Feasibility Study Consultant – BMZ PT Project Proposal (Kibera)

About the role

arche nova, a German NGO supporting vulnerable communities in Kenya, is preparing a project proposal for the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) focused on Kibera, Nairobi. It invites Kenyan-based independent consultants, teams or consulting firms to carry out an independent, evidence-based feasibility study that will inform the proposal. The study must be sufficiently critical to recommend redesign, deferral or non-selection of measures where evidence does not support them.

Key responsibilities

• Validate priority needs, target groups and beneficiaries, and assess the technical, social, institutional, environmental, regulatory, operational and financial feasibility of proposed measures.
• Analyze stakeholders and partners, prerequisites such as land tenure and permits, and risks of exclusion or conflict.
• Assess skills training, employment and income-generation opportunities, and the feasibility of proposed facilities (boreholes, toilets, showers, wastewater treatment).
• Evaluate environmental, social, regulatory and safeguarding aspects, and recommend mitigation measures.
• Refine the logical framework, indicators, baselines and targets, and recommend sustainability, MEAL and exit arrangements.
• Deliver an inception report, a preliminary briefing, a draft feasibility study and a final report (max 30 pages) with recommendations for each measure.

Required profile

• Kenya-based consultant, team or firm; multidisciplinary teams need a named team leader responsible for quality and timeliness.
• Postgraduate qualification in development studies, social sciences, public health, engineering, environmental studies, economics or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience of feasibility studies, assessments or project design for development programmes in Kenya, preferably in urban informal settlements.
• Experience with donor proposals, logical frameworks, results chains, implementation plans and activity-based budgets.
• Competence in gender equality, disability inclusion, safeguarding, environmental and social risk assessment, conflict sensitivity and accountability.

Required skills

• Relevant WASH and public-health expertise; specialist engineering or water-resource conclusions must be reviewed by qualified professionals.
• Participatory and mixed-methods research, stakeholder analysis and data collection.
• Ability to produce a costed, technically sound proposal and to assess OECD/DAC criteria.