Consultancy for a trainer on toolkit for educators on Preventing Violence Against Children (PVAC)

About the project

International Alert is a leading peacebuilding NGO, with 30 years of experience in preventing violence. We have been working in Lebanon since 2008. Our thematic focus areas include peace education and non-violence education, youth participation, gender equality and addressing the underlying causes of conflict related to human rights abuses, gender inequality, social and economic exclusion, and insecurity. Alert is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and consultants to share this commitment.

The Ending Violence Against Children project aims to increase the capacity of schools and learning centres to reduce violence against children and generate evidence of the effectiveness of various approaches. It is implemented primarily in the Bekaa and Tripoli where partner organizations operate centres that offer non-formal education and psycho-social support activities. The project will generate evidence through action research on effectiveness of approaches to addressing violence against children, including school-based, learning center-based and community-based approaches. Prevention and response to violence against children is further strengthened through supporting partner organizations and their learning centres to improve their existing capacities, update, and fully adhere to child safeguarding policies.

Objective of the consultancy

The overall objective of the consultancy is to lead on the educators training of the Safe to Learn PVAC toolkit for educators in coordination with the Safe to Learn Senior Officer, and all partners involved in the project.

The consultant will manage to form a one-day schedule training on PVAC toolkit (113 pages) as outlined in the scope of work. The toolkit will be focused on reducing bullying and violence in and around schools and learning centres.

Scope of work

The toolkit is a module-based manual to be used by educators including an assessment tool educators can use and a set of activities to be used by educators in the classroom, in meetings with parents and in activities involving students, parents and other members of the community. It is anticipated that at least 30% of the activities will be suitable for online use.

The toolkit was developed to identify and review the available teaching and learning resources of the different partners within the STL project.

The trainer consultant will be responsible for:

• Developing a three-days schedule training on the PVAC toolkit
• Training 60 educators on the PVAC toolkit, 20 educators per trainings, total days of trainings are 9 days
• preparing for the training and the reporting at the end of the training (1 day)
• Collaborating with Safe to Learn Senior Officer on the training days schedule, nine days trainings need to be delivered in March 2022
• Sharing a list for the needed materials for the training before one week of the training.
• Delivering an activity on the PVAC toolkit in the advocacy event in the first week of April

Relationships

The Consultant will work closely with the Safe to Learn Senior Officer and other representatives of IA involved in the STL project. The primary point of contact will be the Safe to Learn Senior Officer.

Consultant profile

• Previous experience in developing and training on education and child protection related tools and materials with a focus on violence prevention against children
• Advanced degree - A minimum of master’s degree in education/Sociology or related field
• In-depth knowledge of the Lebanese context with regards to children and young people, parenting, non-formal education, psycho-social support, and work with refugee children
• Excellent English writing skills
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• Demonstrated ability to handle sensitive information with discretion and professionalism, including following data protection guidelines
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Commitment to safeguarding and child protection.

Education degree: Master’s degree

Experience required:

• 5-10 years

Languages - English: Excellent. Arabic: Excellent.

Period: All deliverables must be completed by 15 April 2022.

Compensation: Competitive price offers