Consultant – Curriculum Revision, Gender & Youth Activity (GAYA)

Position description

The Curriculum Revision Consultant will support GAYA to revise, standardize, and package existing materials for an overall curriculum that reflects the Fellowship vision, integrates priority adaptations, and is contextualized, ready for translation, and easy to use for new facilitators in workshop delivery.

Consultant Activities:

The Consultant will:

• Revise Existing Materials
  • Review existing materials including presentation, session guidance, consultant and team feedback and recommendations for adaptation;
  • Review and update curriculum framework including learning objectives;
  • Review and revise session materials (session plan, slides, facilitation guidance, complementary materials including handouts, activities, and tools) to incorporate priority adaptations and reflect revised curriculum framework;
  • Review and update fellowship case study to align with curriculum framework and Cohort IV context (West and Central Africa and Haiti);
  • Incorporate GAYA’s feedback on all consultant deliverables.
• Compile, Standardize, and Package Curriculum
  • Review existing templates and provide suggested updates based on inclusive adult learning best practices, revised materials, and/or curriculum framework (session plan, session slides, etc.);
  • Develop an overall curriculum package that includes standardized session materials and facilitation guidance, and is both ready for French translation and easy for new facilitators to use;
  • Incorporate GAYA’s feedback on all consultant deliverables.

Consultant Deliverables:

The Consultant will:

• Develop a presentation capturing key take-aways from the document review including the consultant’s feedback, recommendations, and clear next steps;
• Updated curriculum framework with revised vision, goals, and learning objectives;
• Updated session materials (session plan, slides, facilitation guidance, complementary materials including handouts, activities, and tools);
• Updated case study;
• Final curriculum package.

In support of the above, GAYA support will include:

• Access and orientation to the fellowship curriculum, compiled feedback and prioritized adaptations, GAYA’s fellowship, behavior change and sustainability goals, and other award information as relevant to curriculum adaptation;
• Technical input and examples related to priority revisions;
• Thorough and timely review of consultant deliverables;
• Regular meetings to ensure a collaborative process and alignment with GAYA’s goals and timeline;
• Sharing deliverables with BHA for input and arrange calls with them, as relevant;
• Other support, as needed.

The Consultant will report to: Gender Advisor.
The Consultant will work closely with: Gender Advisor, Youth Advisor, Technical Advisor – Research & Learning, and Knowledge Management and Communications Advisor.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in education, international development, gender studies or a related field preferred;
• At least 7 years work experience in adult learning methods in curriculum development required;
• Experience developing learning processes, tools and facilitation guidance required;
• 5+ years’ experience working in programs that have a focus on gender equality and social inclusion and/or youth;
• Experience adapting gender and youth tools from development to humanitarian context preferred;
• Exceptional written and interpersonal communication skills required.

Application instructions

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