Consultants at Network of People Living with HIV and AIDS in Nigeria (NEPWHAN)

Context of Intervention: Gender and Human Right (GHR)
Supervision: Network of People Living with HIV in Nigeria (NEPWHAN)
Work Location: FCT (NEPWHAN National HQ)
Duration of consultancy: 5 Days

Overview

• During the restrictions of movement due to complete or partial lockdowns due to COVID-19, led to limited access to routine HIV, TB and Malaria services; particularly in the most populous States and commercial centres that were the hardest hit by the two waves of the pandemic in Nigeria.
• During pandemics, continued access to services is affected or shifted to focus on the emergency. As a result, access to information and services as well as protection of the rights of the vulnerable communities are likely to be compromised. Based on these, key and vulnerable populations and affected communities with HIV and TB reported cases of harassments and stigma and discrimination, violation of privacy and confidentiality rights in the process of going to seek care such that they avoided clinics even when the lockdowns eased.
• To respond to this, the network having been selected as a technical support Organization (TSOs) under the Global Fund COVID 19 Grant, with NACA as the principal recipient, to provide programmatic and technical oversight to communities in response to human right abuse and reduce stigma across ATM programs. It is against this background that this consultancy is necessitated to strengthen the ATM networks to achieve this mandate.

Objective of the Consultancy

• (1)To strengthen the capacity of the networks and CBOs to better address issues around Gender and Human Right in the communities. (2)To develop, review and adapt standard curriculum and training module . (3) To develop training slides and presentation for the National and State level training (3) To Conduct National level training for Master trainers (ToT)

Overall, Scope of Work

• The Consultant will work under the supervision of the ATM networks to develop, review and /or adapt the training curriculum that will be used during the training at the national and state levels.
• The consultant will therefore lead the development, review and/or adaption of standard curriculum and training presentation slides to guide an Iintegrated Ttraining and Education on COVID-19 related human rights, gender and legal literacy to persons living with HIV, TB and co-infected with COVID-19 survivors and their families.
• The documents shall provide practical guidance to ensure a pool of competent trainers are built at the national and State levels. The documents will be used across the implementation States to train participants and build their capacity for effective delivery of HRG support services.

TOR for the Consultant; To Deliver this Task, the Consultant will:

• Conduct entry/interaction meeting with the ATM Networks to understand the organizations and concept of the project.
• Develop inception report detailing method work and implementation plan.
• Lead the development, review and/or adaption of standard curriculum and training presentation slides to guide an integrated training and education on COVID-19 related human rights, gender and legal literacy to persons living with HIV, TB and co-infected with COVID-19 survivors and their families.
• Develop the relevant training slides and presentation for the ToT
• Lead the ToT training of ATM networks based on the modules developed for GHR Services.
• Develop detailed consultancy report

Expected Deliverables:

• Inception report detailing method of work and implementation approach.
• Training curriculum/modules on human rights, gender and legal literacy for Training of Trainers (TOT).
• 15 persons (from the ATM networks), trained as Master trainers resulting to an enhanced knowledge of pools of Master trainers on human rights, gender and legal literacy for COVID-19 activities on the ATM programs – based on modules developed.
• Consultancy report.

Education / Eligibility Criteria:
The consultant is to possess the under listed:

• At least a Master’s Degree in Public Health or Social Sciences or its equivalent; with experience
• working on HIV prevention programming for AYP, key and vulnerable populations issues.
• At least 8 years’ experience in HIV/Malaria/TB programming and must be familiar with health and non- health sector
• Have experience with strategic document development.
• Have undertaken at least one similar assignment in the last two years on Response to Human Rights (RHR), .Mitigation of Human Rights (HR) Voilations and documentation.
• Must be resident in Abuja or its environs.

Skills Required:

• Extensive experience in program management with special focus on community level monitoring and advocacy and health systems strengthening.
• Must have vast experience in the development of training modules on HR, GBV, COVID-19, CLM and Social mobilization.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills with the ability to multitask and deliver igh quality results in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong writing, presentation/facilitation and computer skills
• Strong sensitivity and adaptability in culture, gender, religion, race and nationality.
• Strong computer and other IT skills, including knowledge of various software for
• processing documents including Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
• Must be able to speak fluently, read and write in English

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Location: Abuja (NEPWHAN National HQ)
Employment Type: Contract
Supervision: Network of People Living with HIV in Nigeria (NEPWHAN)+
Duration of Consultancy: 10 Days
Context of Intervention: Development oof Advocacy Toolkit Chart

Overview

• The CLM on the RSSH-C19RM grant is intended to enhance knowledge and awareness among community members on COVID-19/ATM and health through the use of the advocacy toolkit chart for COVID.
• The toolkit chart will be used to build capacity of community networks, increase COVID-19 case findings, active case search and contact tracing and follow up for testing campaigns.
• It will also facilitate co-monitoring of HIV, TB and malaria with COVID-19 at community level to determine access, availability, accessibility, affordability and quality of services; and link the findings to the advocacy agenda and accountability platforms and enable targeted action at local, state and national level.
• It is expected that this consultancy would be used to achieve an advocacy toolkit for the translation of evidence generated through the CLM activities into advocacy actions.

Objectives of the Consultancy:

• To develop an advocacy tool kit on findings from Stigma assessments focusing on GHR & GBV.
• To train the national staff of the ATM network on the use of the toolkit.
• To support the finalization, design, and printing of the advocacy toolkit ready for dissemination.

