Consultant - Training of Facilitators

Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty.

The Role

We are looking for a consultant, or team of consultants  will be in charge of designing and conducting the Training of Facilitators (ToF) based on the curriculum developed for a total of 30 trainers from the Erbil and Sulaymaniah areas. Two training sessions shall be organized, one in Sulaymaniah and one in Erbil with approximately 15 participants each.

The language of the training will be Kurdish. Proficiency in English is required to communicate with Oxfam, the project partners, to consult the project documents and the curriculum.

Given the high number of participants, it is mandatory that the service provider selects a team of consultants composed of at least a lead facilitator and co-facilitator.

The training duration will be will range between 3-6 days in each of the location. Considering that the majority of facilitators are university students, during week days the trainings will take place in the afternoons (after 1 PM) and Friday, Saturday full day.

It is expected that by the end of the ToF participants:

• Have achieved a full understanding and improved their skills of how to plan and facilitate each module of the curriculum on YP’s SRHR,
• Have improved their facilitation skills such as organization and planning, active listening, self-awareness, flexibility, time management, communication, conflict prevention, and mitigation,
• Have improved their knowledge of young people’s SRHR needs in KRI,
• Have questioned their own beliefs and perception on young people’s SRHR

What we are looking for

Our next Consultant will require:

• Proved experience in design and conduction of training packages, especially for youth and SHRH
• Expertise in gender and human rights-based approaches is a plus
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills

Language:

• Fluency in written and spoken English and Iraqi Kurdish is mandatory
• Knowledge of Arab is an asset

We offer

This role will give you an opportunity to make a difference in career development, to act as key contributor, to work with a group of passionate people that are specialists in their fields etc, training and development, offers fair pay and competitive benefits package.

Flexfam

We believe flexible working is key to building the Oxfam of the future, so we’re open to talking through the type of flexible arrangements which might work for you. We think this role would work particularly well as a partially home-based role or job share.

Our values and commitment to safeguarding

Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom Oxfam GB engages. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. Oxfam GB also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.  In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

How to apply 

Interested individuals or consultancy firms, with relevant experience and skills based on the ToR, can submit their Expression of Interest (EOI), including the following:

1. Cover letter of no more than 1 page introducing the consultant/company and intention to deliver the assignment. The cover letter should also indicate the consultants’ availability for the proposed period.
2. The technical proposal should provide details on the capacity in line with the competencies required for the assignment, including experience with similar assignments, CVs of the consulting team directly involved in the assignment, and their specific roles. A work plan detailing the anticipated timeline to undertake the assignment and finalize the deliverables, clearly indicating the dates of delivery. The technical proposal should not be longer than 10 pages, including all annexes.
3. Financial proposal consisting in a one-page budget of the offer, covering all major anticipated costs.

Please submit the EOI and other documents by 11:59 PM Iraq time by 31^th of January 2021 to  IRQConsultancy@oxfam.org.uk with TRAINING OF FACILITATORS (ToF) ON YOUNG PEOPLE’S SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RIGHTS (SRHR) in the subject line. No EOIs will be accepted after the deadline.

About us

Oxfam is a global community who believe poverty isn’t inevitable. It’s an injustice that can be overcome. We are shop volunteers, women’s right activists, marathon runners, aid workers, coffee farmers, street fundraisers, goat herders, policy experts, campaigners, water engineers and more. And we won’t stop until everyone can live life without poverty for good.

Oxfam GB is a member of international confederation of 21 organisations working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development and campaigning, in more than 90 countries. 

A thriving diverse Oxfam:

It’s people power that brings about change. To play our part as a global organisation working to overcome poverty and inequality, we need equality, diversity and inclusion across our community of staff, partners and volunteers. Together, we’re committed to becoming a more diverse workforce, better able to tackle the global challenges that face our world today.

To do that:

• We need to dismantle the unequal power structures that exist everywhere, this including Oxfam and the wider development and charity sectors.
• We need an inclusive Oxfam where everyone can bring who they are to our work and feels celebrated for the differences they bring.
• We want and need everyone, and that means we need you.

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