وظيفة شاغرة: استشارات بحثية - NWB Research

الوصف الوظيفي:
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) is a UK-registered charity that works for a future in which all Palestinians can access an effective, sustainable, and locally led system of healthcare and the full realization of their rights to health and dignity. MAP provides immediate medical aid to those in need at times of crisis, while also developing local capacity and skills to ensure the long-term development of the Palestinian healthcare system.  

As a part of MAP’s efforts and commitment to delivering needs-responsive, rights-based, and contextually relevant and impactful services, we are seeking a research consultancy to conduct field research in the north of the West Bank with displaced Palestinians from the Jenin, Tulkarm, and Nour Shams refugee camps. The mixed-method research will examine the impact of forced displacement on the rights and access to health of displaced Palestinians, including women, girls, men and boys, as well as people with disabilities. Additionally, the research will assess their perceptions and experiences of health-related humanitarian interventions since being displaced in January 2025.

Background and Context

Since the start of Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza in October 2023, the West Bank – including the refugee camps of Jenin, Tulkarm and Nur Shams – has experienced an intensification of military attacks, forced displacement, demolitions and settler violence. This culminated in January 2025, just after the ceasefire agreement in Gaza at the time, with the launch of a large-scale Israeli military attack on the three aforementioned refugee camps, which led to the largest wave of forced displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank since 1967.The military attack involved helicopter gunfire, airstrikes, ground-force raids and the deployment of tanks for the first time in the West Bank since the early 2000s.

Within weeks, tens of thousands of camp residents were forcibly displaced and UNRWA was forced to fully suspend services inside the camps. This military attack has emptied the three camps of virtually all residents and, almost 1.5 years later, over 30,000 Palestinians remain displaced.

A damage assessment conducted by UNOSAT with satellite imagery collected on 26 January and 5 February 2026 found extensive destruction across all three camps: in Jenin camp, about 53% of all structures were destroyed or damaged; as well as 55 percent of Nur Shams camp and about 37% of Tulkarm camp.

Displaced families, many now dispersed across rented accommodation, public shelters, and host communities in Jenin, Tulkarm, Nablus, Tubas and elsewhere, report increasing difficulty affording rent, disrupted livelihoods, and repeated cycles of secondary displacement as military attacks and demolition orders continue.

More than 18 months following the mass forced displacement, camps remain largely inaccessible or under military presence, humanitarian access for assessment and assistance remains constrained, and the humanitarian response – led by UNRWA, UNICEF, OCHA-coordinated clusters, and national and international NGOs – continues to operate against a backdrop of severe funding shortfalls, access restrictions, and an active, unresolved crisis rather than a post-emergency recovery phase.

Purpose and Objectives

The overall purpose of this research is to produce an evidence-based, community-informed account of the health impacts of the humanitarian situation of Palestinians displaced from Jenin, Tulkarm and Nur Shams refugee camps, including access to healthcare, protection, shelter, livelihoods, disability, MHPSS and access to essential services, as well as a critical assessment of the impact – both positive and negative – of humanitarian interventions on their lives, investigating whether humanitarian interventions are accessible, safe, appropriate, accountable and dignified for diverse Palestinian groups. This will be done in order to inform more effective, accountable and dignified programming.

The research should provide disaggregated evidence, as well as showcase the impact of displacement on diverse groups, including women, children, the elderly, and people with disabilities. It is important to highlight these groups' accounts of displacement, its impact on their health and wellbeing, and the impact of aid received from a perspective of more vulnerable groups.

Humanitarian actors, donors, human rights organisations and the media have documented the scale of destruction and displacement in the northern West Bank in significant detail. What is far less documented, systematically and at scale, is how internally displaced people (IDPs) themselves perceive their health and wellbeing situation, their priorities, and the humanitarian response – in their own words and disaggregated in a way that can inform programming.

This research is intended to fill that gap. MAP is seeking the production of a research paper that follows a rigorous mixed-methods design, direct quotation, and meaningful participation of affected people, especially under-represented groups, honest reporting of both positive and negative findings, and a clear articulation of what affected people want decision-makers to know.

The research should interrogate root causes and critically assess the humanitarian response in the north of the West Bank in relation to health and wellbeing – not simply document satisfaction levels, but analyse why gaps, harms or unintended consequences occur, and to give equal weight to what is working well and what is not.

Research Questions:

How has the displacement that occurred in refugee camps in the northern West Bank impacted the health and wellbeing situation of displaced Palestinians, focusing on access to healthcare, mental wellbeing, shelter, livelihood?
How do displaced Palestinians perceive the humanitarian aid response to their displacement, especially their accounts of the response at the early stages of displacement versus the later stages in terms of response to need, dignity, impact, and effectiveness?
Scope of Research

The research will focus on Palestinians displaced from Jenin, Tulkarm and Nur Shams refugee camps in the northern West Bank, including:

IDPs currently residing in host communities, rented accommodation, public shelters, or with relatives across Jenin, Tulkarm, Tubas, Nablus and other governorates to which they have relocated;
Where security conditions and access permit, residents remaining in or near the camps, and those who have made attempts to return;
Key informants including community leaders, community volunteers/mutual aid organisers, women-led organizations, organization of persons with disabilities, and staff of local and international humanitarian organisations operating in the response.
IDPs who are women- and child-headed households, adolescents, older people, persons with disabilities and caregivers, and pregnant/lactating women.
The research should aim for a sample that is disaggregated and, to the extent feasible given access constraints, representative by camp of origin, current location/governorate, gender, age group, disability status, and time/number of displacements. The researcher should propose a sampling approach appropriate to current access conditions and justify any limitations at inception.

