Consultancy: Self-Facilitated MHPSS Learning and Peer-Support Model for Rural Health Workers (GCF Climate and Health Project)

Save the Children
Call for Proposals
Green Climate Fund (GCF) Climate and Health Project – Consultancy

Save the Children is working with the Government of Malawi to deliver a $37 million, five-year project on Climate Resilient Health and Well-Being for Rural Communities in southern Malawi (CHWBRC) which runs from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2030 in six districts in Southern Malawi: Balaka, Ntcheu, Machinga, Mangochi, Phalombe and Zomba. The project will directly support 1.7 million Malawian citizens (22% of the population in Southern Malawi). The project has received generous co-financing commitments from GlaxoSmithKline, Foundation S (Sanofi Foundation), in-kind co-financing through the Ministry of Health of Malawi, and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) – totaling over $3m.
The overall objective of the Malawi GCF project is to increase gender transformative climate-resilient, sustainable development of the vulnerable rural population in southern Malawi through a climate-resilient health system, with a focus on children, youth and mothers.
The project has 4 interlinking components that combine national, district, and local level interventions to create strong conditions for scalability, and strategic integration to catalyse the transition to a climate-resilient health system:
Outcome 1: Reduced risk from climate-sensitive diseases and conditions
Outcome 2: Health facility physical infrastructure is climate resilient and improved school water supply supports health
Outcome 3: Healthcare staff have greater capacity to manage the impacts of climate risk
Outcome 4: Communities are better prepared to manage the impacts of climate change on health

Save the Children International in Malawi under the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Climate and
Health Project is inviting submissions of proposals for:

A consultancy to develop, adapt, pilot and evaluate a self-facilitated MHPSS learning and peer-support model for rural health workers in six districts of Malawi

Detailed technical specifications are included within the Terms of Reference (TOR) document.

If you are interested in submitting a bid, please contact the Supply Chain Department at the following address [email protected] to express your interest and request the Terms of Reference and the ITT which will be sent to you in return. In your email, be specific on which consultancy you are interested in.

Eligible bidders meeting all stated requirements are requested to adhere to the following when applying:

a) Submit Technical & Financial Proposals and the Invitation to Tender document as separate documents through one email clearly marked “GCF- Consultancy-‘Specificy Name of Consultancy’”.
b) The technical proposal should include well detailed approach to the research in line with the terms of reference.
c) The technical proposal should also include copies of legal registration, tax registration, tax clearance, CVs and relevant certificates.
d) Provide a timeline/work plan for conducting this study in line with the terms of reference.
e) Supporting documents such as CVs (attached as appendices) and two sample reports from previous assignments done with other organizations (attached as appendices).
f) Submit applications electronically with subject title. Physical submissions will not be accepted and information on scanned documents should be visible, not blurry.
g) Attachments should not exceed 15 mb, if it exceeds, the attachments should be sent in separate email
h) Submit applications to the email address below:
[email protected] by 11th November 2026 at or 12:00 midnight local time.

Note:
• Email address for requesting TORs and email address for submission of applications are different
• Late submissions will not be accepted
• Physical bid/application submissions will not be accepted.
• Save the Children reserves the right to accept the lowest, highest bidder or no bidder at all
• Save the Children maintains a ‘Zero Tolerance’ policy on child sexual abuse and reserves the right to reject a proposal if the successful bidder is found to have history of sexually abusing children. Further, the successful bidder shall be obliged to adhere to the child safeguarding policy and requirements for the organisation.
• Save the Children maintains a ‘Zero Tolerance’ policy towards fraudulent, dishonest, corruption and bribery practices. If you are approached by Save the Children staff or representative demanding or asking for any kick-back or willing to provide any privileged information in exchange of business favors, please call a toll free line on 52121. Corrective measures shall be taken according to the organizations’ policy and the supplier shall never be penalized or disadvantaged in any way.