Title of Consultancy

SCHOOL CLIMATE HAZARD AND VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT AND THE CO-CREATION OF COMMUNITY-BASED STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES (SOPs) FOR CLIMATE HAZARDS IN NORAD-SUPPORTED SCHOOLS, SOMALIA

SCI Contracting Office

Save the Children Somalia/land Country Office

Period of Consultancy

The duration of this assignment is 45 days. Encompassing preparation of materials and resources, desk review, workshop facilitation, and development of the SOPs for Schools. Specific schedules will be agreed upon with the selected consultant/consultancy firm.

Consultant type required

Consultancy Firm

Responsibility for Logistics arrangements and Costs

Save the children will pay the consultant fee in a lump sum and will not reimburse any incurred costs during the assignment. The consultant will cover their own Logistical arrangements, costs; including food, accommodation, local transport, and all cost associated with data collection work and whole activities.

Taxation Provisions

The consultancy firm shall be responsible for all taxes arising from the consultancy in line with the local Tax regulations applicable at the SCI contracting office.

Travel requirements

The consultancy firm will cover all travel costs (tickets) and arrange local travel to field sites.

Security requirements

The consultancy firm will comply with standard of Save the Children Security procedures, including the completion of SCI online security training (applicable to international consultants) prior to travel to Somalia. 

Professional quality and Expertise

The following are the minimum requirements for the Consultancy Firm to be considered for conducting the assignment.

Firm Experience (Mandatory)

·         Comparable assignments: at least 3 Similar assignments, covering climate change, DRR. Evidence: contracts or completion letters and client references.

·         Demonstrated experience in climate change, early warning and disaster risk reduction (DRR), including the development of climate change frameworks and standard operating procedures (SOPs), and the use of participatory methodologies linked to climate change mitigation and DRR. Evidence: sample reports.

·         Experience in the climate situation of Somalia and its impact on the social angles be it education, protection and livelihoods.

·         Experience in applying participatory methods to develop SOPs and identify climate hazards, using an “equal participation, efficiency, effectiveness and transparency” lens.

·         Experience in analyzing climate hazards, mapping and documenting risks, early warning systems.

·         strong experience using desk review, FGDs, KIIs, mapping potential climate risks.

·         A record of producing SOPs, Early Warning System Frameworks, and Climate Change Interventions.

 Contextual Experience (Mandatory)

·         Demonstrated experience in Somalia, or comparable federal and fragile contexts. This includes understanding the climatic, hazards, political and social architecture, the federal-state relationship, and the potential risks associated with the proposed states/regions.

·         Demonstrated ability to access and presence in the project target locations.

·         Demonstrated ability to work in fragile, climate and conflict-affected areas with a security and risk management plan.

 Team Requirements (Mandatory)

·         Post-graduate degree in climate change, disaster risk management, environmental science, development studies, education in emergencies or a related field.

·         At least 5 years’ experience conducting climate, hazard, vulnerability or disaster risk assessments in Somalia, including participatory community-level work.

·         Demonstrated experience with child-friendly, gender-sensitive and disability-inclusive participatory methods, and in facilitating community or school planning workshops.

·         Good knowledge of Somalia’s climate seasons, hazards, early warning sources and education and disaster management structures. Experience with school safety or developing SOPs or contingency plans is an advantage.

·         Fluency in Somali and English, with strong facilitation and plain-language report writing skills.

·         Interested firms who meet the consultancy requirements are requested to submit their technical and financial proposals as separate attachments and state and bid validity bid and each application package should include the above required minimum requirements.

Applications can be submitted by:

Protected Email box below

·         Email should be addressed to [email protected]

·         Should you need any clarifications please direct your queries to [email protected] 5 days Before the deadline of the assignment

·         and expect responses within maximum of two working days.

·         Note – this is a sealed tender box which will not be opened until the tender has closed. Therefore, do not send tender related questions to this email address as they will not be answered.

The subject of the email should be APPLICATION FOR SCHOOL CLIMATE RISK ASSESSMENT AND COMMUNITY-BASED SOP DEVELOPMENT IN NORAD-SUPPORTED SCHOOLS, SOMALIA.

·         All attached documents should be clearly labelled so it is clear to understand what each file relates to.

·         Emails should not exceed 15mb – if the file sizes are large, please split the submission into two emails and mark technical and financial proposals. 

·         Do not copy other SCI email addresses into the email when you submit it as this will invalidate your bid.

All applications MUST be submitted on or before the closing date below to be considered for the assignment. Only shortlisted Candidates will be proceeded to next levels of the evaluation

Interested consultants shall submit their applications through the above procedures or before 21st November 2026, 11:59 PM EAT.