A. Background
ICAD is a coalition of over 100 Canadian organizations and individuals that provides leadership in the response of Canadian international development organizations and Canadian HIV/AIDS organizations to reduce the impact of the HIV and AIDS epidemic at home and abroad. Founded in 1989, the Coalition is made up of Canadian AIDS service organizations (ASOs), international development non-governmental organizations (INGOs), faith-based organizations (FBOs), trade unions, educational institutions, academics, researchers and consultants from across the country.
ICAD helps Canadians contribute to the international HIV/AIDS response and ensures that the lessons learned from efforts at the global level are utilized by Canadian organizations to improve prevention, treatment, care and support work in Canada.
Through funding support provided by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), the Coalition is interested in producing a bilingual resource(s) to promote knowledge building and knowledge sharing within and across ICAD membership and the broader public. The focus of the resource will be to showcase valuable and practical lessons learned on the use of social media and mobile technology in the effective prevention, treatment, care and support of HIV and HIV-related confection’s across diverse settings and population groups in Canada and abroad. The anticipated launch date for the lessons learned resource is December 2016.
A Steering Committee of three (3) Coalition members and two (2) ICAD staff has been created to provide stewardship and support to the development of this resource(s).

B. Scope of Work
The Steering Committee requires the services of a highly-skilled consultant to work with Committee members to:
• develop qualitative and quantitative data collection tools to identify best practices and lessons learned from within and outside of ICAD’s membership;
• conduct components of the data collection process, namely key informant interviews with targeted participants; and
• perform data analysis, synthesis and writing of the resource.
While the incumbent will be required to participate in the design and implementation of the above mentioned data collection process, the bulk of this contract will focus on data analysis, synthesis and drafting the final resource(s). The scope of this publication is highly dependent on the nature and quality of information gathered and may include one or both of the following:
• A brief executive summary aimed to promote public awareness, education and advocacy for the successes, on-going challenges and important contributions made by ICAD members through their use of social media and/or mobile technology in Canada and overseas;
• A more extensive resource documenting specific lessons learned and best practices, presented through case studies or other appropriate formats.
Foundational to the work to be completed is the:
• development of a detailed work plan with commonly agreed upon deliverables and milestones; and
• completion of desk research on methodologies and instruments used in evaluating best practice models and lessons learned from other Canadian and international sources. This component of the project will be completed by ICAD staff and will inform the design of the tools used to perform the activities leading to the final resource(s).

C. Objectives
The proposed scope of work should make a positive contribution towards realizing the following objectives:
• Increased public awareness, education and advocacy about HIV and development challenges and contributions made by member organizations through their use of social media and or mobile technology in Canada and overseas
• Increased knowledge sharing and knowledge building across ICAD membership emphasizing learnings and program innovations from a multi-sectoral, international development lens.

D. Anticipated Activities
• Conduct data analysis and synthesis of results; and
• Resource writing

Other Activities
• Contribute to the design of data collection tools and delivery of key informant interviews;
• Participate in teleconferences with Steering Committee members at regular intervals;
• Maintain close communication with ICAD staff during the design, implementation, analysis and writing of the resource(s);

E. Deliverables
At a minimum, the following deliverables will be required:
• Detailed work plan with associated milestones;
• Detailed budget;
• Written analyses of the data gathered;
• Synthesis of data collected through the writing of agreed resource(s) according to an agreed upon format, structure, and themes of focus.
F. Qualifications and Conditions
The successful consultant will have:
• Demonstrated knowledge of and successful experience with:
• social media and mobile technology platforms;
• program evaluation;
• community-based research;
• qualitative and quantitative research design and implementation;
• data analysis and synthesis of research results;
• understanding of civil society conditions and constraints; and
• working with diverse stakeholders including community based groups, government, health care providers and organizations, educators/researchers, etc.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills in English;
• the ability to provide services in French
• Background in health, HIV and AIDS, international development is an asset
• Well-developed organizational skills
• Masters or PhD-level or commensurate experience
• Travel will not be required

ICAD reserves the right to reject any or all applications with or without cause and are under no requirement to contract with any applicant. This offer may be withdrawn at any point and/or reposted in the future.
G. Timeframe and Budget
The contract is to begin in early March 2016 with an overall timeframe of 9 months for the completion of the work. The budget for this contract is $7,700 with the possibility of additional resources depending on the availability of supplemental funding.

HOW TO APPLY:
Questions
Prospective respondents are asked to submit any questions regarding these terms of reference in writing tokalexander@icad-cisd.com by 15:00 ET Friday, March 7, 2016.

Applications
Interested consultants should submit the following documents:
• A one-page cover letter outlining your interest and qualifications for this work;
• A two-page curriculum vitae;
• A 2-3 page outline/description of the process you would undertake to achieve the objectives and outputs, including proposed activities, time line and budget;
• A 3-5 page writing sample; and
• Contact information for three recent references.
Deadline for applications: March 10, 2016 at 17:00 ET.