Consultant to develop curriculum, modules and materials for Disaster Resilient Village

Organization:

Background

The Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) is supporting the Indonesian National Disaster Management Authority, BNPB, in enhancing the capacity of its training center, the INA-DRTG (Indonesian Disaster Relief Training Ground) or Pusdiklat PB. Through a USAID-funded project, “Strengthening the Technical and Organizational Capacity of BNPB Training Center in Indonesia”, ADPC supports INA-DRTG by providing institutional capacity building as well as support in the development of training curriculum, modules, materials and courses. It is expected that through this assistance the training center will be able to realize its vision of becoming an international center of excellence in disaster management training.

As part of the efforts to expand Disaster Risk Management courses offered by INA-DRTG and to support BNPB’s commitment to establish more than 5000 disaster resilient villages throughout all over Indonesia by 2019, ADPC seeks an individual consultant or a consultant firm to develop a complete range of training curriculum, consisting of modules, facilitator’s handbook, workbook for participants, presentation materials and the other relevant materials to train facilitators to develop disaster resilient villages. The DRV curriculum should be adaptable to meet the training needs of disaster resilient village facilitators and proponents from the private sector, non-government organizations, village governments and community-based organizations.

From 2011 up to the present time, BNPB has implemented a program to build disaster resilience at the village level, which is known as Program Desa Tangguh Bencana. It aims at promoting a culture of safety and building awareness of disaster risks as well as the resilience of communities living in hazard prone areas. For that purpose, BNPB has developed a number of guidelines and short courses to train facilitators in implementing the program in collaboration with district/city level governments. Building on these experiences and drawing from the courses already developed, the consultant hired will develop curriculum and the relevant materials, try-out the results and organize training of trainers for disaster resilient village facilitators.

Scope of work

Under the supervision of the Project Team, and in close collaboration with INA-DRTG’s management and staff, the Consultant will undertake the following:

Reviewing international best practices models for resilience training;
Reviewing policies and laws relevant to resilience and sustainable livelihoods;
Reviewing concepts and practices of community-based disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation;
Reviewing existing training materials from INA-DRTG and its partners that are relevant to the objectives of disaster resilient village program;
Developing a framework for guiding the competency-based curriculum design and implementation through Indonesian DM accreditation process (LSP-PB);
Developing an integrated competency-based disaster resilient village curriculum, participatory training aids, and assessment tools in line with INA-DRTG requirements;
Trying-out the curriculum and related materials with a view of finalizing and aligning them with the actual capacity development needs;
Organizing training of trainer courses for disaster resilient village facilitators.

Specific objectives of the assignment

- To develop tailor-made curriculum, modules and training materials for facilitators of Disaster Resilient Village from the private sector, non-government organizations, village governments and community-based organizations;

- To conduct TOT courses to selected master trainers for the effective use of the training materials;

- To coach the master trainers in 2 pilot training courses and give feedback to them so that they could conduct training courses afterwards.

Timeframe

The consultant shall commence work by August 14, 2017, complete the curriculum, modules and related materials by November 1, 2017 and implement all the remaining activities (try-out, training of trainers, etc.) until mid-December 2017.

Deliverables

Competency-based curriculum/Syllabus and modules for training of Facilitators for Disaster Resilience Village
Relevant presentation materials
Facilitator’s Guideline
Workbook for participants (including learning resources)
One Training of Trainers
Two training courses at district/city level to coach the master trainers

Qualifications

Advanced educational background (master or doctoral degrees) in one of the areas of: Social Works, Community Development, Disaster Management and other relevant social studies, or related field;
Thorough understanding of BNPB Regulation on Disaster Resilient Village and issues surrounding community resilience;
Thorough understanding of district/city and village government policies, structures and services;
Thorough understanding of Indonesian DM accreditation requirements and processes;
Proven track record of training curricula (and manual) development;
At least five years of experience in development, assessment and evaluation of curriculum, teaching and learning resources required;
Experience with experiential learning and action learning in village settings.

Required competencies

Proven experience in developing competency-based curriculum and its related materials;
Ability to work independently to strict timelines;
Excellent planning and facilitation skills;
Ability to research, analyze and present complex information;
Strong interpersonal, teamwork and communication skills;
Excellent written and spoken English skills and sound report writing skills.