Roster of Sectoral Experts – Ukraine

Introduction

Announcement: Roster of Sectoral Experts – Ukraine (STOOS Consulting)
STOOS Consulting is building a national roster of sectoral/technical experts in Ukraine to collaborate on upcoming evaluations, third-party monitoring (TPM), assessments, and research studies for UN agencies, INGOs, and donors. STOOS is an international MEAL, research, and advisory firm operating in complex and fragile contexts, delivering evidence-based, gender- and conflict-sensitive analysis to improve programme quality and accountability.

Purpose of the Roster

• Create a pool of on-call technical experts in Ukraine.
• Match experts to short-term assignments (inception input, data collection, tool refinement, analysis, reporting).
• Ensure strong local/contextual expertise for sector-specific studies.

Key Duties and Tasks

• Inception support
  • Review ToR and background documents.
  • Validate scope, geographic focus, and stakeholders.
  • Propose/adapt methodological approaches to the Ukrainian context.
• Technical inputs to tools
  • Refine questionnaires, KII/FGD guides, checklists.
  • Tailor tools to sector standards (e.g. WASH minimum standards, Education cluster guidance, Health facility readiness).
  • Integrate cross-cutting themes (gender, disability, localization, protection, accountability).
• High-level technical data collection
  • Conduct KIIs with: cluster/sector leads, line ministries, oblast/local authorities, service providers (utilities, schools, health facilities), INGO/UN staff, CSOs.
  • Where needed, co-facilitate FGDs with beneficiary groups and specialized target groups (IDPs, female-headed households, older persons, PwDs).
• Analysis and interpretation
  • Validate findings from field teams.
  • Provide sector-specific interpretation (e.g. what “adequate winterization” means in a given oblast; what is feasible in partially damaged infrastructure).
  • Identify technical gaps and risks.
• Reporting and recommendation refinement
  • Draft or review sector chapters.
  • Formulate practical, context-feasible and donor-aligned recommendations.
  • Align recommendations with Ukraine clusters, government recovery plans, and ongoing humanitarian response.

Sectors / Fields of Interest
We welcome experts in the following areas (you may select more than one):

• Shelter & Settlements / Housing Repair & Light Rehabilitation
  • Damage assessment, BoQs, prioritization of vulnerable HHs, multi-storey buildings, collective centres.
  • Knowledge of Ukrainian construction norms and municipal approval processes.
• WASH (Emergency & Institutional)
  • Water supply in damaged areas, rural water systems, small-scale treatment, water trucking, WASH in collective centres and schools, hygiene promotion.
  • Coordination with water utilities and local administrations.
• Health & MHPSS
  • Primary health care, mobile/outreach services, supplies, infection prevention and control (IPC), rehabilitation of facilities.
  • MHPSS layers, GBV/SEA referral pathways, conflict/stress-related conditions.
• Education (EiE and Early Recovery of Schools)
  • School rehabilitation, temporary learning spaces, inclusive education, non-formal education for IDPs, digital/remote learning.
  • Work with education authorities at oblast/raion levels.
• Protection / GBV / Child Protection
  • Case management systems, safe identification and referrals, PSEA, protection desks, community protection structures.
  • Housing/land/property (HLP) issues for IDPs and returnees.
• Food Security, Livelihoods & Early Recovery
  • Cash and voucher assistance (CVA), market assessments, support to MSMEs, agricultural recovery, value chains disrupted by the war.
  • Linkages to recovery/stabilization and local economic development.
• Energy, Winterization & District Heating
  • Household-level winterization kits, heating support, alternative energy, building efficiency.
  • Municipal-level constraints and prioritization.
• DRR / Resilience / Mine-Affected Areas
  • Risk mapping, business continuity for services, community-based preparedness.
• Social Cohesion, Governance & Localization
  • Engagement with hromadas, CSOs, volunteer groups; participatory/complaints & feedback mechanisms; inclusion of local responders.

Requirements / Profile

• Education (sector-specific):
  • Shelter/WASH: Civil Engineering, Construction/Architecture, Water & Environmental Engineering.
  • Health/MHPSS: Medicine, Nursing, Public Health, Health Systems Management, Psychology.
  • Education: Education, Pedagogy, Social Sciences.
  • Protection/GBV/CP: Social Work, Law, Gender Studies, Psychology.
  • Livelihoods/FSL: Economics, Agronomy, Business/Enterprise Development.
• Experience:
  • Minimum 5 years of relevant work in Ukraine’s humanitarian / early recovery response.
  • Prior work with UN, INGOs, clusters, or large national NGOs is a strong asset.
  • Experience in assessments, monitoring, evaluations, or TPM preferred.
• Skills:
  • Strong analytical and writing skills.
  • Ability to work with mixed methods (quant + qual).
  • Confident in conducting high-level KIIs.
• Languages:
  • Ukrainian (required), Russian (asset), English (for inputs to reports).