Terms
of Reference
Consultant to develop Proposal for an extension of the project:
‘Strengthening Social Protection to prevent and mitigate the impact of HIV and
AIDS and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa’
Four
Institutions namely the African Platform for Social Protection ( APSP), The
Coalition for Children Affected by HIV/AIDS( The Coalition), HelpAge-
International- Africa Regional Development Centre –East West and Central Africa
and the University College London ( UCL) teamed up to develop a joint proposal
.
In
2011, received funding from Sweden/Norad to implement a three year project,
running from 2011- 2013.
The
project has conducted a successful evaluation and now wishes to extend by two
more years (2014- 2015) to accomplish the pending activities; consolidate some
of the promising approaches for scale up.
Building
Linkages: Social Protection, Poverty and HIV&AIDS
This
programme is building links between risks and vulnerabilities caused by HIV and
AIDS and to demonstrate the effectiveness of social protection measures in
realizing the rights of vulnerable people to achieving universal access in HIV
and AIDS prevention, care and support, and treatment.
These
measures include livelihoods support, cash transfer programmes and universal
pensions and other grants.
Social
protection provides access to resources to meet basic needs and HIV and AIDS
and health services and prevents the transmission of intergenerational poverty
often affecting older people and children.
The
expected results will be achieved through combined approaches linking
grassroots service delivery to vulnerable groups with national and regional
policy influencing processes.
It
will build the capacity of civil society organizations (CSOs) to effectively
engage in social protection policy dialogue and in the design and
implementation of social protection programmes.
In
addition the programme will focus on building evidence for effective policy
action, promoting networking and learning among civil society, government, and
research and academic institutions.
A
seminal research study is being undertaken by the University College London in
collaboration with Stellenbosch University researching on the effects of
community based programming on the situation of children affected by AIDS.
The
project has four result areas:
1.
Universal access to HIV and AIDS services and Social Protection Mechanisms for
Vulnerable groups is increased
2.
Regional and National level HIV&AIDS {Addressing the needs of older people
and their dependants} and SP policies and related [policies] plans and budgets
increasingly incorporate measures which address the needs of vulnerable groups.
3. Increased participation of Civil Society organisations in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of National and Regional HIV and AIDS and Social Protection policies and strategies
3. Increased participation of Civil Society organisations in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of National and Regional HIV and AIDS and Social Protection policies and strategies
4.
Evidence on effective {Effectiveness in this case is defined as policy action
with clearly earmarked resources} action contributing to the achievement of
universal HIV&AIDS and SP services gathered, documented and shared and
acted on among CSOs, Governments and other stake holders
Consultancy
Objectives and Scope of Work
In
carrying out the assignment, the consultant will establish linkages with
planned and ongoing activities in the project to facilitate complementarities
and reduce potential duplication, using midterm evaluation reports, Sweden HIV
and AIDS Strategy for Africa, annual reports and the project phase one proposal
and the project logical framework as the source documents.
The
consultant is required to:
a)
Work with HelpAge team to develop individual HelpAge Proposal (This is one
piece of the assignment)
b)
The second piece of the assignment is to consolidate proposals from APSP, The
Coalition, HelpAge and UCL into one proposal with four result areas, one
logical frame work and budget for two years.
c)
Ensure cross cutting issues like human rights, gender, persons with
disabilities and children are well articulated in the proposal and the logframe
d)
Ensure the final proposal is in tandem with Sweden HIV&AIDS Strategy for
Africa
e)
Include Theory of Change graphic illustration
Deliverables
i)
Produce one proposal for HelpAge
ii)
Produce one final proposal for the four institutions with a budget, refined
logframe ( an improvement from the current phase logframe)and theory of change
in graphic illustration with guidance notes.
Core competencies
- Demonstrate
evidence in writing high level complex proposals
- Excellent
programming skills including construction and review of logical frame
works
- Ability to write
high quality and concise technical reports with high proficiency in
written and spoken English, within agreed terms of reference and
deadlines.
Education
and Experience:
- At least 10
years of relevant and diversified professional experience in international
development (social protection, poverty reduction programmes,
HIV&AIDS, psycho social support, social research, organizational
development)
- Excellent
knowledge and skills on issues of international development in relation to
Africa
- Strong knowledge
on rights based approaches to programming
Expression
of interest
All
interested consultants/firms are requested to write an expression of interest
by:
- Explaining their
competences to meet the requirements of the assignment
- Provide a
detailed professional budget in USD(Indicate daily professional rates)
- Provide duration
of the assignment and when ready to undertake the assignment.
- Provide evidence
of similar work undertaken in the recent past (Not more than 3 years)
Tax
Liability:
Settlement of any tax liability arising from this agreement will remain the
responsibility of the consultant.
Deadline
for application:
5th July 2013
Please
send your application by email to:hr@helpage.co.ke and copy in
helpage@helpage.co.ke
