National Consultant - Madagascar-based WASH & Adolescent Health Expert

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Ladysmith Collective

Remote (local)
  • Career category: Research/ Data analysis
  • Job type: Consultancy
  • Humanitarian or Development: Development
  • Experience level: 5-10 years
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: Remote (local)
  • Right to work requirements: Not specified
  • Remuneration: Not Disclosed
  • Work schedule: Part-time/ Pro-rata
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 19/12/2025
  • Location: Madagascar, Androy, Atsimo Atsinanana, Boeny, and Analanjirofo
Climate & Environmental justice Health
Ladysmith Opportunity Alert! 📣

🌟National Consultant – Madagascar-based WASH & Adolescent Health Expert 👩🏾‍🔬🩺💡👩🏻‍💻 🌟
Ladysmith seeks a Madagascar-based national consultant to partner on our qualitative study: "WASH, Menstrual Hygiene, and Adolescent Health: Pathways to Promoting Adolescent Wellbeing and Preventing Early Pregnancy." This UNICEF-funded project aims to identify and address the sociocultural and behavioral barriers adolescent girls face, with the goal of strengthening health and WASH interventions.

We are looking for a consultant who is:
• Based in Madagascar, ideally with experience working in the regions of Androy, Atsimo Atsinanana, Boeny, and Analanjirofo.
• A skilled qualitative researcher with expertise in gender-sensitive approaches, WASH, Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM), and/or Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRHR).
• Fluent in Malagasy and French, with professional proficiency in English.
• Available from January 2026  for a period of approximately 6 months (up to 52  working days).

The consultant will lead in-country activities, including:
• Leading qualitative data collection (Key Informant Interviews, Focus Group Discussions) and Community Co-creation Workshops with adolescents, parents, and community leaders. Managing field logistics, ethical approvals.
• Facilitating a national-level stakeholder validation workshop.
• Organizing and facilitating pilot testing sessions of toolkit modules in selected communities.
• Providing critical contextual analysis to ensure our findings and resulting MHM/SRHR training toolkit are culturally resonant and effective.

For full details, please refer to the Terms of Reference (ToR) attached to this call (on LinkedIn).

📩 To apply and for more details please click on Apply

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview. 
The expected starting date is January 2026.

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