Deadline: 05-Jul-2024
The Scottish Government (SG) is seeking an organisation (the grant holder) with international development research expertise in non-communicable diseases, to undertake the scoping, design, delivery and ongoing management of a new programme on Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) (PEN-Plus) in Zambia, as part of the International Development Fund (IDF), for up to three years with the potential to extend by a further two years, subject to review from the SG and Government of Zambia, and the annual enactment of the Budget (Scotland) Bill for each of those financial years.
Non-Communicable Diseases Programme: The NCD Health Programme in Zambia is a new programme under the IDF. The overall aim of the NCD Health Programme is to increase financial and political engagement and commitment for the prevention, diagnosis and management of NCDs. In Zambia one aim is to scale up access to PEN-Plus by training of district health workers to deliver care according to the regional strategy for the WHO Regional Office for Africa (WHO AFRO). The NCD Health Programme will take a participatory approach to increasing access to locally led quality NCD care in SG partner countries (PCs): Malawi, Rwanda and Zambia; in a way that reduces health inequalities and builds institutional resilience in our African PC health systems, in line with UN Sustainable Development Goal 3 (UN SDG3) on good health and wellbeing.
Aims & Objectives
- The overall aims and objectives of the Scottish Governments International Health Development Programme at to:
- Increase financial and political commitment into prevention, diagnosis and management of NCDs.
- Increase access to nationally led quality NCD care.
Funding Information
- The overall Grant available will be up to £275,000 per annum for an initial period of 3 years, with the potential to extend by a further two years, subject to review from the SG and Government of Zambia, and the annual enactment of the Budget (Scotland) Bill for each of those financial years.
Impact
- The International Development NCD Health Programme in Zambia will contribute to SDG 3, to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all, at all ages in line with the target of universal health coverage by increasing access to nationally led quality NCD care.
Outcome
- Expected outcomes are twofold:
- Increase coverage of services to prevent, diagnose and manage severe NCDs at district level by creating a cadre of trained health workers under MoH guidance
- Add evidence on affordable scalable options for NCD management in LICs
Outputs
- This will be achieved by delivering the following outputs:
- Set up and run two training centres for district level health workers to deliver PEN-Plus
- MoH secondment to increase capacity on NCDs.
Responsibilities
- The grant holder will be required to:
- Undertake the scoping, design, development, delivery of the International Health Development Program on PEN-PLUS training in Zambia.
- Ensure comprehensive gender analysis has been conducted for the programme, at all levels, design, delivery, analysis, ensuring alignment with SG’s ambitions on gender mainstreaming.
- Use a participatory approach involving relevant health professionals, NCDI Poverty Network and experts in Scotland and Zambia in programme design, delivery and MEL.
- Ensure a robust procurement strategy is in place for the procurement of goods and services that incorporates measures to minimise fiduciary risk. This includes for the procurement of medicines and other commodities. Due diligence needs to be carried out on any downstream recipient of funding and the responsibility for this will sit with the grant holder.
- Design and delivery of an effective monitoring framework for the programme to enable reporting to SG against progress of the programme. This should include data that is sufficiently disaggregated. An MEL framework should be designed in conjunction with the SG’s International Development Team and Zambia, including the current set of standard PEN-Plus indicators.
- Full reporting to SG as agreed, including written reports on an annual basis which take a strategic view as to the overall progress and success of each grant, and recommendations to enhance impact going forward.
- Demonstrate value for money of SG funds and promote the programme in Scotland and Zambia, through a communications plan.
Eligibility Criteria
- Legal Personality
- Applicant Organisations must have a legal personality.
- Applications submitted by a consortium must include a lead organisation. There must be a named Project Manager who will liaise with the Scottish Government, as and when required.
- Target Countries
- The support provided by Scotland is also expected to reflect the health development priorities identified by Zambia, and to complement the work of the Scottish Government and other international development programmes.
- Knowledge & Experience
- Applicants will propose a team containing an appropriate level of subject knowledge and expertise in NCDs, International Development, gender mainstreaming and participatory grant models.
- Applicants will require at least broad familiarity with wider Scottish International Development Strategy.
- Applicants will be able to support and advise on technical elements/methods of delivering development outcomes and interventions in Zambia.
- Applicants must have experience of operating in Zambia and relevant networks to enable successful delivery. Applicants must be able to demonstrate clear safeguarding polices.
- Appropriately skilled staff with dedicated time to manage the evidence/policy interface and capacity to project-manage all meetings and other interactions with SG (virtually) and with stakeholders (in person or virtually) as required.
- Applicants will be able to demonstrate their own expertise in the following areas:
- proven project design and grant management expertise, and ability to manage the programme, including an inward secondment to the Zambian MOH.
- proven experience in gender mainstreaming and participatory grant making and MEL methods
- ability to produce accessible and effective communications, in all formats and to a range of technical and non-technical audiences.
- financial controls and budget management.
- Safeguarding and working with and engaging marginalised communities – Local partners and any sub-grant holders must have required safeguarding credentials to work within communities and with marginalised groups. The grant holder will have overarching responsibility to ensure safeguarding throughout the programme.
For more information, visit SG.