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Project Overview and Role:
Consultancy for the documentation of lessons learnt and Success Stories in NPI EXPAND’s COVID-19 Response Grants in Tanzania
NPI EXPAND Overview
The New Partnerships Initiative (NPI) Expanding Health Partnerships—NPI EXPAND Project—is a global five-year (2019-2024) U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) funded project that supports locally-driven efforts to increase the availability and utilization of high-quality health and education services. In line with USAID’s local capacity development strategy, NPI EXPAND invests in new and underutilized local partners (NUPs) and strengthens their capacity to strategize, plan, and implement programs with USAID funds. Enhanced participation of capable local organizations to increase demand for and to deliver high-quality, high impact services will enable governments to meet crucial goals equitably and sustainably. NPI EXPAND will also catalyze opportunities to scale up innovative interventions by strengthening the capacity of NUPs with varying levels of capabilities and exposure to USAID.
NPI EXPAND and COVID19 Response in Tanzania
As a response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Tanzania, NPI EXPAND implemented a grants program that supported three new and underutilized local partner NGOs: Mwanza Outreach Care and Support Organization (MOCSO), Network Against Female Genital Mutilation (NAFGEM), and Pastoral Activities and Services to People with AIDS Dar es Salaam Archdiocese (PASADA) for about 6-8 months in July 2020-April 2021. The three NGOs supported WORTH Yetu community groups to produce and sell non-medical masks and liquid soap and also to implement risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) activities to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in their respective communities. The WORTH Yetu Groups, consisting of women whom are supporting orphans and vulnerable children under another USAID-funded HIV project, operate as self-help groups engaged in income generating activities. The three NGO partners, through the grants, supported a total of 25 groups. NPI EXPAND also provided a subaward T-MARC Tanzania to support the WORTH Yetu groups in business planning and social marketing of respective masks and sanitation products. The NPI EXPAND support of RCCE activities ended in February 2021, masks and soap production and sales ended in April 30, 2021 while T-MARC sub-award ended in June 30, 2021.
Purpose of the Consultancy
NPI EXPAND is seeking an accomplished consultant to collect, compile and document lessons learnt and success stories from the COVID-19 response activities implemented by the WORTH Yetu Groups. The documented lessons and stories will contribute to building knowledge and learning about community-based COVID-19 responses; contribute to project achievement documentation in the global package; and show case achievement of the NPI EXPAND support at the local, national, and international level.
The consultant will visit the three NGO implementing partners and respective WORTH Yetu Groups to collect required information, identify and prepare case studies on lessons and success stories in writing and video recordings as appropriate. The project will provide technological, logistical, and other support the consultant will require for this assignment. This consultancy will entail working closely with NPI EXPAND staff in Tanzania and head office.
Only applicants currently eligible to work in Tanzania will be considered. Location for this consultancy is in Dar es Salaam with expected field visit to Mwanza and Kilimanjaro regions. While online engagement might happen, most of the activities will require in-person meetings, in line with COVID-19 and other safety and security protocols. The Consultants will report to the NPI EXPAND Country Activity Manager based in Washington DC and Tanzania Country Team Lead in Palladium Tanzania, Dar es Salaam Office.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Develop description, methodology, work plan and tools to be used in collecting and analyzing information from the key informants
- Discuss the methodology and tools with NPI EXPAND teams
- Arrange visits to the three NGO partners and WORTH Yetu Groups involved in the projects.
- Collect information on the potential list of lessons learnt and success stories to write. Discuss the list with NPI EXPAND teams to prioritize and select the lessons learnt and success stories to focus on.
- Write content for prioritized lessons learned and one success story. Prepare written summary of key findings in form of lesson learned and success story with recommendations
- Present the prepared content to NPI EXPAND team for review and input.
- Prepare final write-ups
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred
- Strong experience in documentation of health-related lesson learned, best practices and success stories
- Fluency in written and spoken Kiswahili and English is required
- Experience in qualitative data collection approaches
- Familiarity with community COVID-19 responses in Tanzania is a plus.
- Experience working on USAID-funded or donor-funded projects strongly preferred
- Proven experience in writing quality report
- Proven experience in writing quality reports for an international public health audience
Only local applicants currently eligible to work in Tanzania will be considered. Location is in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania with internal travel in alignment with safety and security concerns.
Anticipated Period of Performance and Level of Effort
This engagement is anticipated to be part-time for maximum of 20 working days, 4th – 29th May 2022.
Reporting Requirements
- Consultant will be reporting to the NPI EXPAND Country Activity Manager based in Washington DC and Tanzania Country Team Lead in Palladium Tanzania, Dar es Salaam Office.
- Consultant will plan and conduct field visits to supported local partners and WORTH Yetu groups together.
- Consultant will participate in weekly checkup meetings with NPI EXPAND teams to share plans and update progress of documentation.
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