| Project Title | Geared for Success (GFS) Project |
|---|---|
| Consultancy time frame | June 10th ,2025 to July 30th, 2025 |
| Report deadline | July 15th, 2025 |
| Application submission deadline | June 21st, 2025 |
| Reports to | GFS Project Manager War Child Canada South Sudan |
| Supported by | GFS MEAL Team (South Sudan), war Child Canada |
| Project location | South Sudan: Awerial, Malakal and Wau County |
ORGANIZATIONAL BACKGROUND
War Child Canada is an international non-governmental organization with over 25 years of experience working in conflict-affected communities. All work is implemented in direct partnership with local communities, local NGOs and other stakeholders using a child–centered approach. War Child Canada currently works in Afghanistan, Uganda, Sudan, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Yemen. In South Sudan War Child Canada is working in partnership with Government and other actors, on both emergency and development Program in education, livelihood and youth development, in Wau-Western Bar-El-ghazal state and Malakal, Upper Nile State.
PROJECT BACKGROUND
The Geared for Success (GFS) project is a six-year, gender-responsive initiative aimed at enhancing equitable and inclusive learning outcomes for refugee, internally displaced and host community children and youth, particularly girls and adolescent girls, living in South Sudan and Uganda. As part of Global Affairs Canada’s (GAC) “Together for Learning” campaign, the GFS project works towards supporting community-based organizations (CBOs) with financial and technical support to enhance their programming aimed at enabling access to gender-responsive education for refugee, internally displaced and host children in targeted communities. The project is implemented by War Child Canada (WCC) and Oxfam Canada (OCA) in close collaboration with six local implementing partners in South Sudan and Uganda.
In South Sudan, the project is implemented in partnership with three community-based organizations comprising of: Hope Agency for Relief and Development (HARD) in Wau, Care for Children and Old Age in South Sudan (CCOSS) in Awerial, and upper Nile Youth Development Association (UNYDA) in Malakal.
These CBOs are on the front lines of providing essential education services for refugees and IDPs. To ensure that partners are ‘geared for success’, the project will facilitate and provide technical and financial resources to improve their performance with more female leadership and community support, allowing them to enable access to education and to successfully advocate for the right to education for ultimate project participants. The GFS project will also strengthen Canadians’ (including diaspora) contribution to education for refugees/internally displaced persons and to the ‘Together for Learning’ Campaign and will advance the evidence base on the role of local partners in enhancing gender-responsive quality education for refugees and IDPs
WCC will support partners to implement school-based activities while Oxfam will support the same partners to implement community-based activities in selected school communities.
The Project outcome includes the following: -
- Ultimate Outcome: Enhance equitable and inclusive education for refugees and host community children and youths especially girls and adolescent girls.
- Intermediate Outcome 1100: Improved CBO performance in the provision of gender-responsive education.
- Intermediate Outcome 1200: Increased access to gender-responsive quality education for refugees and IDP children and youth, particularly for girls and adolescent girls.
- Intermediate Outcome 1300: Increased ability and knowledge of CBOs to collectively advocate with the government for the implementation of gender-responsive quality education policies, programs, and services for refugees/IDPs.
OBJECTIVES OF THE ASSESSMENT
The objective of this environmental impact assessment (EIA) is to identify, assess, and propose mitigation measures for potential environmental risks associated with school-based income-generating activities under the Geared for Success (GFS) project. It also aims to generate a set of recommendations for the project stakeholders to minimize or avoid adverse environmental effects before they occur; and incorporate environmental factors into decision making and overall project implementation. The specific objectives of the EIA include:
- To explore the existing situation, the environmental and climate context, where the project activities will be implemented.
- Assess the negative, adverse environmental effects the project and its activities might have on the environment and the mitigation measures that will be taken to eliminate or minimize them.
- Assess the positive environmental effects the project could have on the environment and measures taken to enhance them.
SCOPE OF THE ASSIGNMENT
The environmental impact assessment will focus on the component of school revenue increase activities for the GFS project in South Sudan which is funded by Global Affairs Canada and will include the following components as described in the reporting template provided by War Child Canada EIA: -
- Existing situation: Where, and in what environmental and climate context, will the project activities be implemented.
- The negative, adverse environmental effects that the project and its activities have on the environment and the mitigation measures for each activity that will be taken to eliminate or minimize them.
- The positive environmental effects that the project have on the environment and the measures that will be taken to enhance them.
- How War Child Canada environmental policies are integrated into the project’s proposed activities.
- Whether War Child Canada has environmental resources, such as specialists or focal points, available to support the project and oversee activities and whether it is reflected in the project budget.
