Consultancy - Development of Sport for Protection Life skills Curriculum (Kakuma) at International Rescue Committee

Minimum Qualifications

The ideal consultant should have: -

• A post-graduate degree in social sciences or another relevant field with training in the field of health, Gender, and development.
• Over 7 years’ experience conducting gender studies with evidence of publications or field reports on gender issues with experience in women and adolescents programming.
• Documented experience in developing life skills curriculum.
• Experience in working with adolescents and youths and working collaboratively with government and other development partners.
• Experience with use of sports and gaming activities to help model behavior of adolescent and youth, address gender issues and build social cohesion and inclusion
• Experience working with marginalized and special groups.
• Ability to communicate in English and Kiswahili and in local languages in Turkana is an added advantage.

The successful candidate will be required to:

• Follow protection guidelines when engaging with all participants in the assessment.
• Adhere to organization policy of different partners that will be involved in the assessment.
• Adhere to human rights, Protection Principles, socio-ecological, systems strengthening and MHPSS approaches.
• Be guided by the spirit of collaboration, cooperation, partnerships, balance of power, meaningful engagement of marginalized voices and women, girls, young people, vulnerable, persons living with disability among others.

The IRC Role:

• The IRC will fully engage the project lead consultant.
• The IRC will facilitate transport for the consultant to and from Kakuma.
• The IRC will pay for his/her including accommodation and logistics during the stay.
• The IRC will support with logistics in Kakuma including office space and movements in the camps.
• The IRC will facilitate taxi pick up and dropping to and from the Airport at a ceiling of 8000.
• Facilitate consultant flight charges to and from Nairobi or Eldoret.