USAID COMMUNITY HIV CARE AND TREATMENT (CHCT) ACTIVITY
Terms of Reference (TOR)
For a Consultancy Service for ‘Developing Comprehensive Training Modules and Delivering Need Based Training to Local Implementing Partners
I. Background
Project HOPE, in partnership with Management Sciences for Health (MSH), Population Services International (PSI), DIMAGI and the Ministry of Health (MOH), is implementing a five years USAID funded Community HIV Care and Treatment (CHCT) Activity. The strategic objective of the activity is to accelerate and sustain HIV and AIDS epidemic control in Ethiopia through delivery of high impact community based HIV services. The implementation of CHCT Activity covers PEPFAR priority towns and woredas in all the regions of the country. The objectives and interventions are designed to impact UNAIDS 90-90-90 goals.
Primarily, the activity aims to achieve the following three major results:
Result 1: Strengthened community health and support systems for service delivery.
Result 2: Strengthened organizational and technical capacity of community structures.
Result 3: Strengthened data collection and use for learning and program improvement.
The CHCT activity is designed to expand access to comprehensive HIV prevention, care and treatment services by reinforcing the role of health extension workers (HEWs) and communities in the delivery of comprehensive clinical and non-clinical community HIV prevention, care and treatment services. The priority population targeted are peoples living with HIV (PLHIV) and their families; Widowed and Divorced Women (WDW) and Orphan and vulnerable children (OVC). The core interventions of the program include but not limited to:-
Project HOPE has identified Network of Networks of HIV Positives (NEP+), National Network of Positive Women Ethiopians (NNPWE) and twelve (12) local CSOs (NGOs) as indispensable local partners to effectively implement this Activity and to get services delivery results and maximize capacity building efforts. These local implementing partners (LIPs) receive funding from Project HOPE Ethiopia (PHE) to collaborate in carrying out the service delivery at community level.
PHE subgrants to local implementing partners for the delivery of community based HIV services to PLHIV and their families. PHE and its consortium members also facilitate organizational and technical capacity building support to the local implementing partners (LIPs) to help them to implement high quality HIV services at the community level in a coordinated manner, targeting priority populations, people living with HIV (PLHIV), and their family members in the scale up implementation sites. The primary objective is to increase the technical and organizational competency in efficiently and effectively managing project outcomes; and delivering high standard quality of services to target beneficiaries. To this end, PHE/CHCT Activity has conducted the Organizational and Technical Capacity Assessment (OTCA) of LIPs through a self-assessment approach, analyzed the outcome of the assessment, and preliminary findings have been prioritized for subsequent interventions at all levels. Some of the key findings highlighted by the LIPs include but not limited to:-
Therefore, PHE is soliciting a competent local consultant firm with an extensive technical expertise in designing training curriculum (training materials) and delivery of hands on training on the above thematic areas.
II. Objectives of the Consultancy
The main objectives of this consultancy shall be designing and developing a comprehensive training modules (materials) and delivery of hands on training to LIPs on two major priority areas:
Theme 1: RM diversification and strategy development processes; financial sustainability strategy development processes;
Theme 2: Knowledge management (KM) strategy development processes; program/project management practices; partnership and networking development processes.
The specific objectives of the assignment include:
III. Scope of the Consultancy Work
The scope of the consultancy service shall include the following tasks:
IV. Deliverables
V. Duration of the Work
The duration of this short-term consultancy service will be 40 calendar days commencing the date of signature of the contract and the tasks will be completed by September 15, 2018. However, the consultant firm is also expected to come up with a more realistic plan to meet the deadline of September 15, 2018. Yet, the proposed timeline is as follows:
Qualification and Experience
APPLICATION
Disclaimer of Proposal
PHE reserves the right to accept or reject any or all proposals without assigning any reason whatsoever.