JL Consultancy is a private consulting firm based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, east Africa with technical expertise in:
- Data Quality Assessment
- Baseline Surveys
- End –of project evaluations
- Monitoring and Evaluations skills
- Capacity building and organisational assessment skills
- Using participatory assessments and research methodologies
- Clearing and Forwarding of goods on behalf of clients
- Physical Inventory Control on behalf of clients
- Logistics Management
- Physical Verification, Valuation, Coding and Preparation of Master Ledger and Fixed Asset Registers on behalf of clients
- Inventory Audit
- Understanding of clients M& E system although could be a significant change
- Carrying out rapid impact assessment and action research
- Understanding of national and local context of Regulatory assessment and benchmarking
JL Consultancy has carried a range of consultancy in the areas of data quality assessment, monitoring and evaluation, rapid impact assessment, end of project evaluation, project appraisal, mapping, baseline surveys, feasibility studies, mainstreaming HIV/AIDS in curricula and workplaces, economic impacts of HIV/AIDS, unlocking economic growths, change planning and management, business planning, capacity building , financial, physical verification, valuation, coding of assets and preparation of master ledger and fixed asset registers, procurement and stock audit, inventory management, clearing and forwarding, logistics and transport management, design of warehouse layout and preparation of inventory/ warehouse manuals.
From August to November 2012, JL Consultancy was audited by an external international auditing firm, Ernst& Young – Tanzania in order to assess the degree of compliance in the following areas:
- Regulatory compliance
- Accounting and Financial Management
- Procurement Management
- Human Resource Management
- Governance Structure
- Program Management Capacity
- Data Integrity and Security
- Audit Management
- Monitoring and Evaluation Practices
The aim of the assessment was to identify gaps and build capacity on areas which the company is not doing well.
JL Consultancy – ‘Consulting is our passion’
Vision
To become a leading consultancy firm by providing organisation and project management services in Great Lake Countries, especially countries within the east Africa community and Africa in general.
Mission
To provide quality and efficient services to clients on project management.
Core Values
If one single factor makes us stand out from the crowd of more traditional management consultants and systemic organizational developers, it’s the way we work.
Integrative: We combine management Know-how, expertise and psychosocial skills of our people and consulting teams. As a result, we manage to be not just a sparring partner, voicing clear standpoints regarding content, but also a trainer, facilitator and coach.
Personal: Working in partnership with JL Consultancy, you’ll experience individual personalities. Consultants who are accessible and, together with you, will really get things moving. We always cooperate with the people involved, incorporating them into a customized change process.
Effective: We aim to come straight to the point at all times, to take actions which really have an effect, in order to achieve results and accomplish learning at the company which is sustainable. We are strongly opposed to legitimation consulting.
Philosophy
Integrity diversity: JL staff shall not accept any gift or favor’s financial or otherwise from the clients when performing their duties or shall not offer gifts, improper favors or inducement or financial in order to win or to hide errors.
Team work: All JL staff have a responsibility to contribute equally and offer his/her unique talents, accomplish tasks faster and develop good working relationships with one another.
Open communication; JL will maintain open communication between the managers and between the management and employees. This will increase job satisfaction, lessen conflicts, increase productivity, better work future, help form work relationships and properly utilise resources.
Evidence based performance; The JL staff required thorough, explicit and judicious to use of current best evidence in making decisions when they perform any task or action. That means should integrate individual experience with the best available external evidence from systematic research to reach a final decision
For the past four years, JL Consultancy have been doing Baseline Surveys, rapid assessment, an end of project evaluation and Data Quality Assessment on various projects funded by USAID in collaboration with Africare (Mwanzo Bora Nutrition Program), MEASURE Evaluation/ Futures Group International Inc and John Snow Inc/ AIDSTAR- One Project and The Walter Reed Southern Highlands AIDS Program (WRP) under The Henry Jackson Foundation Medical Research International ( HJFMRI) .
Programmes covered were the Nutrition Survey, Care and Treatment, Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission, Home Based Care and provision of nutrition food to People Living with HIV, Trace and Verify for Para Social Workers, Orphan and Vulnerable Children, Provider Initiative Testing and Counselling , Volunteering Testing and Counselling , thus we have experience and exposure in this field and clearly understands well the National Reporting Guidelines and tools developed by the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare especially the tools which monitor and do evaluation of MCH indicators on monthly and quarterly basis which we feel that the baseline survey for HANO will be an integral part of the study.
JL Consultancy has very good experience in Nutrition Baseline Surveys for instance from September 2012 to February 2013,Mwanzo Bora Nutrition Program contracted JL Consultancy to undertake a baseline survey on nutrition in three regions of Dodoma, Manyara and Morogoro and covered eight districts namely Bahi, Chamwino, Mpwapwa, Hanang, Mbulu, Simanjiro, Kilosa and Morogoro rural.
