Country: India
Closing date: 25 Nov 2019
Purpose and outline of the assignment
Under the output on “Good Practices, Lessons Learned and knowledge gained from Phase I adopted in other high-risk states of India and national programs” one of the proposed activities is in relation to facilitating learning for officers of key departments of GoB to learn from best practices being followed in other states of India that draw upon existing policies and schemes/ government funding mechanism available to promote DRR in sectoral interventions. It is proposed that such peer learning opportunities, in conjunction with ‘SAMBAL – Surakshit Bihar ka Lakshya’ learning and resource portal of GoB will facilitate learning as well as sharing beyond Bihar. Consolidated as “SAMBAL Peer Learning Yatras on DRR”, a learning journey is envisaged in Odisha state of India, to enable peer learning for GoB officials to effectively integrate DRR in
their sectoral work.
The services of a consultant are required to facilitate liaison with good practices to be visited, prepare preyatra reference materials and to capture the practical essence of the good practices being visited as part of the SAMBAL Yatra. This will serve as a ready reference for Government of Bihar for promoting selected good practices within their departments.
The duration of this assignment will be approximately 12 days spread over 2 months from 25 Nov 2019 to 24 Jan 2020.
Required Qualifications
The consultant should have a master’s degree in any subject related to Disaster Management/ Social Sciences/Rural Development any other relevant discipline from a recognized university with excellent command over English. The consultant must also have 3-5 years of demonstrated experience in conducting training, facilitating dialogues for adult audiences as well as producing quality reports. People who have carried out work in Odisha on DRR related training shall be preferred.
Statement of Work
Under the overall guidance of Program Coordinator, PROSPER India in association with South-South Learning and Knowledge Management Coordinator, and with support from the Program Manager, PROSPER India, the consultant shall be responsible for drafting and finalizing the report of this Yatra capturing the practical nuances of each good practice being visited. The Consultant shall also develop the final report and process document of the initiative in a print-ready format.
The specific task will include –
- Developing pre-yatra document providing a ready reference for yatris.
- Liaison with Officer in Charge of good practices being visited in the state.
- Develop the itinerary of the Yatra, facilitate local logistics including travel, boarding and lodging etc.
- Joining the Yatra to capture the best practices being visited, their success, challenges and possibility of replication/ adaptation to Bihar as discussed during the Yatra.
- Take good and high quality photos, document testimonials of the activities and feedback from the participants as well as different people/agencies engaged during the Yatra.
- Develop a two-page brief on each good practice to capture the practical details of its implementation to serve as a ready reference for sectoral department in GoB to take forward (4-6 good practices will be visited in each yatra, each of these will need to be documented as 2 page briefs for future reference and citation by departments replicating / adapting them in Bihar)
- Compile the above two pager briefs along with key points of discussion and learning to develop Odisha Yatra report.
- Develop a process document capturing the process followed, its successes and challenges for future reference and submission of raw video footage of the good practices visited. All video testimonials and photos should be of high quality and properly indexed to be further utilized for project activities.**
Period of Engagement
The consultant is expected to spend about 12 days spread over 2 months from 25 Nov 2019 to 24 Jan 2020.
Expected Outputs
i. Report of SAMBAL Peer Learning Yatra – Odisha (two-page briefs of each good practice visited in print-ready format)
ii. Process document of SAMBAL Peer Learning Yatra in Odisha in print-ready format.
iii. Submission of raw video footage of good practices visited.
How to apply:
Interested Candidates, please submit the completed ADPC consultancy application form, (downloadable from www.adpc.net), resume, copy of diploma(s) and certificate(s) together with a cover letter to adpcjobs@adpc.net