The Centre for Tobacco Control in Africa (CTCA) was established in July 2011 by the World Health Organization, with funding from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, to build and sustain Institutional Capacity of African governments in tobacco control. CTCA has received phase III funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation through the Africa Capacity Building Foundation to implement a three-year project to enhance tobacco control sustainability in Africa.

Assignment objective and Scope of Work:
The overall objective of the assignment is to identify capacity gaps and training needs for tobacco control implementation in target countries and Africa. The assignment will focus on existing capacity of TC actors so as to identify training needs to perform the expected functions and roles of the National Tobacco Control Program. The assignment recommends appropriate methodology for capacity strengthening for TC in Africa and propose required skills and knowledge to perform the TC needs required to accelerate the implementation of the WHO FCTC.

KEY DELIVERABLES

• Inception report with a detailed methodology, data collection tools, timelines, information sources, and institutions / organizations to be consulted in undertaking the assignment
• Validation workshop materials and report
• Draft report including outcomes of capacity assessment gaps, training action plan, capacity strengthening recommendations
• Final report after incorporating comments from CTCA, Validation workshop participants

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SELECTION OF BEST CANDIDATE
The best candidate will be selected on merit in accordance with the Selection Based on the Individual Qualifications and experience.

How to apply
Interested and suitably qualified candidates may send applications to eoi[at]ctc-africa.org

Submission letters should be marked as “Consultant to conduct a training needs assessment for tobacco control in Africa; CTCA/EOI/2019-007/” not later than 17:00 hours on the 15th November 2019.