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Background

Girl Effect Tanzania is implementing a Hilton Foundation-supported Early Childhood Development (ECD) project. The project aims to improve and sustain responsive caregiving and nutrition practices among adolescents and young parents within Tanzania’s Arusha Region. By leveraging a multi-channel Social and Behavior Change (SBC) model, the initiative integrates responsive caregiving and nutrition messaging into existing community platforms, such as Village Health and Nutrition Days (VHNDs) and youth-led peer groups, to reach target demographics effectively.

The project recognises that adolescents and young parents face unique challenges in accessing knowledge, confidence, and support to provide responsive care for young children. Early experiences during the first five years of life are critical to children’s cognitive, emotional, social, and physical development. Strengthening caregiver capacity during this period is essential to improving child outcomes, particularly among vulnerable young families.

The project emphasizes systemic capacity building by training Community Health Workers (CHWs), engaging influential community leaders, and supporting adolescent peer champions to dismantle cultural barriers and promote gender-equitable caregiving. Guided by the Nurturing Care Framework, the project prioritizes generating actionable evidence on effective SBC delivery and adaptation strategies, with the ultimate objective of institutionalizing high-impact Early Childhood Development (specifically responsive caregiving and nutrition domains) interventions within government planning to ensure long-term sustainability and scale.

To support high-quality implementation, Girl Effect Tanzania is seeking an experienced Early Childhood Development (specifically responsive caregiving and nutrition domains) Technical Advisor who will provide technical leadership and ensure sound programme design.

Purpose of the Role

The ECD Responsive Caregiving Technical Advisor, acting in a consultancy capacity, will provide strategic guidance and advisory leadership for the Hilton Foundation-supported ECD Responsive Caregiving programme. The role focuses on shaping strategy and programme design, designing technical tools, and reviewing curricula to ensure that programme approaches are evidence-based and aligned with desired outcomes.

Working closely with the project team, government counterparts, and key stakeholders, the ECD (specifically responsive care giving and nutrition domains) Technical Advisor will translate technical evidence into practical programming approaches that support adolescents and young parents to adopt positive caregiving behaviours and improve outcomes for children aged 0–5 years. The role requires sound technical expertise in the area of ECD (specifically responsive care giving and nutrition domains), including the ability to provide sound inputs in programme design, strengthening delivery approaches, development of technical resources, and building the capacity of respective teams.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Contribute to the technical design of the ECD (specifically responsive caregiving and nutrition domains) and work across Arusha and other relevant geographies.
• Provide technical support to country teams on ECD (specifically responsive caregiving and nutrition domains) implementation approaches.
• Provide strategic advisory support for ECD (specifically responsive caregiving and nutrition domains) program expansion, institutionalization, and scale-up.
• Support teams in refining/packaging strategic ECD (specifically responsive caregiving and nutrition domains) content for program beneficiaries, external audiences and stakeholder engagement.
• Provide technical training on key ECD (specifically responsive caregiving and nutrition domains) concepts, guidelines, and evidence-based approaches to the country team.
• Develop supportive supervision and monitoring tools to ensure quality implementation and measure participant engagement and learning.
• Collaborate with program teams to review program reports, key messaging, and other technical documents to ensure accuracy and alignment with project objectives.
• Keep abreast of global ECD (specifically responsive caregiving and nutrition domains) community of practice trends, ensuring lessons are cultivated and embedded into Tanzania’s programming.
• Enhance the visibility of Girl Effect’s ECD (specifically responsive caregiving and nutrition domains) work by identifying opportunities to showcase impact.
• Contribute to the wider ECD (specifically responsive caregiving and nutrition domains) learning agenda by showcasing Girl Effect’s value add in SBC-led responsive caregiving and nutrition interventions.
• Collaborate with country and global teams to write proposals and concept notes, enhancing the ECD portfolio.

Outputs

The ECD (specifically responsive care giving and nutrition domains) Technical Advisor will be expected to contribute to the achievement of the following:

• High-quality technical implementation of the Hilton Foundation ECD (specifically responsive caregiving and nutrition domains) programme in line with project objectives.
• Strengthened ECD (specifically responsive caregiving and nutrition domains) technical approaches integrated across programme activities.
• Improved quality and relevance of responsive caregiving, nutrition, and parenting interventions.
• Technical tools, resources, and implementation materials developed or strengthened as required.
• Increased capacity of programme teams and partners to implement evidence-based ECD (specifically responsive caregiving and nutrition domains) approaches.
• Strengthened engagement and collaboration with government stakeholders and local systems.
• Documentation of implementation learning, best practices, and recommendations for sustainability and scale.

