Country: Zimbabwe
Closing date: 28 May 2017
Background
UNICEF Zimbabwe, with funding from Australian Aid, is supporting the Government of Zimbabwe in the implementation of the “Small Towns WASH Programme- (STWP)”. The programme is currently being implemented in 14 small urban towns/ The STWP has the following key components: rehabilitation of water and sewerage systems, institutional strengthening of local councils, and hygiene promotion activities which incorporate various cross cutting issues.
The STWP agreement commenced in January 2013 with an initial end date of February 2016: however, the programme was granted an extension to run up to 31st December 2017. The hygiene promotion component implementation commenced in the last quarter of 2014 through PCAs (which ended on 30th June 2016) with NGOs working in collaboration with the respective local councils.
Two key objectives of the hygiene project are:
A monitoring framework was developed to ensure that there is systemic assessment of the hygiene component of the programme across all 14towns. The Group Maturity Index (GMI) is being used to assess the viability and sustainability of health clubs within the towns.
Justification
Two GMI assessments having been conducted to date. The two assessments were conducted with support from implementing NGOs in the various towns. The NGOs have since phased out leaving town council to sustain programme activities. To determine how the health clubs have been sustained the programme intends to conduct another GMI assessment. This will inform the programme on how the clubs are performing in all the 14 towns. This phase of GMI assessment will be done by the town councils WASH and M&E focal point persons from all 14 towns of the STWP. These will need to be trained on the GMI and guided on data analysis and report writing.
UNICEF thus requires the services of a consultant for the following:
•Train town council personnel to implement the GMI (data collection, data capture, data analysis and report writing) in their respective towns covering community, school as well as market health clubs
•Conduct trend analysis of GMI data conducted from the 3 periods
Objective (s)
· To provide training and technical support in the implementation of the GM indices for town council staff and national level government partners
The specific objectives of the consultancy are as follows:
• To design a training package on GMI that meets the requirements of the consultancy.
• To conduct training for key staff from all 14 towns and national level government partners on GMI processes and data collection techniques.
• To conduct training on GMI data entry, analysis and reporting and ensure final reports are produced and submitted.
• Conduct trend analysis using data from the previous GMI exercises
• To produce a consolidated GMI report for the 14 towns including trends
Methodology & Expected Output
The consultant will closely coordinate and work together with the Programme Management Team (PMT), respective Local Authorities and other relevant stakeholders as well with other members of UNICEF WASH Section for the achievement of the above objectives. The tasks of the assignment include the following:
1. Introductory meetings with UNICEF and key PMT officials to get a common understanding of the consultancy requirements, expectations and scope.
2. Preparation of Inception Report- the Inception Report will detail the overall programme strategy, methodology, risks and mitigation measures and timelines as well as key outputs and indicators.
3. Developing a detailed training plan including group exercises and all accompanying background materials for the delivery of the training on the Group Maturity Indices
4. Conducting the data collection training on the GMI index for -30/35 participants based on the training plans
5. Provide training on data entry and analysis and report writing using a standardized template
6. Support report writing in the 14 towns
7. Conduct trends analysis using GMI data from previous assessments
8. Produce a consolidated comprehensive report that includes the trends analysis
Outputs
Major Tasks and Deliverables
Task: Preparation of Inception Report- that includes developing a detailed session plan including group exercises and all accompanying background materials for the delivery of the training on the PHHE and Group Maturity Indices
Deliverable: Inception report that includes Session Plan and Training Material for participants
Task: Conducting thedata collection training on the GMI index for -30/35 participants based on the session plans developed
Deliverable: Report on Training of participants on the indices
Task: Provide training on data entry and analysis and report writing using a standardized template
Deliverable: Report on training of participants on data entry and analysis and report writing
Task: Support report writing by town councils
Deliverable: Final Town Reports (14 town specific reports)
Task: Conduct trends analysis using GMI data from previous assessments and produce a consolidated comprehensive GMI report that includes the trends analysis
Deliverable: Comprehensive Report: A consolidate report of all town reports (including trend analysis) plus all cleaned data sets
Timeframe
The consultancy will begin 05 June 2017 and end on 30 December 2017.
Consultancy Requirements
Application Procedure
If interested and available, please submit your application letter, CV, Technical proposal and an all-inclusive financial proposal detailing monthly professional fees, field travel costs (estimated 10 field travel days for the duration of the contract), by 28 May 2017.
How to apply:
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