Terms Of Reference: End Of Program Evaluation For Prevent (Preventing Hiv For Sustained Epidemic Control) Program In Zimbabwe

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Population Solutions for Health is commissioning an independent end of program evaluation for the PREVENT (Preventing HIV for Sustained Epidemic Control) program in Zimbabwe. This initiative, funded by the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief through the Department of State, was implemented between October 2023 and September 2026 under the coordination of the Ministry of Health and Child Care and the National AIDS Council. The selected evaluation team or…

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Responsibilities

• Conduct an independent, participatory, and utilization-focused evaluation guided by OECD-DAC criteria.
• Perform a desk review of investment documents, work plans, narratives, MEL plans, reports, and national guidelines.
• Execute secondary analysis of routine data using Bahmni EMR data against targets, trends, and demographics.
• Design and execute a quantitative survey involving recipients of care who benefited from the PREVENT program.
• Conduct a cost analysis defining financial periods, cost-allocation methodologies, and shared cost treatments.
• Perform key informant interviews with the Department of State, Population Solutions for Health leadership, consortium partners, MoHCC, NAC, and development partners.
• Lead focus group discussions and in-depth interviews with recipients of care, community health workers, and program staff at New Start Centers.
• Examine transition outcomes to determine whether recipients of care were successfully transferred and retained access to services.
• Submit an inception report, data collection findings, a draft evaluation report, present findings, and deliver a final evaluation report with datasets by December 10, 2026.

Requirements

• Submit a technical proposal covering understanding, methodology, work plan, and team composition within a 20-page limit.
• Provide CVs of all proposed team members and evidence of similar assignments, including two sample reports.
• Provide a financial proposal with a detailed budget.
• Provide three professional references.

Qualifications

• Team Leader must possess a Master's degree or higher in public health, epidemiology, social sciences, development studies, statistics, or a related field, with a PhD being a distinct advantage.
• Team Leader must have at least 15 years of experience in designing and leading evaluations of HIV programs, with demonstrated experience in PEPFAR-funded programs.
• Team Leader must have at least 10 years of experience in managing HIV prevention, care, and treatment including laboratory services programs.
• Team Leader must demonstrate experience in mixed-methods evaluation, report writing, stakeholder facilitation, and advanced quantitative and qualitative analysis, alongside understanding of the Zimbabwean health system.
• HIV prevention and high-risk populations specialist must have at least 7 years of experience working with high-risk populations.
• Quantitative and data specialist must hold an advanced degree in biostatistics, epidemiology, or data science, with experience analyzing DHIS2 and EMR data and conducting cost analysis.
• Qualitative research and community engagement specialist must have experience conducting FGDs and in-depth interviews with sensitive populations, including adolescents, as well as safeguarding and GBV-sensitive research.
• Health systems, sustainability, and private sector specialist must have experience in public-private partnerships and capacity strengthening of local organizations.

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