Terms of Reference (TOR) for Consultancy: Advocacy Training for Childline Zimbabwe
Consultancy, Research Jobs
- Childline Zimbabwe ~~ 0
- Expires 27 Sep 2023
- Harare
- Part Time
Job Description
Childline Zimbabwe is a registered Private Voluntary Organisation (PVO 7/2001). Childline provides a free 24-hour freephone and online reporting and support platforms for children and young people in Zimbabwe and operates Drop-in Centres across the country. The organisation provides children, young people, families and those involved with children, preventative, educational, therapeutic and rehabilitation services in addition to undertaking research and advocacy on child and youth safeguarding. Childline’s vision is: ‘A Zimbabwe that is passionate about the protection of children, championing, guarding and protecting their rights’. This is achieved through the organisation’s mission: ‘To champion, defend and promote the rights of children in Zimbabwe through the provision of safe, confidential and child friendly reporting mechanisms centred around a free 24-hour counselling service’. Childline programmes revolve around four thematic areas namely reporting and support platforms, specialized therapeutic services, knowledge management and advocacy.
Context and scope of the assignment
Childline is seeking to engage a qualified consultant(s) to facilitate a four-day advocacy training program for its staff. The training objective is to increase the capacity of Childline to advocate for child protection with a focus on advocating for the prevention of drug and substance abuse in children and young people. The training will be aligned with Childline's thematic areas and project outputs.
The consultant(s) will be responsible for the following tasks:
a. Develop a customized advocacy-training program tailored to the local context and aligned with Childline's thematic areas and project objectives.
b. Ensure that the training covers the key aspects of advocacy related to Drug and Substance Abuse (DASA), Mental Health and Psychosocial Support for children and young people.
c. Post-Training Mentorship by Consultant(s) (mentorship, mentoring-visits, feedback on tools developed).
Duties and Responsibilities
Deliverables
I. An inception report with a detailed advocacy training program, training materials, presentations, and handouts.
II. Four-day physical training in Harare, Zimbabwe.
III. Training report
IV. One mentorship support visit to Childline and 3 virtual support sessions post training.
Qualifications and Experience
The consultant(s) should possess the following qualifications and experience:
a. At least a Master’s Degree in Law, Social Sciences or relevant field
b. Demonstrated expertise in advocacy and psychosocial support training, particularly in the field of Drug and Substance Abuse (DASA).
c. Experience working with policy makers, government officials and local authorities
d. Experience in developing position papers is an added advantage
e. Experience working with organizations in the child protection, youth programming or social services sector is an advantage.
f. Excellent communication, writing skills and ability to convey technical and complex information in a simple, clear and concise manner for different audience.
g. Familiarity with advocacy in a local context in Zimbabwe is a must and appreciation of regional context is an added advantage.
All proposals submitted will be assessed against the following:
• Qualifications
• Relevant Experience and costing of the assignment.
• Independence of consultancy (consultants are not employed by Childline Zimbabwe or KNH).
NB: should you require any additional information before submission, kindly email your questions to recruitment@childline.org.zw
How to Apply
Interested applicants should provide a proposal covering the following aspects:
An expression of interest.
A detailed technical proposal clearly demonstrating a thorough understanding of this ToR and including the following:
• Demonstrated previous experience in coordinating and administering trainings of a similar nature.
• Proposed detailed training plan.
• Team composition and level of effort of each proposed team member, if applicable.
• Previous experience/mandates similar in nature including type of study, sector, organization.
Curriculum Vitae(s) of all proposed team members outlining relevant experience.
At least three contactable references of recent work conducted.
Applications should be addressed to recuitment@childline.org.zw, copy advocacy@childline.org.zw and programmes@childline.org.zw the reference should be clearly listed as Advocacy Training for Childline Zimbabwe. The application deadline is Wednesday 27 September 2023 5pm.
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Childline Zimbabwe has in place a Child and Youth Safeguarding Policy and Confidentiality Statement which the Consultant will be expected to sign and will be bound by it thereafter. The intended recipients of the information are Kindernothilfe and Childline Zimbabwe. Failure to adhere to the provisions of the Confidentiality Statement may result in cancellation of the contract.