- The long-term or cumulative environmental effects that could result from these activities, keeping in mind the combined effect of that activity and other activities by War Child Canada or other organizations.
- How the long-term or cumulative environmental effects of the activities will be managed.
- Inputs and feedback received from affected people or interested stakeholders.
- How environmental effects will be measured, monitored and reported.
The specific focus of the assessment will be on the identified activities below: -
- Support to school gardening (vegetable and fruit growing) School Canteen
- Tailoring business
- Clothing/boutique business
- Generator for electricity
- Transport business (tri-circle and boda-boda
- Grain Milling Machine business
- Sales of dried fish business
- Ground nuts and cassava farming
METHODOLOGY
- The consultant will conduct a systematic technical assessment and documentation of the potential environmental and socio-economic impacts: both negative and positive of each of the relevant proposed activities.
- The consultant is expected to consult with the schools and conduct site visits as needed as part of this EIA.
- The consultant will, with a help of a checklist clearly describe the identified potential negative and positive (both direct and indirect) environmental impacts of the activities and recommend approaches (known best practices) to address these as well as other relevant trans-boundary issues identified.
- Finally, the consultant will provide a detailed report, and other outputs as indicated in section 7 below (outputs of the assignment) of these terms of reference.
- The consultant shall select the most suitable methodology to conduct, analyze and present, initially as a draft, the proposed approaches to the assignment to War Child Canada South Sudan. War Child Canada South Sudan Staff may be utilized for direct data gathering in coordination and accordance with their project work plans.
- The consultant will be in the position to peruse through all the handouts and any available information from War Child Canada South Sudan and local counterparts concerning the project and the assignment
ETHICS AND SAFEGUARDING
War Child Canada and its partners are committed to ensuring that the rights of those participating in this study are respected and protected. The consultant shall abide by the War Child Canada Ethical MEAL Framework and safeguarding policy for children and young people.
All applicants must include in their proposal information on how they will uphold research ethics and ensure child safeguarding throughout the study. Specifically, the consultant should detail the methods that will be employed to guarantee safe, equitable, and non-discriminatory participation for all stakeholders. Additionally, special attention must be given to addressing the needs of children and other vulnerable groups. The consultant shall also explain how confidentiality and anonymity of participants will be guaranteed.
During the conceptualization phase of the study or at inception, the consultancy team and War Child Canada team shall complete a Child Safeguarding Risk Assessment to measure the level of risks to potential participants.
OUTPUT OF THE ASSIGNMENT
The consultant is expected to provide an inception report that will be reviewed and approved by War Child Canada before he/she proceeds with data collection and a final report that will be approved with Annexes. The final report will address the objectives and topics described in the paragraphs above, giving special attention to the overall data analysis and recommendations for current and future similar interventions. The report shall be presented in Soft Copy. The consultant will also complement the electronic report with visual images from the results of field assessment tools, including photographs or other materials that visually illustrate gender equality issues.
PERIOD AND DURATION OF THE SURVEY
The assessment is expected to commence at the latest on 7th July 2025 and would be completed within 10 days with the completion and submission of the final and revised report (including Annexes) no later than the 25th July 2025. Because of the urgency, War Child Canada may revise these dates to earliest convenience once a suitable consultant is found even before the end of this advertisement period.
QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE OF THE CONSULTANTS
- A post-graduate degree in environmental sciences or another relevant field
- Alternative training in the field of environmental conservation or climate change
- At least 5-10 years’ experience in conducting similar studies.
- Proven track record and ability to liaise with many different groups at different levels; including policy makers, grass-root civil society organizations, field workers, technical experts, etc.
- A broad knowledge of education and income generating activity programs and their relationship to the environment.
- Conceptual and analytical skills.
- Knowledge of participatory approaches and tools.
- Fluency in English is a must; Arabic is an asset.
- Excellent time management skills, with an ability to deliver high-quality outputs on time.
APPLICATION GUIDELINES
Interested and qualified professional individuals should submit their applications including the following:
- Technical Proposal (including Work Plan & Methodology)
- Financial Proposal (Proposed Budget)
- Profiles of Consultants (CVs) and Introduction Letters
- References and List of previous works
The documentation requested above shall be sent via e-mail to: southsudan@warchild.ca
Deadline for Applications June 21st, 2025.
Notes:
- Please DO NOT send original documents and/or heavy attachments
- Additional information will be required only in the case of pre-selection and short-listing.
- Applications will be assessed on a continuous basis and once a qualified individual is identified the opportunity will be closed.
Environmental Assessment TOR.pdf (4.6 MB)