UNITID Fellowship Program Skills Application, Trainee and Courses Offered Appropriateness Assessment Expression of Interest
The University of Nairobi in collaboration with the University of Washington has been supporting the Kenyan National HIV response through the UNITID FELLOWSHIP training program; the program is funded by the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
1. Appropriateness of trainees being selected for the fellowship and short course trainings
The consultants should
- Be independent with no prior involvement in the program,
- Have proven experience in conducting evaluations of public Health programs,
- Be familiar with capacity building needs in public health especially in HIV/AIDS,
- Have experience in conducting and evaluating adult training programs
- Have good communication, analytical and report writing skills
- Certification of Incorporation
- Trading license
- Company Profile and qualification of key managers, consultants and directors.
- Previous Consultancy work with comparable institutions.
- Audited accounts for the last 3 years.
- Three major Clients in the last 3 years.
- VAT compliance
- Company brochures.
The Principal Investigator – Prof. James Kiarie
UNITID Fellowship Program
c/o University of Nairobi Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases
KNH grounds
P O Box 30197‐00100
The expression of interest (EOI) Documents Must be hand delivered on or before March 22nd 2013.
The UNITID Fellowship Program reserves the right to reject EOI in whole or in part.
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Terms of Reference
There are 2 main forms of the training offered by the program
a. Short courses: Health care providers of various cadres are trained in courses which run for five to ten days. The courses provide trainees with specific skills that they can apply in day to day management of HIV care and prevention programs.
b. Fellowship training: This is a two year full time skills based training that equips trainees with broad skills required to manage large HIV programs. The training has several components
a. Didactic in class training: For 2 months in the first year all fellows receive classroom training on core courses in the University of Nairobi Campus.
and second year fellows receive classroom training on specific tracks in small groups of 3‐5 fellows specializing in the same track.
b. Didactic web cast training: For 2 hours every week for 30 weeks fellows receive webcast lectures from the University of Washington faculty. This training involves extensive pre class reading and assignments. This enhances the basic theoretical grounding of all fellows in the 3 track areas
c. Attachment in host institutions: Fellows are posted to selected host institutionswhere they participate in activities of the host institution. While at the Host institution they are given mentors who mentor to help them learn from the host institution and a University supervisor to ensure that the hosting facilitates learning.
d. Project: In the 2nd year of training fellows carry out a funded project to build capacity of the host institution, gain experience in project implementation and apply concepts that they have been trained in. The project is developed by the fellow in consultation with their supervisor in UNITID and their mentor at the host institution.
Purpose of the Review
Specifically the external review will evaluate whether:
1. Appropriateness of trainees being selected for the fellowship and short course trainings
Key Questions to be answered
Methodology
- Review of documents
- Interviews and discussions with trainees, trainers, managers and other stakeholders
- Site visits.
(i) Executive Summary
