Consultancy Services for Training

Post Date: March 8, 2013
Deadline: March 9, 2013

Organization: Family Health International (FHI 360)-Ethiopia

Family Health International (FHI 360)-Ethiopia
Invitation for Consultancy Services to Develop Training Manual and to Provide Training of Trainers (TOT) for Master Trainers on Household (HH) Vegetable Gardening, Assist FHI 360-Ethiopia Team to Conduct HH Garden Viability Assessment in HH Garden Activity and Re-fresher Training and Household Follow-up Visit on Household Vegetable Gardening Implementation.

Technical Managers: Medhanit Wube

Period of Performance: March to September 2013

Total Number of Days: Maximum of 70 (16 days travel days) consultancy days

Project Number (ID/FCO): 102705 / 0600.0001

1) Background:-
Family Health International (FHI) is a technical assistance agency specialized in HIV/AIDS prevention, care, treatment and support programming, which provides technical assistance to the Ethiopian government as well as NGOs and other stakeholders in the response to AIDS in Ethiopia. FHI has been in Ethiopia since 1996 providing technical assistance in the areas of Family planning, research and HIV/AIDs. FHI-Ethiopia’s efforts are funded by the US government through the bilateral agreement between the United States and the Ethiopian Governments.
FHI 360-Ethiopia would like to invite well qualified and experienced Consultants to apply for the development of training manual and for providing TOT for master trainers on Household Vegetable Gardening.

2) Rationale of the Training:-
In order to build the technical capacity of implementing partners, FHI 360 will develop master’s trainer manual to provide Training of Trainers (TOT) on household vegetable gardening & Visual Aid to educate households and work with FHI 360-Ethiopia team to conduct HH assessment to determine baseline knowledge, skill, and willingness to engage in HH garden activity. FHI will also provide TOT to implementing partners who will be master trainers that can roll out the training and support the households to families of highly vulnerable children. The training will be provided using the master’s trainer manual on vegetable gardening which will be developed by the consultant. The training is supported by practical session for demonstration and exercise, as well as information about nutrition & food handling/storage techniques.

3) Objective of the Consultancy Mission:-
The main objective of the training is to build the capacity of Yekokeb Berhan implementing partners on household vegetable gardening by availing Masters Training Manual & Visual Job Aid and providing TOT for the Master Trainers of implementing partners so that they can roll out the training to the family of Highly Vulnerable Children and support the implementation. The main activities of the consultant will be: -
i. Development of household vegetable gardening masters training manual.
ii. Development of simple Job Aid on household vegetable gardening.
iii. Providing TOT on Household vegetable gardening training for staffs of Implementing partners and Yekokeb Berhan Technical team.
iv. Assist the FHI 360-Ethiopia team in conducting household (HH) assessment to determine baseline knowledge, skill, and willingness to engage in HH garden activity
v. Providing a one re-fresher training and household follow up visit on Household Vegetable Gardening implementation.

4) Summary of Activities:-
The consultant will carry out the following activities:

Activity Week Commencing Estimated
Level of Effort
1. Development of household vegetable gardening masters training manual. Beginning of April 2013 8 days
2. Development of simple Job Aid on household vegetable gardening Beginning of April 2013 4 days
3. Providing TOT on Household vegetable gardening training for staffs of Implementing partners and Yekokeb Berhan Technical team April 22 to early June 2013 24 days (6 days * 4 regions)
4. Assist the FHI360 team in conducting household (HH) assessment to determine baseline knowledge, skill, and willingness to engage in HH garden activity First week of June 2013 10 days
5. Providing a one re-fresher training and household follow up visit on Household Vegetable Gardening implementation. Second week of August 2013 24 days (one day refresher and 3 days household visit in each 4 region and two travel days)

5) Deliverables
The consultant will be responsible for the preparation and delivery of the following outputs relating to the activities outlined above:

• Household vegetable gardening masters training manual
• Simple Job Aid on household vegetable gardening.
• A 24-day TOT workshop on household vegetable gardening for staff of implementing partners and Yekokeb Berhan Technical team.
• One refresher training and household follow-up visit on Household Vegetable Gardening implementation.
• HH garden viability assessment report

6) Minimum requirements: -
• Minimum of MSc degree in the field of Agriculture or other related disciplines
• Minimum of 7 years of experience developing such type of manuals and providing TOT trainings
• Skilled in the facilitation of trainings
The trainer is expected to bring his/her best experience in the development of manuals and in providing TOT trainings on urban agriculture, specifically on household vegetable gardening. Candidates with overseas experience are preferred.

7) Disclaimers
• FHI 360 may cancel the solicitation and not award.
• FHI 360 may reject any or all responses received.
• Issuance of the solicitation does not constitute an award commitment by FHI 360.
• FHI 360 reserves the right to disqualify any offer based on offeror failure to follow solicitation instructions.
• FHI 360 will not compensate offers for response to solicitation.
• FHI 360 reserves the right to issue award based on initial evaluation of offers without further discussion.
• FHI 360 may choose to award only part of the activities in the solicitation, or issue multiple awards based on the solicitation activities.
• FHI 360 reserves the right to waive minor proposal deficiencies that can be corrected prior to award determination to promote competition.
• FHI 360 will be contacting offers to confirm contact person, address and that bid was submitted for this solicitation.

8) How to apply

Well qualified and interested candidates can send their application letter, CVs and supporting documents through our E-mail address: CAbdu@fhi360.org before the closing date of this announcement, which is March 9, 2013

You can collect the TOR of this consultancy service from our Operation Coordinator, FHI 360-Ethiopia/C-change office along the road from Dembel City Center to Meskel Flower Hotel close to Adot Tina Hotel. You can also call on 0114-66 81 68 to get correct information of our address

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