Needs Assessment Consultant (Health) - Lebanon - Beirut

Deadline for submitting the application: Tues Nov 17 2026 Start date: Tuesday Nov 24  Mandatory Application Requirements: - Updated CV - Workplan: Submit a work plan covering - Methodology: Proposed approach to the assessment, including oversight of primary data collection, relevant secondary data, including data cleaning, triangulation and data analysis. - Key Activities: Main activities to be implemented during each phase of the assignment, including data quality assurance, analysis, identification of key needs and gaps, development of evidence-based recommendations, reporting, validation and presentation of findings. - Timeline: Proposed schedule for completing the key activities and deliverables, ensuring full completion by Dec 18. - Expected Outputs: To be aligned with the expected deliverables mentioned in the scope of work   Purpose of the Assignment The consultant will lead the analysis and synthesis of primary and secondary assessment findings to identify priority unmet health needs, barriers to access, service utilization patterns, referral bottlenecks and geographic areas of highest vulnerability. The consultancy will provide actionable recommendations to inform the design and focus of RI’s project proposal, including which health services, population groups and locations to prioritize, without presupposing a secondary healthcare intervention or fixed target groups. Specifically, the consultant will: - Conduct a comprehensive desk review of available secondary data. - Monitor and oversee primary data collection processes conducted by RI’s enumerators. - Ensure data quality and adherence to agreed methodologies. - Analyze quantitative and qualitative data. - Triangulate primary and secondary findings. - Produce a high-quality assessment report with evidence-based, prioritized recommendations for intervention focus, service packages, population and geographic targeting, and referral pathways. - Present findings and strategic implications to the RI program team.   Assessment Objectives Overall Objective Generate evidence on priority unmet health needs and barriers to accessing healthcare in Lebanon to inform the design, focus and targeting of RI’s intervention.   Specific Objectives - Identify the priority unmet health needs across population groups, including primary healthcare, SRH, MHPSS, malnutrition, secondary healthcare and other relevant health needs. - Assess availability, accessibility, quality, and affordability of healthcare services and referral systems. - Identify priority unmet health needs requiring humanitarian support, including life-threatening conditions. - Examine healthcare-seeking behaviors and coping mechanisms related to healthcare needs. - Assess the impact of economic vulnerability on access to healthcare services. - Identify geographic areas and population groups facing the highest unmet health needs. - Develop evidence-based recommendations for project design, targeting, service packages, referral mechanisms, and partnership strategies. - Assess barriers to accessing healthcare services, including: - - Service availability barriers; - - Financial barriers; - Geographic barriers; - Transportation challenges; - Referral pathway limitations; - Legal and documentation barriers; - Gender and disability-related barriers. Scope of Work The consultant will undertake the following tasks: Phase 1: Inception and Desk Review - Review available literature and secondary data, including: - Ministry of Public Health reports; - Health Sector assessments; - WHO publications; - UNHCR, UNICEF, UNFPA and IOM reports; - Existing RI assessments and program data; - Relevant ECHO documentation and strategic priorities. - Prepare a brief inception note outlining: - Methodology; - Analysis framework; - Workplan; - Data quality approach.   Phase 2: Data Collection Oversight RI will conduct primary data collection through household surveys, key informant interviews, facility assessments, and focus group discussions. The consultant will: - Monitor implementation of field activities. - Conduct regular data quality checks. - Review completeness and consistency of incoming data. - Identify and address data gaps during collection.   Phase 3: Data Analysis The consultant will: - Clean and validate quantitative datasets. - Conduct descriptive and comparative analysis. - Analyze qualitative data using thematic analysis. - Triangulate findings across: - Desk review; - Household surveys; - FGDs; - KIIs; - Facility assessments. - Identify key findings, trends, vulnerabilities, service gaps, and geographic disparities.   Phase 4: Reporting and Presentation The consultant will: - Develop a draft assessment report. - Incorporate RI feedback. - Produce a final report. - Deliver a PowerPoint presentation summarizing findings and recommendations. - Facilitate a validation workshop and presentation with RI program and management teams.   Expected Deliverables - Inception note and workplan - Within 3 working days of contract signature - Desk review summary- Within 7 working days - Data quality monitoring updates - Throughout data collection, within the 20-working-day assignment - Preliminary findings presentation - By Working Day 12 - Draft assessment report- By Working Day 15 - Validation presentation- By Working Day 17 - Final assessment report- By Working Day 20 - Final presentation deck- By Working Day 20, alongside the final report   Required Qualifications The consultant should possess: - Advanced university degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Health Systems, Humanitarian Assistance, Social Sciences, or related field. - Minimum 7 years of experience conducting humanitarian needs assessments. - Demonstrated experience in health assessments and health systems analysis. - Strong experience in quantitative and qualitative data analysis. - Experience designing or supporting ECHO-funded interventions is highly desirable. - Familiarity with the Lebanon humanitarian context. - Excellent analytical, report-writing, and presentation skills. - Proficiency in English; Arabic is an asset.   Management and Support Relief International will: - Provide existing assessment tools and templates. - Conduct primary data collection. - Share datasets and supporting documentation. - Facilitate access to relevant stakeholders and technical teams. - Review deliverables and provide consolidated feedback. The consultant will be responsible for ensuring the integrity of analysis, interpretation of findings, and quality of final products   Payment: The consultant will receive a fixed lump-sum fee payable upon the successful completion of all deliverables. Application Mandatory Requirements Interested candidates are required to submit the following documents: - Updated CV: Highlighting relevant experience in conducting health needs assessments, research, and data analysis. - Work Plan: Submit a work plan covering - Methodology: Proposed approach to the assessment, including oversight of primary data collection, relevant secondary data, including data cleaning, triangulation and data analysis. - Key Activities: Main activities to be implemented during each phase of the assignment, including data quality assurance, analysis, identification of key needs and gaps, development of evidence-based recommendations, reporting, validation and presentation of findings. - Timeline:Proposed schedule for completing the key activities and deliverables, ensuring full completion by Dec 18. - Expected Outputs: To be aligned with the expected deliverables mentioned above.