The Girls’ Access To Education – Girls’ Education Challenge (GATE-GEC) programme is a 4-year UK Aid-funded initiative in Sierra Leone to increase the education opportunities for marginalised girls and children with disabilities. GATE-GEC works across six districts in Sierra Leone and consists of a consortium of four organisations. As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, GATE-GEC has redesigned the project to address the immediate education, health and well-being needs among girls and other marginalised groups. Our approach responds to a need for a rapid response to the access, retention and safeguarding issues faced by marginalised girls and children with disabilities in SL. Our revised strategy is comprised of three activity strands that include Teaching and Learning, Access and Retention and Psychosocial Support Interventions. The three strands of activity work together to ensure girls and children with disabilities are supported to safely return and stay in school amid the Covid-19 crisis. The approach works at a national, regional and local level to support the ongoing educational development, health and wellbeing of girls and children with disabilities within school and community contexts.
Plan International UK requires a Consultant to work with the GATE-GEC team in Sierra Leone and UK National Offices personnel to adapt existing material to develop a curriculum or facilitation guide that supports local facilitators in engaging parent/caregiver groups in discussions on girls’ safety, education, SRHR, power dynamics, GBV and Covid-19. The Consultant will also develop a Training of Trainers (ToT) agenda and training material for project staff to train the local facilitators on curriculum delivery.
The Terms of Reference (ToR) outlines the project and Consultancy requirements in detail: https://planinternationaluk-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/planukshare_plan-uk_org/EZdIrItwCzVJoB5JcIx1TNMBbq4kUXebBMBfjXcyHtTyoQ?e=5E32mM
The Consultant will have:
- At least 5 years’ experience as a curriculum developer and trainer, with demonstrated experience in developing curricular materials to promote gender equality and girls’/women’s rights
- Degree or equivalent in Gender Studies and Development, Education or related fields, Master’s degree is added advantage
- Familiarity with the Sierra Leone context
- A demonstrated commitment to high professional ethical standards; and strong ethical standards to safeguarding of children
- Passionate commitment to girls/women’s rights and gender equality
- Excellent communication skills (written and oral), strong command of English language and excellent research and analytical writing skills
- Experience of working collaboratively with a variety of stakeholders
- Expertise in mainstreaming gender and inclusion (of those with disabilities and other intersecting identities which can result in marginalisation)
How to apply
Plan International UK welcomes a response to this Terms of Reference with:
- A CV
- A cover letter demonstrating how you meet the required skills and competencies
- A short, written statement outlining how you would approach the task, and the potential challenges that you might expect to encounter
- A sample of relevant curricular or training material developed for a similar project
- A workplan detailing timeline and number of days required to complete the curriculum development activities
- A detailed budget with Consultancy fee rates all-inclusive in GBP; broken down by the task/deliverable and number of days required
- Two references for Plan International to contact to discuss previous work experiences
Please submit the application documents to [email protected] no later than 5pm GMT on 09 October 2020 noting “Positive Parenting Curriculum Development” in the subject line.
Applications submitted after the deadline will not be accepted.
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