Name of the project: Saksham Parman – Targeted Interventions (TI) and Link Workers Schemes (LWS) Evaluation for National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) 

Overview:

SRM University Sikkim, in coordination with Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS) under NACP, will undertake annual evaluation of Targeted Intervention (TI) and Link Workers Scheme (LWS) in Northeast Zone: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Sikkim and Tripura. The TIs reach out to the key High-Risk groups (HRGs) such as Female Sex Workers (FSW), Male having Sex with Male (MSM), Transgender/Hijra (TG), Injecting Drug Users (IDUs) and Bridge Populations such as Migrants and Long-Distance Truckers. Link Worker Scheme (LWS) reach out to HRGs, Bridge Population, Vulnerable Population residing in the rural areas. 

The end term evaluation carried out by the State AIDS Control Societies (SACS) and National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) aims to assess the quality and performance of TI projects implemented by NGOs/CBOs. This process, based on various parameters, will determine the continuation or discontinuation of individual TIs in the state. Usually, TIs have been evaluated once in two years, i.e. during 21st or 22nd month. For the newly recruited TIs, the first evaluation will be conducted during 32nd and 33rd month of the project period. 

This year at National level, TISS will lead the evaluations with partner institutes at state level in coordination with SACS and NACO TI division. 

Evaluation Objective:

• To assess the performance of TIs in terms of gaps between planned targets and actual achievements.
• To assess component-specific quality of TI.
• To assess knowledge level, condom use, health seeking behaviours.
• To assess the component wise expenditure of and look for variance.
• To assess the quality and performance of project staff and peer educators during the review period.
• To assess various systems (accounts/ finance/ human resource/program management) in place at TI NGO/CBO and their effectiveness in the implementation of TIs.
• To assess the organization capacity.
• To assess community engagements.
• To assess the innovations if any.

Evaluation team: 

The 3-member evaluator’s team consists of:

• 2 Program evaluators, one of them would be the lead evaluators and another one would be the co-evaluator.
• 1 Accounts/ finance person.
• One evaluator/team of evaluators can conduct maximum 5 TI evaluations in one state

Qualification and experience:

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in developmental sector and preferably at least 1 year in HIV/AIDS prevention programme.
• Postgraduate in any Social Work, Public Health, and other allied Social Sciences.
• Community members with minimum qualification of graduation in Social Sciences and at least 2 years of experience in HIV/AIDS prevention programme are also eligible to apply.
• For Finance evaluators the minimum qualification is a degree in Commerce or an intern from a CA firm with degree in Commerce.
• SACS internal auditors should not be engaged in TI evaluation due to possible conflict of interest.
• Preference shall be given to candidates, who have prior experience evaluating development programmes.
• Sensitive towards issues relating to HRG communities and PLHIVs.
• Willing to undertake extensive field visits to intervention sites.
• Well versed in reporting and documentation.
• Conversant in local language in addition to English.
• She/he shall have experience in conducting FGDs/IDIs with HRGs and Bridge population.
• Evaluators should not be currently associated with any TI projects/development partners who are supporting NACP both at National and State level.

Scope of work & deliverables:

• Evaluators should spend three full days in each TIs/LWS.
• It is recommended that the evaluators should visit the community at appropriate hours for informal interaction as per the convenience of the community.
• At least 10% of the HRG randomly selected and are to be contacted by the evaluation team through one to one contact or small group discussions in 10% of the hotspots randomly selected by the evaluator.
• The evaluation report including soft copy of the evaluation tool, and detailed report shall be submitted on the 3rd day of completion of the evaluation at any TI to SACS.
• The overall report should be shared within 7 days after completing the evaluation of any TI to SSR/TISS.
• The final signed evaluation report should be submitted by emails to SACS.

Honorarium and Reimbursement:

• Honorariums will be paid to evaluators directly to the bank account through TISS: 3 days Honorariums for Program Evaluators, and 1 day for Finance Evaluators per TI/LWS. 
• The reimbursement of travel and stay for the period of evaluation as per the NACO norms.
• We don’t provide any advance; all the payments will strictly be on reimbursement basis (As per the PFMS system).

Process of Selection:

• Eligibility Screening – Applications received via Google Form will be filtered against the prescribed eligibility criteria.
• Written Test/Interview – Written test or interview will be conducted for shortlisted
• candidates.
• Training – Successful candidates will undergo training on revised evaluation tools, methodology, reporting formats, and ethical standards.

Note:

Regional Institute for Capacity Building & Evaluation will have the sole authority and responsibility for the empanelment of evaluators. However, it is important to note that empanelment merely signifies eligibility for consideration and does not ensure deployment in any of the regional institutes. Furthermore, submitting application/ inclusion in the empanelled list does not guarantee that candidates will be assigned or deployed for evaluation work. The final deployment will depend on requirements of the evaluators at that time.

The last date for submitting your application along with all supporting documents is 25th October 2025.

Please click the application link below for submitting application:

https://forms.gle/CxUEuWKJmBeqyEwn9 

Job Email ID: lhamu.t(at)srmus.edu.in