Short-term consultancy on conducting KAP survey on wild meat consumption, especially mammals and birds

ANNEX A: TERMS OF REFERENCE

Activity name (as stated in the original proposal): A Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) survey report on scope of current markets and wild meat consumption trends and practices, motivation to serve and to consume wild meat and willingness to pay for wild meat, especially mammals and birds

Service (to be performed): Short-term consultancy on conducting KAP survey on wild meat consumption, especially mammals and birds

Location of Service provided: Ha Noi, Ha Nam, and Bac Ninh

Duration of Service’s performance: 3/2023

I. Background:

Wild meat consumption remains popular in Vietnam, even during the COVID-19 pandemic and despite law enforcement and communication efforts aimed at reducing consumption of protected species.

Using crime script analysis tools and a Knowledge, Attitude and Practices (KAP) survey, WCS aims to understand the scope of wild meat markets, especially mammals and birds including motivations for sale/consumption, perception of health risks, and effective barriers to sale and consumption. Results will be used to develop a preventative crime model, combining enforcement and behaviour change interventions.

To understand the dynamics of wild meat and popular bird consumption, WCS selected restaurants and the neighborhoods in the urban like Ha Noi and in provinces where birds are commonly consumed in all kinds of festivals and gathering such as in Bac Ninh and Ha Nam to conduct the KAP survey with at least 180 people including men and women at different ages related to their perception and consumption behaviors towards wild meat and birds. WCS needs additional technical support from consultants who have experience in development and deployment of KAP survey with different methodologies including Unmatched Count Technique (quantitative and qualitative) and various tools including focus group discussion, in depth interviews and self assessment.

II. Objectives:

WCS will hire 1 consultant to join our team to develop and oversee the implementation of a Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Survey on wild meat consumption, especially mammals and birds in selected restaurants in Ha Noi, Bac Ninh and Ha Nam, Viet Nam.

I. Description of work: Detailed tasks are elaborated in the below section.
Activities	Outputs/ deliverables	Completed by	Allotted time (# of days)	Payment schedule
Apply for IRB approval in Viet Nam	The survey approved IRB form	28/2/2023	1 day	One Time payment is made within 15 days when all deliverables are completed and approved by WCS
Review on KAP survey methodology, questionnaires, In-depth interview (IDI) and focus group discussion (FGD) guide and discuss with the group of 3 other consultants to finalize the survey tools	Copy of the approved questionnaires; IDI and FGD guide	28/2/2023	1 day
Oversee the Deployment of KAP survey in Ha Noi, Ha Nam, and Bac Ninh, facilitate the respondent recruitments	Trip reports, list of respondents (disaggregated by gender), minutes of in-depth interviews (IDIs) and focus group discussions (FGDs)	10/3/2023	4.5 days
Responsible for quality supervision: provide comments/ input together with the group of 3 others consultant to finalize: - results of the field survey and - the KAP survey report on scope of current markets and wild meat consumption trends and practices; motivation to serve and to consume wild meat and willingness to pay for wild meat, especially wild birds, and mammals	A KAP survey report in Vietnamese and English on scope of current markets and wild meat consumption trends and practices, motivations to serve and consume wild meat and willingness to pay for wild meat	28/3/2023	4 days
Participated in consultation meetings (if need) with wildlife management and law enforcement officers, restaurants, consumers, and local CSOs to verify the developed crime script and preventative policing strategy	Presentation (ptt), facilitation notes	31/3/2023	1.5 days
Total allotted time (total working days): 12 days

IV. Requirements (selection criteria):

PhD degree on science social, Medical/ Public Health, or related field
More than 5 years of experience in social science research into human behavior and attitude on health risk from zoonotic diseases or wildlife products consumption
Proven record of experience working in social science research (through publication etc.), and research in wild meat consumption is preferred.
Willing to travel during the data collection period
Effective communication skills, understanding the local language and context, good in English writing.

V. Application procedure:

Interested candidate(s) are invited to send

Updated CV with relevant working experience and products
Financial proposal (daily rate/person in VND including Personal Income tax)
to [email protected] [1] before 17:00 of 26/2/2023

Note: Only shortlisted candidate(s) will be contacted

Job Details

Organisation Name:

WCS

Application Deadline:

Sun, 2023-02-26