Consultants Medical Male Circumcision and Early Infant Male Circumcision (VMMC/EIMC)

Overview

Support the Government of Tanzania to review and update VMMC services manual.

You have:

• Minimum 10 years experience in VMMC programming in Tanzania.
• Degree in Health or Social sciences and a Postgraduate degree in a health-related field.
• Broad experience with development and implementation of VMMC programs as well as other HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment interventions.
• Familiarity with global HIV/VMMC programming guidelines, policies and strategies.
• At least 3-5 years experience in the development of guidelines, manuals, sustainability plans, and monitoring and evaluation frameworks.
• Excellent analytical and report writing skills.
• Knowledge of the Tanzanian health system.
• Computer skills: proficient in modern data analysis software.
• Fluency in English and Swahili.
• Excellent communication skills in English.

Purpose of the Consultancy:

The Government of Tanzania embarked on scaling up Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) services following the formulation of the National Strategy to Scale up Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention: “Enhancing Men’s Role in HIV Prevention” in 2010. At the end of 2022, more than 6 million males have been circumcised in 17 priority regions in the country (DHIS-2). To improve the sustainability of VMMC, the Ministry of Health (MoH) in collaboration with partners and VMMC stakeholders developed the Sustainability Road Map and Operational Manual for sustainable VMMC services 2020 – 2024 to ensure scaling up of quality, integrated VMMC services in primary health care facilities beyond the ‘vertical’ campaign like outreach VMMC services approach.

The purpose of this consultancy is to support MoH to review and update the Operational Manual for sustainable VMMC services 2020 – 2024 and the associated annexes related to; costing, sustainability plan and sustainability indicator and monitoring tool.

Work to be performed.

Under the overall oversight of the WHO Country Representative and coordination of the Cluster Lead CND and the NASHCoP Program Manager, the consultant will;

Conduct a desk review of evidence-based new interventions and approaches tailored to the needs of VMMC services (in reference to the National VMMC Guidelines, WHO guideline and PEPFAR VMMC priorities), in alignment with the local context

Conduct consultative stakeholder’s discussions/meeting to get their inputs and recommendations on the new interventions.

Conduct a gap analysis of the current Operational Manual for sustainable VMMC services 2020 – 2024 and advice on its suitability for the Tanzania context.

Present the revised and costed draft to a selected group of VMMC experts and stakeholders for insights.

Develop the sustainability plan, sustainability indicator and monitoring tool.

Finalize the revised and costed version of the Operational Manual for sustainable VMMC services and submit the final report to NASHCoP.

Deliverables

Key deliverables from this assignment will include:

Revised and costed Operational Manual for sustainable VMMC services.

Developed Sustainability plan,

Developed sustainability indicator and monitoring tool.

Specific Requirements

LANGUAGE:

English Language is required

Read: Expert knowledge

Write: Expert knowledge

Speak: Expert knowledge

EDUCATION:

Desired:

Degree in Health or Social sciences and a Postgraduate degree in a health-related field, preferably, public health from an accredited/ recognized institute.

EXPERIENCE:

Essential:

The Consultant must have minimum 10 years’ experience in VMMC programming in Tanzania.

Broad experience with development and implementation of VMMC programs as well as other HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment interventions

Familiarity with global HIV/VMMC programming guidelines, policies and strategies (e.g. WHO, PEPFAR, UNAIDS, Global Fund, etc.)

Familiarity with guidelines, policies, and strategies that guide VMMC for HIV prevention programming in Tanzania.

At least 3 -5 years’ experience in the development of guidelines, manuals, sustainability plans, and monitoring and evaluation frameworks with documented track record of successful completion of similar or related tasks.

Excellent analytical and report writing skills.

Knowledge of the Tanzanian health system.

Computer skills: proficient in modern data analysis software.

Excellent communication skills in English, including the ability to express clearly and concisely concepts and ideas in both verbal and written form.

Fluency in Swahili.

WHO Competencies REQUIRED

Communicating in a credible and effective way

Fostering integration and teamwork

Producing Results

Building and promoting partnerships across the organization and beyond

Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences.

Other Skills (e.g. IT):

Good command of Computer Application Systems

ASSIGNMENT

This consultancy is at NOC Level

TIMELINE AND REPORTING

Duration

The duration of the consultancy is 30 days.

Proprietary Rights

Outputs delivered under this consultancy contract will remain the property of the Ministry of Health and WHO

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