The overall objective of this consultancy is to support the AMP partnership with the development and finalization of deliverables outlined in the BMGF-funded Catalytic Investment to Improve Operational Efficiency of ITN Campaigns project. The consultancy will support activities across the different workstreams of the project.
Specific objectives:
The consultancy will support specific activities related to each of the workstreams of the ITN Campaign Efficiency Project including:
Workstream 1:
· Support planning for the training of technical assistance (TA) providers, national malaria programme and implementing partner staff, with a specific focus on SBC
· Support development and finalization of online training curricula with a specific focus on SBC and sustaining ITN use through cost-effective strategies
Deliverables:
· Final agenda, materials and supporting documents for virtual training of TA providers and selected technical staff from national malaria programmes and implementing partners
· Final online training curricula for SBC
Workstreams 2 and 3:
· Support the development and finalization of questionnaires for household registration quality assessment and post-ITN distribution assessments of ITN access and use, ensuring that SBC questions and indicators are included
· Support the review and finalization of the operational guidance for assessing the quality of household registration and ITN distribution
· Support national malaria programmes and partners with planning and implementation of different SBC assessments on the basis of requests
Deliverables:
· Final questionnaires including SBC available as part of guidance for planning and implementing household registration quality assessment and post-distribution coverage and use assessments
· Support provided to national malaria programmes making requests
Workstream 4:
· Support the review and finalization of the decision-making matrix and planning and budgeting tools for digital data collection with a specific focus on SBC
· Support the review and finalization of the narrative document for considerations for digital tools deployment based on the final matrix and planning and budgeting tools
· Support the review of case studies and summary documents from the key informant interviews and prospective tracking of digital tools deployment
Deliverables:
· Final decision-making matrix and planning and budgeting tools
· Final narrative document for considerations of digital tools deployment available including SBC considerations
· Final case studies and summary documents from the ongoing retrospective and prospective digital tools work
Workstream 5:
· Document achievements, challenges and lessons learnt from multi-product campaigns in non-New Nets Project (NNP) countries that can guide national malaria programmes and their partners in implementation of future multi-product campaigns
· Develop a case study on Burundi distribution focusing on digitisation and multi-product aspects of the campaign, and how the national malaria programme addressed the issue of ITNs and bedbugs. Case study must show implementation successes, challenges and lessons learned.
· Support updating of multi-product guidance as applicable and development of new guidance to address critical inefficiencies or bottlenecks issues arising during implementation
· Identify best practices as part of guidance for the implementation of multi-product campaigns in complex operating environments (COE) and urban settings through review of strategies and reports and KII as needed for further information gathering and support development of country case studies
Deliverables:
· Case studies showing the achievements, challenges and lessons learnt in multi-product ITN mass distribution campaigns that have been implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic with a particular focus on COE countries
Workstream 6:
· Identification of 2 – 3 priority countries to review SBC funding available for ITN campaigns over the past two campaign cycles; undertake analysis of major gaps, including for net care and repair to extend ITN lifespan; disseminate findings prior to Global Fund application round
· Review and document urban distribution strategies deployed by other health interventions
· Review and document the process of the decision-making undertaken by Mozambique on the exclusion of the provincial capitals for ITN mass campaign and what plans/strategies are in place to protect the populace in the provincial capitals (combined with the quantification in WS1)
· Support and backstop local consultants hired in selected countries to observe and document urban ITN distribution in two to three campaigns; review country plans and provide support for multi-product ITN distribution on basis of country requests
· Support the efficiency analysis of urban mass campaign distribution
· Identify cost-effective options for SBC for increasing ITN use through working with national malaria program SBC focal points, deployment of an online questionnaire and organization of SBC working sessions and webinars to showcase successes and challenges with different strategies .
· Identify any gender barriers in accessing or using new ITNs or ITN types through including of gender analysis at the planning stage and through incorporating elements related to gender in supervision and monitoring tools
· Backstop AMP technical support to countries for SBC activities to ensure that TA support is appropriate, efficient and effective and reflects operational learning and recommendations from the BMGF Campaign Efficiency project
· Document achievements, challenges, lessons learnt and best practices that will guide national malaria programmes to improve efficiency and effectiveness of ITN mass distribution in a COE or urban setting
· Develop updated guidance on “sustainable SBC”, pulling together the experiences, lessons learned, successes and challenges from different countries and incorporating cost-effective and efficient options that could be considered based on a context analysis
Deliverables:
· Document that analyses funding for SBC activities and details 1) cost-effective options for SBC identified in collaboration with national malaria programmes and partners and 2) recommendations for the funding of SBC activities in future campaigns
· Case study documenting COE and urban strategies for ITN distributions, including achievements, successes and challenges, for national malaria programmes planning ITN distributions in urban settings
· Generic gender analysis tool available for national malaria programmes planning ITN mass campaigns
· AMP TA for SBC is implemented at high quality, with work product that can be used successfully by the supported country
· Considerations for sustainable SBC document finalized
Across the six workstreams, the deliverables developed will:
· Contribute to knowledge sharing (for examples, tools and templates developed for process evaluations and case studies) and effective coordination with national malaria programmes and partners
· Account for cross cutting issues affecting ITN access and use, including:
o Effectiveness
o Efficiency
o Gender
o Sustainability
o Contextual relevance
Alignment to the IFRC’s objectives and strategy:
The Alliance for Malaria Prevention (AMP)’s mandate aligns to the Federation’s Strategy 2030 as it supports the achievement of strategic aims:
1) Save lives, protect livelihoods and strengthen recovery from disasters and crises
2) Enable healthy and safe living.
Language requirements:
Strong command of English and French required for this role.
How to apply:
67 working days are estimated within this consultancy.
The consultancy timeframe will be from January 1st to 31st December 2022.
Please send your CV, cover letter and daily rate to health.department@ifrc.org by 23rd of December 2021.