Deadline: 11-Feb-25
AIDS Foundation of South Africa seeks a consultant to assess the effect of capacity building interventions for community-based organisations with regards to strengthening governance, organizational systems for long term sustainability of community organizations in supporting HIV/TB interventions and response at community level.
The capacity building efforts are supported through the Global fund grant “investing for Impact against Tuberculosis and HIV” in South Africa for the funding period April 2022- March 2024 in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. The Global fund is a funding model aimed at providing countries with resources required to defeat Malaria, HIV and TB and ensuring safer, healthier and more equitable future for all. The Global Fund raises and invest more than US$5 billion a year to strengthen health systems and ensure pandemic preparedness across the different countries they are supporting. This Global funding mechanism has been in operation since 2002 and uses a collaborative approach by uniting private sector, civil society, health practioner, world leaders and communities to ensure scale and impact through the programmes they are funding.
Capacity Building Modules
- Governance Leadership and strategy
- Human Resource Management
- Administrative Capacity and Systems
- Financial Accountability
- Sustainability
- Communication and Marketing
- Community Linkages, Networking
- Monitoring and Evaluation
- Health Services, products and Key &Vulnerable Population Programmes
Scope of Work
- AFSA is seeking to appoint a qualified service provider to conduct a rapid assessment for the effectiveness of capacity building interventions for community-based organizations in the eThekwini district in KwaZulu Natal. The focus of this assessment is to review the extent to which capacity building interventions have strengthened governance and management systems for community-based organization to ensure their longterm sustainability and impactful delivery of HIV/TB programmes at community level.
- The main priority in selection of community-based organisations is based on the following criteria:
- CBOs should be part of the civil society sectors for key and vulnerable populations such as People living with TB and HIV; Women living with HIV
- CBOs that are implementing programmes for Adolescent Girls and Young Women; Sex Workers; People Injecting and Using Drugs; People with Disability; Gender Based Programmes; Youth Led; LGBTI Led and Human Rights Focussed CBOs.
- Operation in rural, hard to reach places including hotspots districts with the highest burden of HIV, TB and GBV.
Qualifications and Experience
- The service provider should have the following qualifications and experience:
- Relevant Expertise: Demonstrated experience in conducting program evaluations, particularly in the field of public health and social development.
- Technical Skills: Proficiency in qualitative research methods.
- Sector Knowledge: In-depth understanding community systems, capacity building, and communitybased interventions.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Experience in engaging with diverse stakeholders.
- Report Writing: Strong analytical and report-writing skills.
Eligibility Criteria
- Minimum requirements to be met.
- Post graduate qualification in a relevant field for the lead evaluator.
- CVs of those involved.
- Lead evaluator has 2 years previous experience conducting evaluations.
- The service provider should have sufficient knowledge on community systems and capacity building in a public health setting.
- Additional requirements – recommended.
- Service Provider must be a registered South African legal entity.
- Must have been operational for at least three years.
- Extensive evaluation experience, particularly in South Africa and in undertaking similar evaluations.
- Evaluation design and research skills, including statistical sampling expertise.
- Programmatic or evaluation experience for HIV/AIDS, STIs and TB programmes, Programmatic experience or content knowledge in these areas is a critical requirement and applicants must ensure that they have this skill sets within the proposed team.
- Experience in using qualitative data collection methods, including participatory evaluation techniques.
- Good project and people management skills and the ability to deliver within time frames as reflected in the work plan.
- Excellent report writing skills in English.
- Good Communication skills (presentation, writing)
- Good understanding of local languages, community dynamics, community and traditional leadership structures and indigenous health issues.
For more information, visit AFSA.