HIV Specialist – Adolescent Girls and Young Women Temporário

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the overall supervision of the Project Coordinator, the Consultant will carry out the following activities:

Conduct a desk review of existing the national Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health strategy and related documents as well as the UNDP/GF project documents;

Review the UNDP/GF targets and results with a view to assessing the effectiveness of Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health innterventions in the 4 targeted provinces;

Compare implementation against workplan;

Conduct in person or group based key stakeholder interviews and/or focus group discussions to understand social norms, barriers and risk factors faced by 10-24-year-old in relation to HIV in the 4 provinces. The interviews and FGDs will be carried out with:

• Beneficiaries (AGYW: girls and boys), teachers/parents,
• Service providers (HCWs, Activistas/PE, 1 or 2 SRs + PR),
• MOH at provincial/municipality levels.

Deliverables:

On starting the consultancy, the consultant will present a brief methodology showing the proposed number of days for desk review, review of the programme’s effectiveness, FGDs & IDIs in the 4 provinces, drafting of the final report.

The consultant shall be responsible for submitting:

A summary report of the outcomes of the key stakeholder interviews conducted

One draft Assessment Report, including an Executive Summary, that provides:

• an overview of the social norms, barriers for AGYW to accessing services as well as the HIV risk factors faced by 10-24-year olds in the 4 provinces;
• the interventions implemented through the UNDP/GF supported programme and an assessment of their effectiveness;
• the existing gaps identified in the current program to address social norms, barriers for AGYW to accessing services and to address HIV risk factors identified ;
• an overview of the current M&E systems in place for reporting UNDP/GF PF’s indicators (identifying existing gaps in Data management and the quality of data);
• an assessment of assess mapping of the beneficiary populations in each of the 4 provinces
• an assessment of linkages and referrals
• strategies and operational recommendations to tailor the programme as necessary to achieve impact;

Following inputs from stakeholders, submit a Revised Assessment Report incorporating feedback received; and

A final report on the consultancy.

Evaluation:

Candidates will be evaluated using a combined scoring method with the qualifications and methodology weighted at 70% and the price offer weighted at 30%. Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 49% (out of 70%) points on the technical qualifications part will be considered for the Financial Evaluation.

Criteria for technical evaluation (70%):

• Minimum 7 years of working experience on issues related to Gender and HIV/AIDS, including the following areas: inclusion and participation of AGYW in decision making processes; programs to: advance women’s and girls’ rights and remove human rights barriers to health services, the socio-political and economic empowerment of women and girls and/or combat gender based violence. – 20 points
• Experience carrying out HIV program assessments to review effectiveness, impact and identifying opportunities to refocus or refine activities to achieve agreed goals – 20 points
• Work experience in a development context, either for an international organisation, NGO and/or UN agency, preferably supporting programs targeting AGYW – 20 points
• Experience of working and/or knowledge of the Global Fund and its strategy/activities to support AGYW – 10 points

Criteria for financial evaluation (30 points maximum):

p = y (µ/z), where

p = points for the financial proposal being evaluated

y = maximum number of points for the financial proposal

µ = price of the lowest priced proposal

z = price of the proposal being evaluated

Reporting: The consultant shall report to the Project Coordinator for the UNDP/Global Fund Angola HIV grant. All expected deliverables will be submitted to the Project Coordinator for approval.

Travel: Travel within and outside Luanda is expected during the assignment, based on a schedule to be developed in accordance with UNDP and UNFPA. Payment of travel costs including tickets, lodging and terminal expenses should be agreed upon, between UNDP Team and the Individual Consultant, prior to travel and will be covered and paid by UNDP.

Security: Individual Consultants are responsible for ensuring they have vaccinations/inoculations when travelling to certain countries, as designated by the UN Medical Director. Consultants are also required to comply with the UN security directives set forth under https://trip.dss.un.org.

Competencies

Corporate:

Demonstrates integrity by modelling the UN’s values and ethical standards;
Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UNDP;
Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.

Functional:

• Strong analytical, negotiation and communication skills, including ability to produce high quality practical advisory reports and knowledge products;
• Professional and/or academic experience in one or more of the areas of international development, public health or related field.

Project and Resource Management:

• Ability to produce high quality outputs in a timely manner while understanding and anticipating the evolving client needs.
• Strong organisational skills.
• Ability to work independently, produce high quality outputs.

Communications and Advocacy:

• Strong ability to write clearly and convincingly, adapting style and content to different audiences and speak clearly and convincingly;
• Strong analytical, research and writing skills with demonstrated ability to think strategically;
• Strong inter-personal, negotiation and liaison skills.

Partnership building and team work:

• Excellent negotiating and networking skills;
• Demonstrated flexibility to excel in a multi-cultural environment.

Required Skills and Experience

• Master’s degree in a specialization relevant to health and development, strong preference for background in intersection of gender and HIV/AIDS

Required Skills and Experience:

• Minimum 7 years of working experience on issues related to Gender and HIV/AIDS, including the following areas: inclusion and participation of AGYW in decision making processes; programs to: advance women’s and girls’ rights and remove human rights barriers to health services, the socio-political and economic empowerment of women and girls and/or combat gender based violence;
• Experience carrying out HIV program assessments to review effectiveness, impact and identifying opportunities to refocus or refine activities to achieve agreed goals;
• Work experience in a development context, either for an international organisation, NGO and/or UN agency, preferably supporting programs targeting AGYW;
• Experience of working and/or knowledge of the Global Fund and its strategy/activities to support AGYW, is an asset;
• Previous professional experience working in Angola, is an asset.

Language:

• Excellent written and spoken English;
• Fluency in Portuguese is strongly preferred.