TERMS OF REFERENCE
Period of Engagement January/February 2019
1. ORGANIZATION BACKROUND
For its Education Programme, Trocaire supports 13 primary schools and a TVET centre in the Luuq, Dollow and Belet Hawa districts of Gedo. In the primary sector 4500 (50.2% girls) pupils between the age of 5-17 years are supported in the provision of teacher incentive to 78 teachers, scholastic materials, construction and rehabilitation of classrooms, latrines and water storage facilities, capacity building training for teachers and community education committee (CEC) and community awareness raising on importance of education and cultural aspects hindering access to education like early marriage, female genital mutilation (FGM), corporal punishment and child labour.
Trócaire’s work is best understood as taking a long-term developmental approach in a complex emergency, creating the conditions for recovery through linking relief with development. Trócaire implements its programme in partnership with the Ministries of Health and Education within the Jubaland Interim Administration (JIA) and the Somali Federal Government (SFG). Trócaire’s programmes are operationalised through the community.
2. PURPOSE OF THE CONSULTANCY
Trocaire is currently rolling out Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Resilience in Schools focuses on protecting the community against natural disasters and strengthening the capacity of students, teachers and school administrators (CECs) to plan for, respond to and recover from natural disasters.
The overall goal of the DRR+RS Project is to reduce the impact of Recurrent Humanitarian Crisis on targeted communities in Gedo through Disaster Risk preparedness, mitigation and prevention with the following objectives:
Consequently, the consultant will purpose to plan DRR and Resilience activities that follow the Comprehensive School Safety Framework (CSSF), which focuses on establishing safer facilities, supporting disaster management within schools, and ensuring educational practices integrate DRR and enhance the resilience of communities. An emphasis is placed both on protecting against natural disasters and strengthening the capacity of students, teachers and school boards to plan for and respond when disasters happen that affect their safety, community livelihoods and access to basic resources. This will be aimed at mitigation, preparedness, recovery and response phases and aim to utilize the school as a key resource point for communities to organize around to strengthening their resilience.
3. SCOPE OF THE WORK
This assignment, with support from the Education Coordinator, will constitute rapid assessments, training sessions with teachers, practical sessions and development of organization manuals. As part of the professional development agenda, the consultancy will:
i. With the support of the Trocaire Education Coordinator, quickly embark on target schools’ assessment and general learning environment in the region, to bench mark and guide on the practical training for CECs teachers and DRR club members.
ii. Prepare a basic training module for the CECs, teachers and school children for validation and printing and for use in the aforementioned training sessions
iii. Roll out training on DRR and Resilience in schools to foster knowledge and skills of DRR by school management committees, children and teachers
iv. Prepare and submit a well-made training report for approval and validation by Trocaire
4. DURATION OF ASSIGNMENT
The DRR and Resilience consultant will be expected to work in the month of January 2019 and probably part of February 2019. The tentative schedule is as indicated below:
Task/Activity
Total Consultancy Days – 30
Task/Activity
Inception Meeting with Trocaire, Field Preparations – 4 Days
Travel to the field, familiarization, preliminary briefs on security, logistics and field based staff – 1 day
Introductory visits to schools and meeting of teachers, DEOs and CECs – 3 days
School environment assessment and familiarization/meetings – 3 days
Training module development, presentation and validation in Somali language- 3 days
Training schedule development & Training teachers, CECs and Pupils – 7 days
The target schools are supported to develop and Implement Mitigation Plans for DRR and Resilience -5 days
Training report writing – 3 days
Departure – back to Nairobi 1 days
5. EXPECTED DELIVERABLES
i. A comprehensive Basic Training module (in Somali language)
ii. Final Training Report signed off by Trocaire Programmes Manager
6. QUALIFICATIONS AND KEY COMPETENCIES
7. SUBMISSION OF PROPOSAL
All interested applicants should submit an individual Curriculum Vitae highlighting previous experience in delivering DRR and Resilience in schools training, facilitating workshops, and manual development. Applicants should also attach:
1) A cover letter showcasing competence for this assignment
2) A detailed and updated Curriculum Vitae
3) A list of referees preferably clients (with contacts – email/phone) from previous assignments
4) Financial proposal for the assignment
All applications/quotations should be sent to procurement-som@trocaire.org with subject as DRR and Resilience Trainer as the email heading on or before 29th January 2019.
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