce (community and formal system) and functional multi-sectoral pathways. 2. Caregivers and community structures adopt improved nutritional and food security practices that prevent and protect against malnutrition. 3. Programme systems — accountability, information, governance and supply chain, inventory management systems, logistics & distribution modalities — are functional and progressively integrated into and owned by national, district and community structures.
• Provide baseline information on the specified Community Resilience Framework (CRF) and OECD learning questions.

Profil recherché

IsraAID expects the successful consultant/firm to field a multidisciplinary team with a balance of quantitative, qualitative, and GESI expertise, complemented by strong in-country presence across ICNMP priority geographies where possible.

• Team Leader / Baseline Study Lead: Advanced degree in public health, social sciences, statistics, international development, or related field; minimum 10 years’ experience leading baseline/endline evaluations for complex, multi-country development programs; demonstrated experience with forced displacement, refugee, or migration programming; strong track record managing mixed-methods research teams across multiple African countries. Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with the IsraAID team.
• Quantitative Research Specialist: Advanced degree in statistics, economics, or related field; expertise in survey design, sampling methodology, and quantitative data analysis (e.g., STATA, R, SPSS); experience with mobile data collection platforms (e.g., KoboToolbox, SurveyCTO, ODK).
• Qualitative Research Specialist: Advanced degree in social sciences; expertise in qualitative methods including KIIs, FGDs, and complexity-aware approaches.
• Data Management / MEL Support: Experience in data cleaning, database management, and dashboard/data visualization; familiarity with data protection standards applicable to work with protected persons.

Conditions et avantages

• Contract Type: Consultancy
• Contract Period: October 2026 to December 2026, 75 days (Phased implementation)
• Target Start Date: Tentatively 26/10/2026
• Payment Plan: 50% after the approval of the inception report, 50% after the approval of the final report.

Dossier de candidature

• Inception report.
• Refined methodology and sampling plan.
• Approved work plan and evaluation/indicator matrix.
• Approved final data collection tools and protocols.
• Uganda and Kenya quantitative and qualitative datasets.
• Field notes/transcripts and data quality assurance records.
• Analyzed datasets and populated indicator baseline table.
• Validation workshop summary.
• Final Baseline Survey report in MS Word and PDF, executive summary/brief, presentation deck, and final clean datasets and tools.

Comment postuler

Application Deadline: 23/10/2026

Submission Method: EMAIL – see ‘how to apply’ in the original procuring organization guidelines.