Consultancy to Develop an Online Policy Tracker/ Dashboard, for the Sector Forum for Water RAPID at Millennium Water Alliance

Roles and Responsibilities

The roles of the consultant(s) shall include the following:

• Develop an inception report, detailing the proposed methodologies for development of the policy trackers, including stakeholder engagement process during the development process, indicate any data-gathering tools, work plan schedule to conduct the assignment, in consultation with MWA RAPID teams and FCDC.
• Carry out interviews with FCDC team, RAPID+ partners, national and county sector policy makers, department heads, private sector actors, water sector institutions (e.g., water services providers, water user associations/ committees)
• Develop an online policy tracker/ dashboard to track policy development and execution in the FCDC member counties; develop an online data collection tool for use to populate the policy tracker – these shall be linked
• Prepare for and facilitate live/online learning (to be determined) workshop to present the policy tracker / dashboard to FCDC, County and RAPID+ teams and solicit feedback from participants on recommended actions
• Produce guideline/ user manuals for updating and maintenance of the policy tracker/ dashboard

Consultant’s Qualifications

Below are the preferred qualifications for the consultants applying for the consultancy:

• University Degree in IT, Computer Science, Data Science or related IT/ Communication Field
• 5+ years of experience of IT platform implementation in highly technical and analytical roles is mandatory
• Advanced Industry-Standard Qualification in Back and Front-End Web-Development
• 3+ years of experience of implementation of web-based platforms
• Demonstrated experience in the implementation of web-based online reporting systems and tracking dashboards on at least 3 previous assignments
• Advanced skills in HTML, CSS and Javascript
• Knowledge of cloud-based database platform implementation, including hands-on experience in implementation and performance tuning of relevant open-source software
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Experience with quantitative and qualitative analysis and data collection.