Evaluation Experts at Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium (KANCO)

Job Details

The regional project is named as the “HIV and Harm Reduction in Eastern Africa Regional Project”, and is being implemented in the following countries; Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mauritius, Seychelles, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania (Mainland), and United Republic of Tanzania (Zanzibar).

The goal of the overall project is to increase access to essential HIV and harm reduction services for people who inject drugs in Eastern Africa.

There are three linked overall objectives:

• Creating an enabling environment to conduct harm reduction activities in Eastern Africa;
• Strengthening of community systems for a sustained HIV response among people who inject drugs in eastern Africa; and
• Generating and utilizing strategic information on drug use related interventions in the region.

Requirements for Expression of Interest

KANCO is seeking to recruit evaluation expert/s to design and conduct the end-line evaluation as per the ToRs provided.

The key areas of expertise required are:

• Advanced university degree in social sciences, medicine or public health, with specialized training in evaluation and project/program management;
• At least 5 years of international experience in designing and managing program/project evaluations including in the area of HIV/AIDS prevention and care services for most-at-risk groups (injecting drug users, inmates, sex workers);
• Proven experience in conducting independent evaluations of HIV prevention projects/programmes; experience in evaluating HIV prevention projects targeting IDUs is an asset.
• Familiarity with HIV/AIDS epidemics and substance abuse in the Eastern Africa region;
• Knowledge of the UN guiding principles/recommendations on HIV/AIDS prevention and care among injecting drug users and in prison settings, policies and guidelines;
• Personal skills: good communication, analytical and drafting skills, sensitive to Key populations as well as People Living with HIV;
• Fluency in English and working knowledge of French language is an asset.