Consultant to Revise the National HIV Prevention Policy Tender, Swaziland - 25504897

Procurement Summary

Country : Swaziland

Summary : Consultant to Revise the National HIV Prevention Policy

Deadline : 10 Aug 2018

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 25504897

Document Ref. No. :

Competition : ICB

Financier : United Nations Secretariat

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

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Purchaser : UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND
1st Floor Lilunga House Somhlolo Road Mbabane Tel: +268-407-1000 Fax: +268-404-5202
Swaziland
Email :mbabane@unicef.org
URL :http://www.unicef.org/

Tender Details

Tenders are invited for Consultant to revise the National HIV Prevention Policy for Eswatini (Swaziland).

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Background and Justification The Kingdom of Eswatini continues to bear the brunt of the HIV and AIDS epidemic as approximately 27 per cent of the adult population live with HIV. Although latest surveys indicate a drastic HIV incidence decrease of approximately 44 per cent, there is still a long way to go as the HIV incidence is still among the highest in the world. To facilitate further reduction of the incidence, there is a need to review and intensify actions at all levels. Eswatini has just completed developing the Last Mile Multisectoral HIV and AIDS Strategic Plan, 2018 to 2023 articulating the roadmap towards the goal of ending of AIDS by 2022, eight (8) years before the global target. The HIV Prevention Policy of 2012 is another guideline that needs to be reviewed to provide an enabling environment for implementation of the national strategic framework. Justification.

Rationale for the review The existing HIV prevention policy that articulates that it shall be reviewed after 5 years is now 6 years old. The provision for the review anticipated the ever-changing environment of HIV prevention. The response has evolved, and new interventions have emerged from both global evidence and local domestication. The policy needs to reflect the new country situation based on the available new evidence. It needs to reflect the agenda to end AIDS preparing the environment to achieve and sustain it. The policy needs to facilitate for the implementation of all HIV prevention response interventions. Prevention leadership remains one of the core challenges in the response. This is due to the fact that the interventions are implemented by a wide range of multi-sector institutions and do not have one lead institution. There is, therefore, a need for a comprehensive HIV prevention policy (eNSF evaluation 2017). The policy shall continue to guide to provide the leadership of HIV prevention at oversight and implementation levels. It shall ensure a balanced HIV response between prevention, and treatment, care and support by strengthening linkages and synergies between prevention, treatment, care and support services to ensure that treatment works for prevention.

The purpose of the policy revision The purpose of the HIV Prevention Policy Revision is to determine if the policy is still needed or if it should be combined with another policy; 2) determine whether the purpose and goal of the policy is still being met; 3) determine if changes are required to improve the effectiveness or clarity of the policy; and 4) to ensure that appropriate education, monitoring and ongoing review of the policy is occurring. As mentioned in the rational above, there are some key issues that need to be reviewed in the policy. The review will facilitate an in-depth analysis of the needs if any, the purpose and goal and the effected changes needed. The purpose of this proposal is to give an outline of the process and plan for the proposed review of the HIV Prevention Policy of the Kingdom of Swaziland.

Scope of Work Goal and Objective: The overall objective of this consultancy is to provide technical assistance for the review and development of an updated HIV Prevention Policy for the Kingdom of Eswatini.1)Details/reference to AWP areas covered: The evaluation contributes to Outcome 2 of the Government of Swaziland/UNICEF Country Programme 2016-2020 and more specifically to Output 2.5: Institutional capacity to provide adolescent HIV prevention, treatment and care information and services strengthened and 2018/19 rolling work plan activity 2.5.1: Support review of policy/strategy for provision of HIV social and behaviour change communication and services for adolescents (HIV prevention policy, SBCC strategy).

