Emplois au PNUD - 68374- Consultant to Standardise Implementation Tools and

Consultant to Standardise Implementation Tools and to Identify Programmatic and Capacity Gaps for Key Populations Organisations and Implementing Partners

Lieu :

Harare, ZIMBABWE

Type de contrat :

Individual Contract

Date de commencement :

04-Oct-2016

Date limite de candidature :

14-Sep-16 (Minuit New York, États-Unis)

Niveau du poste :

National Consultant

Durée du contrat initial

25 working days

Langues requises :

Anglais

Durée prévue de la mission :

25 working days

Le PNUD s’engage à recruter un personnel divers en termes de genre, de nationalité et de culture. Nous encourageons de même les personnes issues des minorités ethniques, des communautés autochtones ou handicapées à postuler. Toutes les candidatures seront traitées dans la plus stricte confidentialité. Le PNUD ne tolère pas l’exploitation et / ou les atteintes sexuelles, ni aucune forme de harcèlement, y compris le harcèlement sexuel, et / ou toutes formes de discrimination. Tous/tes les candidats/tes selectectionnes /ées devront ainsi se soumettre à de rigoureuses vérifications relatives aux références fournies ainsi qu’à leurs antécédents.

Historique

National AIDS Council (NAC) is an organisation enacted through the Act of Parliament of 1999 to coordinate and facilitate the national multi-sectoral response to HIV and AIDS. It is mandated to administer the National AIDS Trust Fund (NATF) collected through the AIDS Levy with the aim of combating the spread of HIV and the management, coordination and implementation of programmes that reduce the impact of HIV and AIDS.

NAC partners with the MOHCC and receives funds from The Global Fund to Fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria (GF). As part of this programme to support the implementation of the programme NAC carries out activities

To develop and strengthen the policy environment in Zimbabwe;
To strengthen groups working with key populations;
To support sustainable financing initiatives.

National AIDS Council (NAC) working with Ministry of Health together with International and local Partners through the multi sectoral approach has prioritised Key populations in the response as guided by ZNASP III and UNAIDS Fast Tracking Combination Prevention strategy. Key populations in Zimbabwe include: Prisoners, Sex Workers, Long Distance Truck Drivers, Trans Gender, MsM among others. Despite enormous achievements in the last decade in the provision of treatment

and the reduction of AIDS-related deaths, which fell by 39% between 2005 and 2013 in sub-Saharan Africa [1], new infections among key populations (KPs) are on the rise, specifically among young KPs, [2] sex workers (SW), men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender people (TG) remain disproportionately affected. No information is available on people who inject drugs (PWID).

The evolving disease epidemiology in the country and region shows that: While HIV incidence is declining in many parts of the Southern African region, incidence among some KPs appears to be isolated from this progress.[3]Studies conducted in Southern Africa region have found HIV prevalence rates 10–20 times higher among SWs than among adults in the general population, with rates of HIV infection reaching 50% of all SWs tested, and HIV prevalence reaching 86% in one study from Zimbabwe.[4]Among MSM, evidence shows prevalence is 9 times higher than among general population in Southern Africa region.

As such Technical partners have responded by developing and sharing guidelines such as the WHO 2015 KP Guidelines and more specifically the recently launch Men who have sex with Men Implementation Tool Kit (MsMIT) and Sex Workers Implementation Tool Kit (SWIT) among many others.

As such in an effort to bring to standard the quality of service being provided to KPs in Zimbabwe NAC and its partners require a detailed programmatic and capacity gap analysis based on services and support available to KPs in Zimbabwe

In essence this Gap analysis will be used as basis to design a capacity building plan and recommended minimum standard implementation tool for services for KPs in Zimbabwe.

Devoirs et responsabilités

Objectives of Consultancy:

To determine a programmatic and capacity gaps for Key Populations in HIV programming in Zimbabwe in line with International Standard guides;
To standardise implementation tools for the Prioritised Key Populations Subset;
To produce capacity building plan for KP Organisations and KP Implementing Partners in Zimbabwe.

Description of Responsibilities:

This is a national survey and consultant will be expected to visit a representative sample of the provinces of Zimbabwe. The consultant will be expected to submit a detailed work-plan on submission of the inception report.