The survey interviewed 4,600 households and the area of interest were looking into :
- Prevalence of Stunting
- Prevalence of Anemia
- Exclusive Breastfeeding
- Iron Folic Supplementation
- Malaria Prevention
- Antenatal Care Services
- Household Food Consumption
- Access to Clean Drinking Water
- Access to Mass Media
- Women Empowerment on Agriculture Activities
The objective of the survey was to:
- Establish the starting point for setting targets for indicators
- Informing on the prevalence situation of malnutrition in the surveyed regions
In October and November 2011, JL Consultancy conducted an assessment on Prevention of Maternal to Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS (PMTCT) in collaboration with AIDSTAR-One/ JSI.Inc and USAID. The assessment involved the integration of PMTCT and MCH (RCH) and other services provided in MCH clinics like Family Planning, Immunisation, Child growth and development, monitoring and evaluation, and reproductive health education.
The assessment involved 14 regions in Tanzania. The regions were Arusha, Dar, Mtwara, Mara, Mwanza, Tanga, Mbeya, Iringa, Coast( Pwani),Singida, Tabora, Kigoma,Shinyanga and Kilimanjaro.
Generally the Institutional capacity of JL Consultancy is summarised as follows:
Staffing
JL Consultancy team is made up of individuals with different expertise, including scientists, medical doctors, nutrition, statisticians, finance, human resource, procurement, sociology, monitoring and evaluation, project management ,laboratory technologists and social research specialists. The team members occasionally have been involved in developing M& E Plans for PMTCT, MCH as well as doing data quality assessment of health facilities which implements PMTCT and MCH, training of District MCH Coordinators on PMTCT and MCH data tools.
Organisation Capacity
JL Consultancy has vast experience and technical expertise in carrying out baseline surveys, data quality assessments, rapid assessments and end of project evaluations which has been acquired through working with USAID implementing partners. USAID through Futures Group International / MEASURE Evaluation has been able to build the relevant skills and experience to JL Consultancy staff that are necessary to strengthen the organization ability to deliver quality services that are in line with USAID standards. JL Consultancy is always focusing on linking the client’s requirement with the organisational competence and allowing a degree of flexibility in case of rain seasons, delays to start the project and other eventualities. Since working with USAID funded projects, JL Consultancy was able to handle all matters from the start to the end in a professional way.
Experience working with Africare
JL Consultancy has been working indirectly with Africare Specifically on Data Quality Assessment through Futures Group International/ MEASURE Evaluation on OVC Community – Based Orphan Care, Protection and Empowerment Project (COPE). The project’s goal is to reduce the socioeconomic impact of HIV/ AIDS on OVC and their caregivers and thus we clearly understand the reporting structure of the program from the Service Delivery Point, M& E Unit Level, Headquarters Level and finally to USAID. Further that we have been indirectly involved in conducting a pilot study and data quality assessment for Africare on the following areas:
OVC Programs such as the Community Trace and Verify Tool( CTV) that was developed to verify the Service Delivered to Most Vulnerable Children (MVC) for Buigiri and Miyuji wards, Dodoma region
Data Quality Assessment for Africare funded projects such as:
- IAMBI Hospital and CHOYOWONET, Singida region
- Sharing Worlds, Diocese of Central Tanganyika, Christian Council of Tanzania, UMWEMA Group and St. Lukes, Chamwino, Kongwa, Chunyu Ward, Kondoa Mjini Ward, Buigiri ward and Kibaigwa Ward , Dodoma region and
- MILO SAYUNI Orphanage, Ludewa, Afya Womens Group, Mufindi, and MERCY Organization, Kilolo both in Iringa region.
Since 2009 JL Consultancy has worked with different USAID public health implementing partners and their sub grantees as well as private and government sectors. Our partners have included:
- MEASURE Evaluation
- AIDSTAR- One / John Snow Inc.
- Africare-Tanzania
- Population Services International
- Walter Reed Southern Highlands AIDS Program
- PASADA ( Pastor Activities in Dar es Salaam under the Archidiocese of Dar es Salaam)
- Deloitte-Tunajali I & II Program
- AMREF- ( African Medical Research Foundation) Angaza Zaidi
- Independent Power Tanzania Limited
- Elizabet Glacier Paedtric Fund( EGPAF)
- VSO Tanzania
- JHPIEGO
- World Education Inc.
- Pharm Access International
- Sengerema Engineering
- T-MARC
- Family Health International
- Engender Health-CHAMPION
- Tanzania Building Agency
- Selian Lutheran Hospital
- Jane Good all Institute
- Mwanzo Bora Nutrition Program
- BIPAI Tanzania
- Orbit Securities
- CRB Attorneys
- Lindi Municipal Council
- Mbeya City Council
- Temeke Municipal
- Tanzania Institute of Accountancy
- Foundation for Civil Society
- Airtel