Activities and Tasks: The consultant shall be required to undertake the following tasks.a)Undertake a desk review of the current policy and relevant national, regional and global HIV frameworks to ensure the revision of the policy is informed by recent evidence, best practices, and consistent with relevant instruments, particularly the Last Mile National HIV and AIDS Multisectoral Strategic Plan.b)Develop an inception report with proposed a systematic methodology supported by tools for the review to inform the development of the new policy.c)Conduct stakeholder consultations to determine priority policy provisions as part of the process to review and develop a new HIV prevention policy. d) Develop a zero draft of the national HIV Prevention policy that is focused on impact, effectiveness, inclusiveness, relevance, value addition, efficiency and sustainability and present it to the technical team and steering committee.e)Incorporate technical team and steering committee input and present the draft at a stakeholder validation workshop f)Finalise the revised policy and present to both NERCHA and UNICEF

Work relationships: The consultant will be under the direct supervision of the UNICEF Chief, Youth and Adolescent Development and guidance of the National HIV Prevention Manager at the National Emergency Response Council for HIV/AIDS (NERCHA), the national AIDS response coordination entity in the country. The consultant will undertake most of the tasks in collaboration with a Core Team which will be appointed by NERCHA. The consultant is also expected to liaise with programmes Technical Working Groups, HIV coordinating partners, implementing partners, development partners, service beneficiaries, and other stakeholders.

2)Outputs/Deliverables:

Deliverables

Timeline/Deadline

Inception report, with review tools and implement plan

10 September 2018

Report from stakeholder consultations on the current policy and proposed policy provisions

30 September 2018

A zero draft of the national HIV Prevention policy

20 October 2018

Draft 1 - National HIV Prevention policy

30 October 2018

Stakeholder validation meeting report

10 November 2018

Final draft, edited National HIV Prevention policy and summary power-point presentation

20 November 2018

Payment Schedule

Payment, upon completion of each deliverable according to the following schedule: •Approval of inception report (30%).•Approval of zero draft policy (30%). •Submission and approval of final, edited draft HIV Prevention Policy and summary power point presentation (40%)The payments will be made upon satisfactory completion of the deliverables mentioned above.

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Desired competencies, technical background and experience a)Education: •Advanced degree (Masters or higher) Advanced degree in Social Sciences, Public Health, and related strategic policy and planning experienceb)Relevant experience, knowledge and skills: •A minimum of 10 years of professional work experience in policy development/development planning with at least 8 years working in the areas of HIV and AIDS, Health and Development •Proven expertise in policy dialogue and consensus building informed by quantitative, qualitative and participatory approaches•Demonstrable familiarity with the HIV situation and response including policy environment in the Kingdom of Swaziland or Southern Africa •Familiarity with and a supportive attitude towards gender equality, inclusivity and strengthening capacities of local organisations and entities •Excellent interpersonal, facilitation, oral communication, computer writing and documentation skills•Experience in guiding and working with teams of diverse professional backgrounds in a large –scale assignment•Ability to meet tight deadlines and to work effectively under pressure

Administrative issues Consultant will report to the Chief, Youth and Adolescent Development and submit bi-weekly progress reports.

Conditions •The Consultant is expected to work in his/her own office space.•The consultant should include costs of travel and communication within the consultancy proposal.•The Consultant will provide his/her computer for the assignment.

As per UNICEF DFAM policy, payment is made against approved deliverables. No advance payment is allowed unless in exceptional circumstances against bank guarantee, subject to a maximum of 30 per cent of the total contract value in cases where advance purchases, for example for supplies or travel, may be necessary.

The selected candidate will be governed by and subject to UNICEF’s General Terms and Conditions for individual contracts.

How to Apply

Qualified candidates are requested to submit a cover letter, profile, sample of recent similar work deliverable, and financial proposal. Please indicate your ability, availability and financial proposal (including administrative and logistics requirements) to undertake the assignment. Interested candidates should apply using the link below:https://www.unicef.org/about/employ/?job=514975 by 10 August 2018. Strictly no hand delivered applications. Applications submitted without an all-inclusive financial proposal will not be considered.

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