Three positions with the USAID/UGANDA: Stop Malaria Project (SMP) Evaluation
1) Team Leader; 2) Malaria Program Expert; 3) Organizational Capacity Expert
Uganda
There are openings for three positions for the Stop Malaria Project (SMP) Evaluation: 1) Team Leader; 2) Malaria Program Expert; 3) Organizational Capacity Expert in Uganda. Salary range: Up to $635 daily, depending on salary history; Open period:
May 23 – June 6, 2013; Position information: Stop Malaria Project (SMP) Evaluation Team Leader/Malaria Project Expert & Organizational Capacity Expert; Performance dates: On/about
July 22 thru October 31, 2013; Duty location: Uganda; Position reference: 10131 for Team Leader, 10132 for Malaria Program Expert, 10133 for Organizational Capacity Expert.
Background: The President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI)/Uganda’s Stop Malaria project (SMP) was established as a flagship project to increase coverage and use of key life-saving malaria interventions in support of the Uganda National Malaria Strategy and the National Malaria Control Program (NMCP). This project was to geographically complement the Northern Uganda Malaria, AIDS, and Tuberculosis project (NUMAT), and be able to work in all areas of Uganda except those supported through NUMAT. NUMAT has now closed but its activities continue to be implemented through the new Northern Uganda Health Integration to Enhance Services (NUHITES) project.
Scope of Work: The purpose of this evaluation is to provide evidence to guide strategic targeting and investment for future USAID/Uganda malaria interventions.
The evaluation will answer the following questions: To what extent has SMP improved delivery of key (global standard) malaria interventions in the districts of operation? Key intervention areas cover preventive, curative and systems strengthening. What are the factors associated to the major successes and performance weaknesses? How well did the partnership between JHU, Malaria Consortium, IDI, CDFU, UHMG work in terms of cost effectiveness and process/ implementation efficiency? How effectively is the project building the capacities of NMCP and districts as laid out in the cooperative agreement and the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework, and with regard to improving capacity to properly manage malaria control in Uganda?
Deliverables and Products: In-brief: introduction of the evaluation team, discussion of the scope of work and initial presentation of the proposed evaluation work plan, and presentation of the inception report detailing the team’s interpretation of the assignment, an evaluation design and methodology, analytical plans, sampling, interview tools, field visits and work schedule. Weekly progress reports: brief informal reports summarizing progress, challenges and constraints and describing the evaluation team’s response. Oral presentation: power point presentation. The oral presentation should, at a minimum, cover the major findings, conclusions, recommendations, and key lessons. The evaluation team will liaise with the mission to agree on the dates, audience, venue and other logistical arrangements for this briefing. The presentation will be held before departure. Draft evaluation report: the report should comply with the USAID’s evaluation report standards set out in Annex 2. Final draft report: complete report incorporating comments from USAID and other stakeholders. Final report: Team Leader will submit a final report incorporating final edits and formatting for wider sharing. Cleaned data sets: The contractor will share the cleaned data sets with USAID.
Team Composition, Skills, and Level of Effort (LOE): Evaluation team will be composed of three consultants: One Team Leader, one malaria program expert and one organizational capacity expert. The Team Leader will be a senior evaluation expert with over 15 years of experience evaluating and/or implementing health programs and with knowledge of and experience in malaria programs. Team Leader will have played substantive role in more than five other evaluations and played team leader role in a minimum three related evaluations. The Malaria Program expert will be a holder of an MPH with extensive malaria programming experience in Sub-Saharan Africa and skills in monitoring and evaluation of malaria programs. S/he will have played a substantive role in a minimum of three evaluations in health. The Organizational Capacity Expert will be a holder of a master’s degree in development studies, business administration, health economics or other relevant social sciences and demonstrated skills/ experience in assessing organizational capacity and partnerships.
Relationships and Responsibilities: The USAID M&E Specialist for Health, Solome Sevume will have overall technical responsibility for the evaluation process. The Evaluation Team will liaise closely with SMP’s Agreement Officer’s technical representative (AOR), Daryl Martyris to make the necessary arrangements for USAID inputs and briefings. The Program Office M&E Specialist, May Mwaka will assist with coordination and clarification of USAID requirements and standards.
TO APPLY: Write Position #10131, 10132 or 10133 (see top of announcement) on the subject line. Please submit a CV and cover letter summarizing relevant expertise and experience per the qualifications listed above to
Consulting@usaid.gov. Please also include a list of references and salary history utilizing Form AID 1420-17 as part of your application. The form can be found at
http://www.usaid.gov/forms. Only finalists will be contacted. No telephone inquiries, please.
