Individual Consultant National Position
Listed on 2026-02-15
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Healthcare
Mental Health, Public Health
Location: Indianapolis
Country:
Uganda
Organization:
Tiko
Closing date: 23 Feb 2026
Background and ContextTiko is a non‑profit organisation that leverages digital platforms and behavioural insights to improve access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH), HIV, mental health, and sexual and gender‑based violence (SGBV) services for adolescents and young people (AYP) aged 15–24 years. In Uganda, Tiko applies an ecosystem implementation approach, working with health facilities, community actors, referral partners, and policy stakeholders to reduce barriers to care and improve service quality for vulnerable populations.
As part of its SGBV programming, Tiko supports survivors to access a complex set of interlinked services, including biomedical care at health facilities, police services, legal aid, shelter accommodation, and psychosocial support. Survivors may access these services sequentially or concurrently and often experience repeated interactions across multiple service points over time. This makes the SGBV survivor journey particularly complex, with significant risk of attrition, re‑traumatisation, and inequitable access to quality care.
To strengthen survivor‑centred service delivery, Tiko is implementing a mixed‑methods SGBV feedback study to systematically document survivor experiences, service quality, referral effectiveness, and provider capacity gaps across the SGBV response ecosystem. The study is guided by an approved research protocol and is designed to generate actionable evidence to inform continuous quality improvement, provider capacity strengthening, and system‑level adaptations.
This Request for Proposals (RFP) invites qualified individual consultants to provide technical leadership and implementation support for the Uganda SGBV Feedback Study, in line with the approved study protocol.
Purpose of the AssignmentThe primary purpose of this assignment is to lead the implementation of a rolling SGBV feedback study that assesses the accessibility, quality, safety, and coordination of SGBV services for adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) survivors aged 15–24 years in Uganda.
The consultant will be responsible for ensuring high‑quality, trauma‑informed data collection; adherence to ethical and safeguarding standards; rigorous quantitative and qualitative analysis; and timely reporting of actionable findings to inform programme improvement.
Study Objectives and Key Evaluation Questions1. General Objective
To assess the accessibility, quality, and coordination of health and referral services for adolescent survivors of SGBV, in order to inform survivor‑centred, safe, and effective service delivery.
2. Specific ObjectivesThe specific objectives and corresponding evaluation questions that the evaluation seeks to address include:
Research Objective
To identify and analyze the multi‑level barriers and facilitators influencing the practice of SGBV screening among healthcare providers and community mobilisers using the Tiko platform in Uganda.
Research question
- What are the knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of healthcare providers and mobilisers regarding the importance, feasibility, and their role in screening for SGBV?
- What are the specific individual, client‑related, and health system‑level barriers that prevent providers and mobilisers from consistently screening all Tiko clients for SGBV?
- What practical, evidence‑based interventions and support mechanisms could increase the rates and quality of SGBV screening within the Tiko platform?
Research Objective
To assess the accessibility and responsiveness of health services provided to SGBV survivors aged 15–19.
Research question
- How accessible are the SGBV‑related health services to adolescents aged 15–19 in terms of location, affordability, and availability?
- How promptly do adolescents receive care after reporting an SGBV incident?
Research Objective
To evaluate the quality of care and support received by adolescent SGBV survivors from health service providers.
Research question
- What are the perceptions of adolescent survivors regarding the quality of medical and psychosocial care they received?
- To what extent do survivors feel respected, listened to, and supported during…
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