Consultancy Service On Solid Household Waste Management (extension)
Please submit a concept note (brief ideas on 2 pages) and your CV (highlighting the relevant experience) to Kyrgyzstan@helvetas.org by October 15, 2024.
Helvetas is an independent organization for development based in Switzerland with affiliated organizations in Germany and the United States. Helvetas is committed to a just world in which all men and women determine the course of their lives in dignity and security, using environmental resources in a sustainable manner. Helvetas supports poor and disadvantaged women, men and communities in about thirty developing and transition countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe. Our vision is of a just world in which all men and women determine the course of their lives in dignity and security, using environmental resources in a sustainable manner.
Helvetas in Kyrgyzstan in consortium with Development Policy Institute is implementing Public Service Improvement project funded by the Swiss Government. The Public Service Improvement project works on introduction of sustainable, effective, efficient, accountable and responsive management solutions in targeted municipalities that address real needs and demands of citizens and that deliver tangible service improvements.
The objective of the consultancy is to support the efforts of the project team by elaborating district waste management plans for the selected (6) districts of the Issyk-Kul, Chui, Talas and Jalalabad provinces of the Kyrgyz Republic. The international consultant will work in a tandem with one local consultant who will obtain the necessary data and assist the international consultant during the in-country mission.
CONSULTANCY SERVICE ON SOLID HOUSEHOLD WASTE MANAGEMENT
MAIN TASKS
- Prepare a working plan and outline of the program
- Prepare the main documents (Waste Management Plans) structure and relevant tasks for the local consultant (data collection)
- Prepare draft Waste Management Plans based on collected data for 6 districts
- Conduct one in-country mission (including presentation of preliminary plans and validation with local stakeholders)
- Collection of missing data and finalization of the Waste Management Plans
YOUR QUALIFICATIONS
- Work experience in the area of solid waste management planning - minimum 7 years
- Experience in various countries (European Union preferably) in the preparation of feasibility studies, master plans, corporate development programs and other program documents,
- Demonstrated experience and involvement in the planning and/or implementation of at least one project in the field of solid waste management in the countries of Central Asia and Caucasus over the past 10 years (2014-2024), knowledge of the relevant context in the Kyrgyz Republic is an advantage
- Fluency in spoken and written English, knowledge of Russian is an additional asset
YOUR OFFER
Please submit a concept note (brief ideas on 2 pages) and your CV (highlighting the relevant experience) to Kyrgyzstan@helvetas.org by October 15, 2024. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for further negotiations.