This list should not be considered exhaustive; you will be expected to deliver other duties relevant and appropriate to this role.

Organisation Accountabilities:

• Lead by example as a role model for GE’s values and professional standards.
• Drive the delivery of organizational and team goals.
• Seek continuous improvement within your own areas of responsibility.
• Maintain full awareness of, and active compliance with, GE’s policies and procedures relevant to your responsibilities and to broader policies, including (but not limited to) equality, health and safety, confidentiality, and data protection.

Education and experience:

• Extensive technical experience in ECD, especially Responsive Caregiving, nutrition and parenting programs 10+ years
• Advanced Degree in Early Childhood Development, Social Sciences, Education. A master's will be an added advantage

Location

The consultant must be based in Tanzania and have extensive experience there. The Assignment is to be carried out in Tanzania.

Management

The consultant will have a primary point of contact with the Girl Effect Tanzania Country Director. The language of the materials and reports shall be English. The contract supervisor shall approve all deliverables submitted by the agency before any payment is made.

Tentative Timelines

• Terms of reference published: 9th July 2026
• Bid Submission Deadline: 17th July 2026
• Supplier selection, contracting, and briefing: End of July
• Project commencement: August

Proposal Submission

Interested consultants are asked to submit the following to support their candidature (max 10 pages):

• Your understanding of the brief and why you feel you are well-placed for this role
• Credentials/Profile/CV - Please showcase any previous work that you consider relevant to what we are trying to achieve, how we approach our work, and the audience we cater to. Describe the qualifications, experience, and capabilities of the consultant in providing the requested services.
• Reference: Provide at least three references for similar contracts with a description of the service provided, the value of the contract, and the contract periods of performance.
• Breakdown of Costs
• A breakdown of the financial proposal in TZS, indicating the daily rate for each of the proposed experts, time input, and all applicable reimbursable expenses.
• All applicable taxes should be quoted separately.

In their proposal, the bidder must demonstrate an understanding of the requirements described in the TOR and demonstrate how the bidder will meet the requirements of the evaluation criteria.

GE is not liable for any cost incurred during the award/contract preparation, submission, or negotiation of the award/contract. All submitted documentation and/or materials shall become and remain the property of GE.

VALIDITY of the proposal shall be for 90 days from the date of bid closure.

Evaluation Criteria

The criteria against which proposals will be evaluated are listed below:

Technical Evaluation

• Interpretation and understanding of this TOR-10%
• Relevant ECD (specifically responsive caregiving and nutrition domains) experience as demonstrated by CV/Profile - 15%
• Demonstrate relevant similar experience- 25%
• Geographical Experience in Tanzania-10%
• Evidence of a minimum of three contactable references - 10%

Financial Evaluation

• Value for money/proposed budget breakdown - 30%

How to Apply

Please submit proposals, as described above, to suppliers@girleffect.org by 17th July 2026. Please clearly mark your email with the subject 'ECD Responsive Caregiving Technical Advisor: Tanzania.'

Tax

Girl Effect Tanzania is required to comply with applicable Tanzanian tax legislation. Applicants are advised to ensure they fully understand their tax obligations and incorporate all applicable taxes into their financial proposals. Girl Effect will deduct or account for taxes where required under applicable law.

Copyright

All materials/documents arising from this consultancy work shall remain the property of Girl Effect.

Disclaimer

GE Tanzania reserves the right to determine the structure of the process, the number of short-listed participants, the right to withdraw from the proposal process, the right to change this timetable at any time without notice, and reserves the right to withdraw this tender at any time, without prior notice and without liability to compensate and/or reimburse any party. GE shall inform ONLY the successful applicant(s). The process of negotiation and signing of the contract with the successful applicant(s) will follow.

Please note: We will evaluate only proposals submitted following the application process outlined in the TOR and using our specified email address (suppliers@girleffect.org).

Safeguarding

You may be required to undertake safeguarding checks. Shortlisted consultants will be assessed on our organizational values at the interview stage, and the successful consultant will be expected to adhere to our safeguarding policy. We encourage you to read and understand our safeguarding policy, the executive summary of which can be found here. We have zero tolerance for forms of violence against children, beneficiaries, and staff.

Equal Opportunities

Girl Effect Services is committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity, or expression. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

We are committed to building an organization that is increasingly representative of and works extensively with the communities that we serve. To this end, due regard will be paid to procuring consultancy service organizations and individuals with diverse professional, academic, and cultural backgrounds.