Community Based Youth Programming Toolkit Development Consultant

External consultant to design and package a practical resource for designing and implementing programmes with and for youth

The specific objectives of this consultancy are to:

The objective of the consultancy is to produce a toolkit and related training manual centered around designing and implementing youth programmes with and for youth. 

• Analyse existing materials and tools to extract relevant content which can be included and/or adapted to be part of the toolkit.

• Create a technical toolkit specific to youth programming to be used by NRC, partners, and  community based organizations. The toolkit must be user friendly and field oriented, with practical tools that are easy to use within a local level youth programme and should use existing materials.

• Assure that materials are appropriate to the Jordan context.

• Develop a toolkit training manual including training modules corresponding to the toolkit content. This could be in the form of a basic guide or powerpoint presentations with relevant corresponding lesson plans or handouts. The training should be designed to be interactive in approach and methodology.

• Prepare an orientation workshop on all materials for NRC Youth team. This team will comprise of programme managers, technical advisors and trainers who will eventually conduct the training with Community Based Organizations. It should be primarily designed to ensure trainers acquire a solid understanding of the material the will then be used to train Community Based Organizations working with young people.

Qualifications and Experience

The consultant must demonstrate the following qualifications:

• Thorough knowledge of and experience working in Jordanian or MENA youth context

• Extensive skills in sourcing, drafting and packaging educational curriculum and materials

• Extensive experience in youth programming

• Experience with materials addressing all educational content listed in Specific Objectives above

• Experience in humanitarian/refugee/camp educational contexts and/or complex environments

• Experience working with humanitarian organizations; in particular experience working with local community based organizations

• Experience in capacity building of local organisations

• Fluency in English, both written and verbal. Arabic language skills are an advantage.

• Relevant university qualifications

• A minimum of ten years of relevant professional experience

Applications for Consultancy

Interested consultants must submit their bids strictly via email by 05 January 2019 to jordan.procurement@nrc.no. Bids submitted through Webcruiter will be immediately disqualified. The application must be sent in Word, Excel and/or PDF files as an attachment to the resume. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. 

Consultants who wish to apply for this consultancy must submit an application that includes the following:

1. Consultant contact information including the consultant’s name, email address and phone number(s).

2. Cover letter – 3 pages maximum

3. Consultant CV (or separate CVs if more than one consultant will participate). Each CV is limited to 3 pages maximum. Work samples should not be included at this time unless as a link only.

4. Expressions of Interest and proposed approach to the ToR and methodologies for the entire consultancy– 3 pages maximum

**Important Note**

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