Development of a School Safety Comprehensive Training Package for Nepal

Development of a School Safety Comprehensive Training Package for Nepal

To support the implementation of DIPECHO VIII: "Promoting and strengthening school safety in Nepal through operationalizing the Comprehensive School Safety Framework (CSSF)"

Context and background

Globally, Save the Children, Plan International, World Vision and UNICEF work together on the Children in a Changing Climate Coalition and are among the leading agencies at the global level and instrumental for the development and endorsement of the Comprehensive School Safety Framework (CSSF). In Nepal, these organizations have established the Child-Centred Disaster Risk Reduction Consortium (CC-DRR) that aims to raise awareness and ensure child well being in disaster risk reduction programmes in Nepal. Moreover, each agency brings significant expertise and experience in DRR and education programming as well as on the integration of DRR into the education sector. Each agency also brings strong and existing relationships with Ministries at national, regional and district level as well as with schools and communities.

In the context of this collaboration, Save the Children leads the Child-Centred Disaster Risk Reduction (CC-DRR) Consortium consisting of Save the Children, Plan International and World Vision, and having UNICEF and UN-Habitat as strategic partners in the implementation of an 18 month project under the current DIPECHO VIII action plan for South Asia, co-funded by the European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection Directorate (DG ECHO) with a focus on school safety in Nepal by operationalizing the Comprehensive School Safety Framework (CSSF).

The project aims to increase the resilience of children, communities as well as the government education and disaster management systems in Nepal to be better prepared for and able to respond to natural hazards. This will be done through the development of common models and tools for the education sector that are developed in partnership with key education and disaster management actors in Nepal and especially with the Ministry of Education and Department of Education to ensure ownership. The key is to align tools and approaches to ensure that DRM is integrated into the education system as well as connected to Community Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) and Annual Development Planning (ADP) processes and structures in Nepal. The CC-DRR consortium will work intensively at the national level in coordination with the Nepal Risk Reduction Consortium (NRRC) and Flagship 1: School and Hospital Safety, Flagship 2: Emergency preparedness and response and Flagship 4: Community based disaster risk management, but will also align to the processes taking place under the School Sector Reform Programme and the Education Cluster. It will also test one component of the model approach – Pillar 2 of the CSSF - in six focus districts (Baglung, Parbat, Banke, Kailali, Kalikot and Doti) across three regions in 60 schools and communities in partnership with sub-national education authorities and community based organisations and school management committees (SMCs).

For the achievement of the first result of the Action "A harmonized SBDRM model that contextualizes the CSSF in Nepal along with a set of associated tools has been developed in partnership with the Ministry of Education and other education and disaster management stakeholders", the support of a set of consultancies was envisaged structured as per below.

Main role of the consultancy

• Undertake a review of school safety guidelines and tools in Nepal and other countries and produce a full package of resources agreed by the Ministry of Education and other school safety actors for use and testing. ( language- English)

• Translation of the resource/training pack into Nepalese ( language- Nepali)

• Facilitate TOT to National Centre for Educational Development (NCED) and Department of Education (DOE) master trainers in the use of the common tools so they are able to deliver trainings to the target districts( language- Nepali)

Key Tasks: The work will be built on previous training materials on DRR / school safety used by the government, consortium agencies and other stakeholders in Nepal, with the objective to improve and harmonize what was used before and come up with one package of materials to be used and endorsed by all actors. In this process, the consultant (s) needs to further assess the following:

• Document review of what already exists on school safety training in Nepal.

• Review of relevant training materials produced by government, Plan, Save the Children, World Vision and other likeminded organizations in Nepal and the Asia region.

• Host a workshop, with support of the consortium and Ministry of Education (MoE) and DOE, to bring together all actors to share their school safety training materials and best practices.

• Lay out a process for drafting and finalization of the harmonized training package both in English and Nepali – including all the feedback from consultations and findings from desk review. Ensure buy-in with the MoE and DOE with support of the consortium.

• Develop and facilitate a TOT for NCED and DOE master trainers in the use of common tools.

As well the consultant is expected to:

• Involve the NCED and other relevant government agencies in the process (mandatory)

• Coordinate with the consultant assigned for development of the school safety model

• Coordinate with VISTAR, Red cross, NRRC and other agencies/network

• Present a first draft to the technical group and incorporate feedback in the final draft of the training materials

Duration: The consultancy will take place during 25 August – 24 November 2015, period in which a maximum of 50 working days will be allocated to deliver the products.

Line management: the Consortium Coordinator manages the consultancy and will supervise the work progress. Consultant (s) will have to liaise closely with the DRR Regional Technical Advisor (TA).

Offer: To apply for the consultancy the candidate must submit the following:

• Work plan

• CV of consultant (s) and profile of organization ( in case of organization)

• Sample of previous work on training development and facilitation

• Price/budget – fees for consultant(s), and any other expenses in relation to the consultancy ( don`t need to include the logistics cost such as venue, accommodation, food etc. for the TOT)

Qualifications for the consultant(s)

• Individuals, Team or Institutions (Academic Institution or University, Private firms, NGOs) with strong education experience.

• 3-5 years of experience in developing training materials / curriculum development

• Strong knowledge of DRR / education / education in emergencies / school safety (at least a combination of 2 of these topics)

• Fluent in English (spoken and written). Fluency in Nepali would represent an advantage.

How to apply

The offer needs to be submitted electronically to Save the Children Nepal, HR section, contact Namrata Shrestha, to the following email: eoiconsultant.nepal@savethechildren.org by 10 August 2015 stating in the subject line: DIPECHO 8 Consultancy – [Name of applicant] – Training package