Consultant for leading a disaster management curriculum development team

Scope of the Role

This position ensure the process of disaster management training curriculum development and responsible for final documentation of manual and facilitation guidelines.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

With the purpose of supporting in the development of a Disaster Management Curriculum training curriculum and facilitation guidelines which would enhance the government functionaries’ skills and knowledge.
 
Consultant will be responsible for: 

- Will work with the other team members to reach the specified purpose
- Collect and review available resources, especially curriculums of DMCs of the Asia and Pacific countries.
- Prepare content, organization structure and the scope of the curriculum jointly with team members.
- Develop the whole document in consultation with team members by adapting the international or regional courses into Myanmar context, and upgrading the existing course outlines of DMCs and DRR trainings in Myanmar
- Discuss with persons from government departments, technical institutions and humanitarian agencies which could provide input to the sessions of the curriculum.
- Prepare the second draft by incorporating feedback from the workshop (in consultation with team members)
- Design and facilitate a ToT for government functionaries which would deliver training on the manual
- Develop a facilitator guide for DMC course
- Conduct a pre-post training test to understand the level of participants
- Participate in the DMC for field test
- Conduct evaluations of the manual which would elicit feedback/comments for improvement of the document
- Plan, implement and follow up of the initiative with the support from Host Organization
- Final draft with necessary supporting documents/references to be handed over to the Secretariat on behalf of the CDT 

Outputs 

- A curriculum training manual which is appropriate to the Myanmar context and targeted participants
- A facilitators guide for DMC course
- One training of trainers (ToT) which would facilitate the field/pilot test of the manual
- One field/pilot test of the curriculum at a location selected by the RRD
- Two workshops to present the draft curriculum training manual

Qualifications and Experience

- 5 years experience in South East Asian Region
- Post graduate degree (Master) in social work, social sciences, international development or other relevant field.
- Sound knowledge on DRR concept and working experience/understanding of DRR context in Myanmar and the region.
- Strong writing skills in English through proven experience in the writing of publications such as reports, studies, case studies etc.
- Experience in curriculum development, especially in the field of DRR and experience in facilitation of disaster management courses, preferably to government officials.
- Good interpersonal skill.
- Able to work with a multi-cultural team and environment.