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Education Technical Consultancy – Revision and Adaptation of Continuous Professional Development Materials for DFID’s Girls’ Education Challenge programme in Sierra Leone

Plan International UK leads a consortium of four organisations implementing DFID’s Girls’ Access to Education: Girls’ Education Challenge (GATE-GEC) programme in Sierra Leone, in close collaboration with the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE). The GATE-GEC project is a 4-year, DFID-funded project running from April 2017 to July 2021 that aims to support approximately 6,000 marginalised girls and children with disabilities in six districts of Sierra Leone to attend school, learn in a safe and inclusive school environment and successfully transition to further education and beyond.

Plan International UK is recruiting an Education Technical Consultant to review, revise and adapt Continuous Professional Development (CPD) materials to improve and strengthen quality education for girls and children with disabilities.

We are seeking a Consultant to work with Plan International Sierra Leone’s GATE-GEC team and Plan International UK personnel to strengthen the study group component of the project by producing a policy document for ongoing CPD initiatives, revise existing CPD materials, develop additional materials and processes for effective study group practice and identify approaches that would enable more effective monitoring, mentoring and CPD processes.

The Terms of Reference (ToR) outlines the project and Consultancy requirements in detail. Please click on the link below to review the ToR. https://planinternationaluk-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/planukshare…

The successful candidate is required to demonstrate:

  • Extensive experience in designing innovative teacher professional development materials in development contexts
  • Significant thematic expertise in designing CPD programmes
  • Experience of adapting and improving education professional development interventions based on testing and learning
  • Expertise in mainstreaming gender and inclusion
  • Strong facilitation skills and demonstrable experience of designing and leading workshops to strengthen and develop CPD programmes
How to apply:

Plan International UK invites bids from Consultants with the experience and skills described in the ToR to submit the following application documents to [email protected] no later than 17.00 (GMT) on Tuesday, 30 April 2019. Applications submitted after the deadline will not be accepted.

Bids should include:

  • A CV including two examples of relevant previous work
  • A cover letter demonstrating how you meet the required skills and competencies
  • A short, written statement outlining your approach and potential challenges
  • A detailed budget with Consultancy fee rates all-inclusive
  • Two contactable references

Please direct any questions or requests for further information to [email protected].

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Plan International is an international organisation or development which works in 51 countries across Africa, the Americas, and Asia to promote the safeguarding of children.It is a nonprofit organisation and is one of the world's largest organisations based on children, it works in 58,000 communities with the help of volunteers to improve how 56 million children live. The charity also has 21 national organisations who have been given the responsibility to oversee the raising of funds and awareness in their individual countries.

The organisation puts an emphasis on communities working together in order to address the needs of children around the world. The NGO focuses on child participation, education, economic security, emergencies, health, protection, sexual health (including HIV), and water and sanitation. It provides training in disaster preparedness, response and recovery, and has worked on relief efforts in countries including Haiti, Colombia and Japan.

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Plan International was founded during the Spanish Civil War by British journalist John Langdon-Davies and aid worker Eric Muggeridge. When they witnessed the conflict change the lives of children, they founded ‘Foster Parents Plan for Children in Spain’, which would later change its name to Plan International. Set up in 1937, the organisation provided food, shelter and clothing to children whose lives had been destroyed by the war.

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Education Technical Consultancy – Revision and Adaptation of Continuous Professional Development Materials for DFID’s Girls’ Education Challenge programme in Sierra Leone

Plan International UK leads a consortium of four organisations implementing DFID’s Girls’ Access to Education: Girls’ Education Challenge (GATE-GEC) programme in Sierra Leone, in close collaboration with the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE). The GATE-GEC project is a 4-year, DFID-funded project running from April 2017 to July 2021 that aims to support approximately 6,000 marginalised girls and children with disabilities in six districts of Sierra Leone to attend school, learn in a safe and inclusive school environment and successfully transition to further education and beyond.

Plan International UK is recruiting an Education Technical Consultant to review, revise and adapt Continuous Professional Development (CPD) materials to improve and strengthen quality education for girls and children with disabilities.

We are seeking a Consultant to work with Plan International Sierra Leone’s GATE-GEC team and Plan International UK personnel to strengthen the study group component of the project by producing a policy document for ongoing CPD initiatives, revise existing CPD materials, develop additional materials and processes for effective study group practice and identify approaches that would enable more effective monitoring, mentoring and CPD processes.

The Terms of Reference (ToR) outlines the project and Consultancy requirements in detail. Please click on the link below to review the ToR. https://planinternationaluk-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/planukshare...

The successful candidate is required to demonstrate:

  • Extensive experience in designing innovative teacher professional development materials in development contexts
  • Significant thematic expertise in designing CPD programmes
  • Experience of adapting and improving education professional development interventions based on testing and learning
  • Expertise in mainstreaming gender and inclusion
  • Strong facilitation skills and demonstrable experience of designing and leading workshops to strengthen and develop CPD programmes
How to apply:

Plan International UK invites bids from Consultants with the experience and skills described in the ToR to submit the following application documents to [email protected] no later than 17.00 (GMT) on Tuesday, 30 April 2019. Applications submitted after the deadline will not be accepted.

Bids should include:

  • A CV including two examples of relevant previous work
  • A cover letter demonstrating how you meet the required skills and competencies
  • A short, written statement outlining your approach and potential challenges
  • A detailed budget with Consultancy fee rates all-inclusive
  • Two contactable references

Please direct any questions or requests for further information to [email protected].

 2019-05-01

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