Overall Scope of Work

• The Consultant will work under the supervision of the ATM networks to develop, review and lead the process of adapting and validating the Advocacy tool kits. The document shall provide practical guidance to the NAT and SAT for effective delivery of advocacy processes both at national and State levels.

TOR for the Consultant:

• Conduct entry/interaction meeting with the ATM Networks to understand the organizations and concept of the project.
• Develop inception report detailing method of work and implementation plan.
• Conduct desk review of available materials/reports to inform content of advocacy toolkit.
• Develop advocacy tool kit that will inform advocacy activities/awareness among community members on COVID-19/ATM and health services available.
• Facilitate validation exercise with the ATM networks to validate and adopt the advocacy tool kit.
• Develop detailed consultancy report.

Expected Deliverables:

• Inception report detailing method of work and implementation approach.
• Consultancy report
• Advocacy tool kit developed

Knowledge and Skill Set Required

• At least a Master’s Degree in Public Health or Social Sciences or its equivalent; with experience
• Working on HIV prevention programming for AYP, key and vulnerable populations issues.
• At least 8 years’ experience in HIV/Malaria/TB programming and must be familiar with health and non- health sector
• Have experience with strategic document development.
• Have undertaken at least one similar assignment in the last two years on development of tool kit, strategies for effective advocacy etc and documentation.
• Proficiency in graphic design.
• Ability to interfaces on apps and websites
• Skilled in use of Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office Suite, and HTML.
• Must be resident in Abuja or its environs.

Skills Required:

• Extensive experience in program management with special focus on community level monitoring and advocacy and health systems strengthening.
• Experience with developing toolkits and other strategy document for ATM interventions Excellent interpersonal communication skills.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills with the ability to multitask and deliver high quality results in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong writing, presentation/facilitation and computer skills
• Strong sensitivity and adaptability in culture, gender, religion, race and nationality.
• Strong computer and other IT skills, including knowledge of various software for processing documents including use of coral draw.
• Must be able to speak fluently, read and write in English.

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Location: Abuja (FCT) - NEPWHAN National HQ
Duration of consultancy: 5 Days
Context of Intervention: Gender Based Violence (GBV)
Supervision: Network of People Living with HIV in Nigeria (NEPWHAN)

Overview

• In Nigeria, the restrictions of movement due to complete or partial lockdowns led to limited access to routine HIV, TB and Malaria services; particularly in the most populous States and commercial centres that were the hardest hit by the two waves of the pandemic in Nigeria. The lockdown was also associated with an increase in reported cases of gender-based and domestic violence. To respond to this, many CSOs in Nigeria supported vulnerable victims and families.
• The recently conducted mapping analysis of gender and human rights programs led by National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), with technical support from the Global Fund, identified good practices in communities for raising and responding to issues of violence. These good practices include interventions for prevention (safety and security training, for example, for sex workers and MSM, and availability of community paralegals), as a temporal remedial measure. It is against this background that the grant intends to empower the ATM networks and CBOs to better respond to issues to around GBV in a broader scope, through this consultancy.

Objectives of the Consultancy

• To develop, review and adapt standard curriculum and training module
• To develop training slides and presentation for the National and State level training
• To Conduct National level training for Master trainers (ToT)

Overall, Scope of Work

• The Consultant will work under the supervision of the AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria( ATM) networks (with NEPWHAN leading the intervention) to develop, review and /or adapt the training curriculum that will be used during the training at the national and state levels.
• Focus areas for this training include; Medical-legal linkages/referral, psychological support, mental health literacy, and counselling on GBV, ATM/COVID-19 service integration, human rights, gender and legal literacy to ATM clients.
• The Consultant will therefore lead the development, review and/or adaption of standard curriculum and training presentation slides to guide the training on GBV support services.
• The documents shall provide practical guidance to ensure a pool of competent trainers are built at the national and state levels. The documents will be used across the implementation states to train 192 participants and build their capacity for effective delivery of GBV support services.

TOR for the Consultancy: To deliver this task, the consultant will:

• Conduct entry/interaction meeting with the ATM Networks to understand the networks and concept of the project.
• Develop inception report detailing method of work and implementation plan.
• Review and/or adaption of standard curriculum and training presentation slides
• Lead the ToT training of ATM networks based on the modules developed for GBV Services.
• Develop detailed consultancy report.

Expected Deliverables

• Inception report detailing method of work and implementation plan.
• Training curriculum/modules on GBV support services developed and validated for Training of Trainers (TOT).
• Lead the ToT training of ATM networks and other stakeholders on the modules developed.
• Consultancy report.

Knowledge and Skill Set Required
Education / Eligibility Criteria - The consultant is to possess the under listed:

• At least a Master's Degree in Public Health or Social Sciences or its equivalent; with experience working on HIV prevention programming for AYP, key and vulnerable populations issues.
• At least 8 years’ experience in HIV/Malaria/TB programming and must be familiar with health and non- health sector
• Have experience with strategic document development.
• Have undertaken at least one similar assignment in the last two years on GBV,GBV services and documentation.
• Must be resident in Abuja or its environs.

Skills Required:

• Extensive experience in program management with special focus on community level monitoring and advocacy and health systems strengthening.
• Must have vast experience in the development of training modules on GBV, COVID-19, CLM and Social mobilization.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills with the ability to multitask and deliver high quality results in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong writing, presentation/facilitation and computer skills
• Strong sensitivity and adaptability in culture, gender, religion, race and nationality.
• Strong computer and other IT skills, including knowledge of various software for processing documents including Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
• Must be able to speak fluently, read and write in English