Task 1 – Draft an inception report, including agreed methodology and work plan;
Task 2- Desk review;
Task 3 –Field work at sub national levels;
Task 4- A detailed implementation and capacity gap analysis;
Task 5 – A set of standardized implementation tools;
Task 6- Capacity Building plan;
Task 7- Final Study Report Writing and Presentation.

Work Plan and Time Frame:

The activities will be spread over 25 days.

Deliverables:

Inception Report (5 days upon signing contract);
A comprehensive implementation and gap Analysis Report (2nd week of consultancy);
A capacity development plan speaking to each prioritised key population subset (3rd week of consultancy);
Standardised Implementation tools for each prioritised KP Subset (4th week of consultancy);
Submission of consolidated Final Study Report (On the 26th day).

Compétences

Corporate Competencies:

Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN’s values and ethical standards;
Displays cultural gender, religion, race, nationality, and age sensitivity and adaptability;
Treats all people fairly without favoritism;
Demonstrates diplomacy and tact in dealing with sensitive and complex situations.

Knowledge, management and Learning:

Excellent Organisational and Administrative Skills
Excellent Analytical and Strong communication skills both written and spoken
Proven ability to write high quality technical reports in English.
Ability to work in a complex environment
Sound Knowledge of the National AIDS Council policies and procedures

Qualifications et expériences requises

The consultant should possess the following:

Education:

Masters Degrees or equivalent in Social Sciences, Development Studies/Economics, International Development, or related field.
The consultants should be multi-disciplinary trained with public health management, planning, livelihoods expertise, research background.

Experience:

At least five years working experience in KP programme implementation , and sound comprehension of designing, implementing and evaluating community-led programmes is an added advantage;
Proven experience in conducting quality surveys, evaluations and assessing health, STI/HIV, social protection and development projects;
Proven experience of conducting similar studies amongst Key Population target communities;
The consultants should be highly specialised professionals with extensive knowledge of Zimbabwe and Southern Africa and the HIV areas of work;
Members from the KP community are encouraged to apply;
Familiarity with the Government, NGO, Civil Society and CBO environment in the context of HIV and TB.

Language:

Fluency in written and spoken English.

Timeline, Reporting and Quality Control for the assignment:

The consultancy is for a period of 25 person working days, The contract will be managed the National AIDS Council (NAC), The UNDP will take responsibility for the approval of the final evaluation report in liaison with the National AIDS Council (NAC).

Application procedure:

Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:

Technical Proposal:

Explaining why they are the most suitable for the work (1 page)

Provide a brief methodology on how they will approach and conduct the work

Confirmation of Interest and Submission of Financial Proposal; Personal CV (P11) Form which can be downloaded from this website - http://www.sas.undp.org/Documents/P11_Personal_history_form.doc.; Also mention past experience in similar projects and at least 3 references.

Applications without Technical Proposals will not be considered. Please group all your documents into one (1) single PDF attachment as the system only allows upload of one document. Please note that only applicants who are short-listed will be contacted.

Evaluation:

The Consultant will be evaluated based on the qualifications and the years of experience, as outlined in the qualifications/requirements section of the ToRs. In addition, the Consultant will also be evaluated on the following methodology:

Cumulative analysis: When using this weighted scoring method, the award of the contract should be made to the Consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as: Responsive/compliant/acceptable; and Having received the highest score out of a pre-determined set of weighted technical and financial criteria specific to the solicitation;

Technical Criteria weight: 70%.

Financial Criteria weight: 30%.

The award of the contract shall be made to the Consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as: Responsive/ compliant / acceptable; and having received the highest score out of a pre-determined set of weighted technical and financial criteria specific to the ToR.

Selection Criteria:

Technical Evaluation: 70% of total evaluation (maximum 70 points):

Criteria A: Education (maximum 20 points); Criteria B: Experience (maximum 40 points,

Final selection:

Only the candidate with the highest rank will be selected.

Note:

Only the highest ranked candidates who have obtained a minimum of 49 points (70%) on the technical evaluation will be considered for the financial evaluation

Financial proposal:

The financial proposal shall specify a total lump sum amount, and payment terms around specific and measurable deliverables (qualitative and quantitative). The financial proposal must include a breakdown of this lump sum amount (including travel, per diems, and number of anticipated working days).

Criteria C:Organisation and completeness of the proposal (maximum 10 points).