Consultants to Conduct Surveys and In-depth Interviews to Further Identify the Risks of Pathogen Infection through Current Wildlife Supply Chains in Viet Nam

Consultancy advertisement

Position:	Short-term consultancy
Scope of work:	Conduct surveys and in-depth interviews to further identify the risks of pathogen infection through current wildlife supply chains in Viet Nam.
Location(s):	Hanoi, HCMC and other provinces and/or virtual/email
Service duration	March – July 2022

I. Background:

The current COVID-19 global pandemic is killing millions of people globally and causing major impacts to livelihoods, society, and economies across the world.

COVID-19 is understood to have originated in wildlife, and most probably made the jump to humans in a market selling live wildlife in China or a connected link along the wildlife supply chain. However, the conditions that lead to the emergence and transmission of these zoonotic pathogens to humans are not unique to China; they also prevalent in wild animal supply chains in Viet Nam.

Therefore, WCS is working with stakeholders and seeking the independent consultant team to conduct the survey research to: i) assess application of regulations of health management at different stages of wildlife supply chain (including wildlife farms, transportation, legal and illegal wildlife trade, import/export, handling wildlife after confiscations, etc.); ii) identify the risks of pathogen infection through current practice of wildlife farm owners, and frontline officers.

II. Objectives:

Conduct the survey, collect information, data on: legal and illegal wildlife trade, application of regulations of health management at different stages of wildlife supply chain and act have been taken by Government agencies for preventing and controlling disease transmission.
Access, identify the risks of pathogen infection through analyzing the relationship between wildlife trade activities and the disease distribution along the wildlife supply chain.
Provide recommendations to reduce the risks of zoonotic disease spillover along wildlife supply chain.

III. Activity, Expected outputs/deliverables and tentative deadline

Activities	Outputs/ deliverables	Completed by	Allotted time (# of days)
1. Develop the activity outline Participate the discussion and make agreement on the research’s outline. Provide inputs and comments on the research’s subjects and method.	1 completed research outline	March 2022	10 days
2. Develop and finalize the questionnaire Develop the questionnaire and related materials as needed (e.i. informed consent form) base on agreed research’s objectives, subjects and method. Update questionnaire and related materials base on comments and feedback from a group of experts and stakeholders. Conduct pilot interviews. Finalize the questionnaire and related materials.	01 completed questionnaire	March 2022	10 days
3. Data collection Complete the informed consent form (full fill and get the signatures); Interview 50 people, record and collect data using questionnaire; Upload raw data into the computer/laptop or dedicated folder/hard drive; Transcript. Research and finalize the draft Outline.	01 raw data set (records, datasheet, transcripts)	April 2022	20 days
4. Summarize and analyze the data Summarize and analyze data collected from interviews; Finalize the data analysis base on comments and feedback from a group of experts and stakeholders.	01 summary report, analyze the data	May 2022	15 days
5. Provide comments, recommendations and propose interventions Provide recommendations base on the results of data analysis; Summarize and finalize the recommendations after collecting those from a group of experts and stakeholders.	01 document of recommendations	June 2022	5 days
6. Final report Prepare the report’s outline; Finalized the report base on the comments and feedback from a group of experts and stakeholders.	01 completed final report	June 2022	10 days

Total allotted time (total working days): 60 days

IV. Consultant Requirements:

Having skills and more than 10-year experience in providing consulting service in different areas;
Having experiences in conducting research and survey projects in various fields, with different target groups;
Priority is given to the consultation team has experiences in conducting the research related to One Health.

V. Application procedure:

Interested candidate(s) are invited to send to [email protected] [1] before 16:00 pm (Hanoi time), Mar. 4, 2022.

An email of interest
Working experience profiles/Curriculum Vitae(s) of all team members
Copies/links to three similar researches/products
Financial proposal (daily rate in VND including Personal Income Tax).

Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Job Details

Organisation Name:

WCS

Application Deadline:

Fri, 2022-03-04