Inclusive Multi‑Sector Needs Assessment Consultant

About the role

Christian Blind Mission (CBM) seeks an experienced consultant or consulting team to lead an Inclusive Multi‑Sector Needs Assessment (MSNA) in selected crisis‑affected areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The assessment will generate evidence on humanitarian needs, vulnerabilities and service gaps, with a focus on persons with disabilities and other at‑risk groups, to inform future programming such as ECHO HIP 2027.

Key responsibilities

• Design and implement a mixed‑method assessment covering health, protection, food security, education, nutrition, WASH, disaster preparedness and cross‑cutting themes.
• Identify priority humanitarian needs, barriers to assistance, service availability and protection risks across North Kivu, South Kivu and Mai‑Ndombe.
• Analyse geographic areas for severity, operational feasibility and CBM’s added value, and produce strategic recommendations for future interventions.
• Deliver an inception report, data collection tools, preliminary findings, draft and final MSNA reports, executive summary and a clean dataset.

Required profile

• Advanced university degree in humanitarian studies, public health, social sciences, development studies, statistics or related field.
• Minimum 10 years experience in humanitarian assessments, including multi‑sector needs assessments in conflict‑affected settings.
• Proven experience with disability‑inclusive humanitarian action and ability to supervise multilingual data collection in French and local languages.
• Excellent written and spoken English; French proficiency required.

Required skills

• Mixed‑methods assessment design (secondary data review, household surveys, KIIs, FGDs, stakeholder consultations).
• Quantitative and qualitative data analysis.
• Project management of field teams in complex humanitarian environments.