Consultant E-learning Course Developer

About Asian Disaster Preparedness Center

ADPC is an intergovernmental regional organization with a vision to reduce disaster and climate risk impacts on communities and countries in Asia and the Pacific by working with governments, development partners, international organizations, NGOs, civil society, private sector, media, and other key stakeholders. Established in 1986 as a technical capacity building centre, ADPC has grown and diversified its expertise across social and physical sciences to support sustainable solutions for risk reduction across a broad range of specialist areas. With over 100 staff from 19 different nationalities and a wide range of professional expertise from atmospheric scientists to social scientists with experiences from all levels of engagement typically required for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Resilience (CR) in an effective manner.

ADPC is a competent regional resource centre and has seven thematic departments: ADPC Academy, Risk Governance, Climate Resilience, Urban Resilience, Health Risk Management, Preparedness for Response and Recovery, Geospatial Information. These are supported by the Finance, Human Resources and Administration, and Strategic Planning departments. In addition to the departments, ADPC works on three cross-cutting themes: Gender and Diversity, Poverty and Livelihoods, and Regional and Transboundary Cooperation through permanent working committees. ADPC Strategy 2020 guides the organization in providing comprehensive risk reduction support to countries and communities in Asia and the Pacific. ADPC recognizes the importance of examining the linkages between disaster risk management, poverty reduction, gender equality, sustainability, rights-based approaches, climate change, and regional cooperation. For details please refer to ADPC website at http://www.adpc.net/

Background

ADPC, with support from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), has been implementing the ‘Asian Preparedness Partnership’ (APP), which is a unique multi-stakeholder partnership formed with representation from the Government, Local Humanitarian Networks and Private Sector Networks from the six countries, namely, Cambodia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, and Sri Lanka. The APP strives to improve the interface and partnership between Government, Local Humanitarian Organizations, and the Private Sector for enhancing capacities through partnerships, knowledge resources and south-south exchange, training, and networking opportunities. Further information on APP can be found at https://app.adpc.net/ APP activities are being carried out in the backdrop of the global COVID-19 pandemic with preparedness and response actions in APP countries primarily led by the local actors, namely national and sub-national governments with support from the private sector, local NGOs and volunteers. ADPC is proposing to strengthen the COVID-19 response systems in APP countries, through a special grant that supports local partner organizations, including the private sector in responding to various challenges arising from the pandemic through locally-led priority interventions. “Business continuity” is increasingly key for enterprises in dealing with uncertainty in today’s world. In light of the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic, it is clear that putting in place a system/mechanism to ensure business continuity within the enterprise is more and more critical for businesses to prepare for, respond to and recover from any business disruptions arising from natural and man-made hazards.

In this context, ADPC will develop an E-learning/ online course on scenario-based business continuity/service continuity planning for local partners in the APP countries and beyond. The e-learning course/online modules are designed to promote awareness and knowledge of business continuity and its processes for nurturing the capability as part of overall efforts for building business resilience. By building fundamental knowledge and skills on taking a step-by-step approach for developing a documented plan, called business continuity plan (BCP), this module aims to equip the participants to develop a BCP and operationalize the BCP. By adapting existing training modules of ADPC’s iPrepare Business facility, the course is primarily intended for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as well as other relevant stakeholders who support the SMEs from the public and private sectors in the APP countries. Converting and housing the modules in a virtual, online-based format is particularly apt during this period of charged working modality due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, the online course will also serve as a resource that can be accessed and utilized by APP partners going forward to supplement classroom-based training for building SME resilience as well as by other stakeholders even beyond APP in the post-COVID-19 period.

Statement of Intent

The Consultant E-learning Course Developer will work with the ADPC program team for co-development of the E-module development, including the creation of instructional videos, formulation of interactive and webpage related components of the modules, required graphics and analytic function to track user details etc. The Consultant will be expected to work closely with the iPrepare Business facility, a dedicated unit within ADPC for engaging the private sector in disaster risk management in the design and layout of the course as well as contents development. Supervisor(s): Project Manager for COVID-19: Country Support to APP Program and Director, Preparedness for Response and Recovery (PRR) Department, based in ADPC Bangkok Evaluator(s): Project Manager for COVID-19: Country Support to APP Program and Director Preparedness for Response and Recovery Department.

Required Qualifications / Selection Criteria

• Degree or Diploma in Computer Science or related fields especially in developing software and/or demonstrable portfolio of similar work or assignments are undertaken;
• Minimum 3 years of professional experience in the development of websites and learning tools;
• Experience in developing online learning and tools and converting these for use as part of an online interactive platform;
• Experience in developing instructional videos in animated or graphic formats;
• Good communication and interpersonal skills with ability and flexibility for co-designing instructional learning tools.

Scope of Work / Deliverables

Under the supervision of the Project Team, the Consultant will develop a 3-4 hour online course, converting the existing curriculum on Business Continuity Management provided by the ADPC program team to be used in a virtual format with design and animations as necessary. Training materials include PowerPoint presentations, templates (worksheets), and reference materials e.g. case study and instructional videos (where applicable). To measure the knowledge gained by the participants after the module, a post-test (in the form of a quiz) will also be included as part of the e-module. As such, the deliverables for the assignment are as follows:

• Set of instructional videos with voiceover, formulation of interactive and webpage related components of the e-modules, graphics and user analytic function etc.;
• Improvement and revisions of the developed/pilot online components based on the feedback from ADPC team;
• User instructions/manual for ADPC to maintain management of the backend of the e-learning modules;
• Launch to ADPC’s e-learning portal and dissemination of the e-learning modules;
• Finalization and any necessary modification of the e-learning modules based on feedback/review of the program team. The package delivered by the consultant would provide a warranty period for the necessary maintenance of the online course components for a period agreed with the project team i.e. 6 months after the launch of the course.

Period of Engagement

The Consultant shall be engaged from 5 August to 30 November 2020 (exact dates to be confirmed). Commitment to an agreed timeline must be made prior to beginning the work. Duty Station There is no fixed duty station for this assignment. The Consultant E-learning Course Developer can work remotely on this assignment via online modality. Reporting In performing the duties indicated in this scope of work, the Consultant will communicate and will be reporting to the Project Manager for COVID-19: Country Support to APP Program based in Bangkok, Thailand in close coordination with other project personnel and other team members of the PRR Department of ADPC. This is to ensure compliance with the assignment including administrative procedures based on ADPC Policies and Guidelines as mentioned in the Statement of Work.