Methodology
The research should follow a mixed-methods approach combining a quantitative household survey with in-depth qualitative research. The researcher can use the following tools, or others if proposed to be more adequate:

Desk review of existing secondary data.
Key Informant Interviews with community leaders, community volunteers/mutual aid organisers, women-led organizations, organization of persons with disabilities, and staff of local and international humanitarian organisations operating in the response.
Interviews/Focus Group Discussions with diverse community members as specified in the “scope” section.
Quantitative research tools, including questionnaires/surveys.
Deliverables and Timeline

The research should be drafted, reviewed, and approved by December 31st, 2026.

The researcher should be in constant communication with MAP throughout the assignment process, including the submission of the following:

Inception report;
Field data collection tools;
Cleaned field data and analysis results;
Interview transcripts (in Arabic) accompanied by their English translation;
Draft report in English;
Revised report in English;
Final report and executive summary in English.
متطلبات الوظيفة:
Required Qualifications

MAP invites applications from individual consultants or small research teams/firms (e.g. a lead researcher partnered with a local research/data collection firm), given the scale and access sensitivity of the fieldwork required. The successful applicant(s) should demonstrate:

Educational background in a relevant field (social sciences, public policy, humanitarian studies, development studies, statistics or related discipline), or equivalent professional experience.
A minimum of 5 years’ experience designing and leading mixed-methods research in humanitarian, conflict-affected or displacement contexts; prior experience in the oPt is highly desirable.
Demonstrated expertise in quantitative survey design, sampling methodology and statistical analysis in the Palestinian context.
Demonstrated expertise in qualitative research methods and commitment to upholding high ethical research standards, especially related to informed consent, confidentiality, safeguarding, and participant well-being.
Strong track record of producing rigorous, evidence-based, and critically analytical research.
Fluency in Arabic (spoken and written) within the research team is required for direct data collection and community engagement; strong professional English is required for reporting and drafting the research paper. Candidates should be based in Palestine.
Demonstrated commitment to and prior experience implementing research ethics, protection and safeguarding protocols in the Palestinian context.
Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to produce accessible, well-structured reporting for both technical and non-technical/public audiences.
Ethical considerations for this research

This research involves displaced Palestinians in the West Bank, conducted in the context of trauma from military occupation, and systemic barriers to healthcare. Given the heightened vulnerability of participants, the research will adhere to the highest ethical standards to ensure dignity, safety, confidentiality and anonymity when needed, and informed participation.  The research team will adhere to MAP’s safeguarding policy and sign MAP’s Code of Conduct. They will be required to undertake safeguarding training delivered by MAP staff prior to conducting the research . MAP’s feedback and complaints procedures will be shared with all research participants.

Participants will be fully informed about the purpose, risks, and voluntary nature of the research through clear informed consent processes in Arabic, with options for verbal consent when needed.

A trauma-sensitive approach will be applied throughout, with interviewers trained to recognise signs of distress and referral pathways established for psychosocial support where needed. Researchers must not create expectations of assistance. Any urgent protection, safeguarding or health concerns identified during data collection should be managed through an agreed referral and incident-reporting protocol.

Data will be anonymised and securely stored to protect participants.

The research will avoid any framing that neutralises or depoliticises the context of Israeli occupation. Recognising that the research takes place within a context of military occupation and apartheid, Israeli policies directly shape Palestinians’ health outcomes and failing to name occupation or power structures can reinforce injustice.
تفاصيل الوظيفة:
المسمى الوظيفي: Research Consultancy- NWB Research
آخر موعد للتقديم: 08.09.2026.
المكان: رام الله والبيرة، نابلس، جنين، طولكرم
طبيعة العمل: عن بُعد ومن المكتب
نوع الوظيفة: العقود والاستشارات
المستوى المهني: متوسط الخبرة
الدرجة العلمية: البكالوريوس
الخبرة: سنة
التصنيف: الثقافة والفنون العلوم والبحوث حقوق الإنسان والمساواة بين الجنسين والحماية
آلية التقديم:
Application and Selection Criteria

Interested applicants should submit the following by September 8th , 2026 by email to ProcurementWB@map-uk.org:

A research proposal (max.10 pages) outlining the proposed methodology, sampling approach, ethics/safeguarding plan, and workplan, responding directly to the objectives and research questions in this ToR. The proposal should specify the expected sample size for each method, selection criteria, geographic coverage and measures to reduce sampling bias.
A detailed financial proposal/budget, in USD;
CV(s) of the lead researcher and any proposed team members/partner organisation;
At least two relevant, similar research assignments and references;
A sample of previous relevant research output(s), ideally involving displaced populations;
A short (1-page) statement of how the applicant would ensure the safety and wellbeing of field researchers and research participants given current access among other developments and considerations.
Applications will be assessed against the following indicative weighting:

Criteria Weight

Technical proposal – methodological rigour, critical/analytical approach, and responsiveness to research questions 30%

Financial proposal – value for money 25%

Relevant experience – oPt, mixed-methods socio-economic, policy and humanitarian research 30%

Team composition, local access/partnership, and ethics/safeguarding approach 15%