CONSULTANT: HIV PREVENTION, CARE, & TREATMENT PROGRAM DESIGN AND PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT

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Job Description

Background

ChildFund International intends to engage a consultant with extensive expertise on comprehensive HIV prevention, care, and treatment including the areas of community interventions, family planning, family support, and early infant diagnosis. The consultant will facilitate the technical design of a concept note in response to the call for proposals issued by the Positive Action for Children’s Fund. The proposed project will aim to alleviate the impact of HIV and AIDS on women and children’s health by supporting interventions that engage affected communities and developing capacity. In this process, the consultant will work with ChildFund and its local partners (as appropriate) to guide the project design, and to present a coherent technical approach building on consortium members’ expertise. The consultant may facilitate proposal design webinars, produce technical drafts of the technical approach and monitoring and evaluation sections, and offer technical inputs and guidance for the preparation of the budget.

Key Responsibilities:

In close collaboration with ChildFund staff, the consultant will support pre-positioning efforts by completing the following tasks:

  • Research and provide inputs on the technical design of ChildFund’s proposed HIV prevention, care, and/or treatment interventions to alleviate the impact of HIV and AIDS on women and children’s health.
  • Participate in discussions for overall proposal strategy and gather relevant background data.
  • Support identification of qualified key personnel and local partners.
  • Other duties as needed.

Support for proposal development will include the following tasks:

  • Advise on the proposed strategy. The consultant will be expected to participate in technical discussions, provide expert advice on innovative approaches and best practices, and gather and share relevant background data. The consultant will offer advice on the project design so as to enable the project to produce a valid evidence base.
  • Consolidate technical drafts: Prepare proposal outline in collaboration with ChildFund International staff, and refine proposal sections using inputs from partners, proposal workshop and ChildFund technical staff.
  • Provide written and verbal feedback to the proposal development team during yellow and red team review meetings and support the proposal development team in incorporating feedback. Provide verbal and written technical advice to the team as required.
  • Support the development of the organization capacity section.
  • Other duties as needed.

Expected Level of Effort: Up to 20 days

Timeframe: From signature of consulting agreement to submission of proposal to donor.

Management and Supervision: The consultant will report to the Senior Business Development Manager.

Interested consultants may apply directly at the following link: ChildFund International.

About the Organization

About the Organization

ChildFund International exists to help deprived, excluded and vulnerable children have the capacity to become young adults, parents and leaders who bring lasting and positive change in their communities. ChildFund International promotes societies whose individuals and institutions participate in valuing, protecting and advancing the worth and rights of children. ChildFund International works in 31 countries, assisting approximately 17.8 million children and family members regardless of race, creed or gender. Since its inception in 1938, ChildFund International has provided nearly $3 billion in services to children with most of the funding coming from individual contributors in the form of monthly child sponsorships. ChildFund International is a member of ChildFund Alliance, a global network of 12 child development organizations

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