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Scope of Work

CSOs Trainer (Admin & Finance) for USAID ACHIEVE Project

 July – September 2022

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Background

Save the Children International Thailand aims to contribute toward ensuring that the most vulnerable adolescents have access to the knowledge and skills needed to transition into adulthood as a strategic priority from 2021 to 2023. SCI Thailand and The Looker are implementing the USAID Achieve project which will focus on supporting the most vulnerable adolescents in the southern border provinces of Thailand. USAID Achieve will build local vocational training providers’ capacities to support vulnerable youth in Thailand’s Deep South increasing their skills, knowledge and experience necessary for improved economic opportunity. In this way, it will address a key conflict driver and offer young people a way out of the cycle of criminality and violence. By integrating a people-to-people approach at all levels of project management and activities, USAID Achieve will foster mutual understanding, trust and concrete cooperation between youth and between key people and government. USAID Achieve is looking for CSOs trainers to to deliver VT alongside VTC staff counterparts and to support VT trainees and deliver life skills modules. The reopening will fill in the gaps of trained CSOs in the first phase, and foster more systematic approach in retaining CSOs. The project will prioritize the applicants from The Looker association or its’ network. The CSO trainers will be recruited and will benefit from capacity building program in preparation to support towards VT trainers. This CSOs pool will be available and flexible to deliver VT alongside VT staff counterparts. The CSO trainer recruitment will be proceeded with the aim to select CSO trainers representing all social groups, gender, ethnic background, disability status, sexual orientation, etc.

Report to: Senior USAID ACHIEVE officer

Duration and time commitment: Minimum 20 Days (non-consecutive, July - September 2022)

Working Hour: 08:00 – 17:00 (Flexible working hour can be discussed)

Scope of Role:

1. Regularly monitor CSO Trainers required responsibilities in line with monitoring plan agreed with SC Thailand
2. Ensure safe classroom environment, inclusive classroom with ‘Do No Harm’ principle
3. Collect and verify data/documents provided by CSO trainers of each VT tracks (e.g. youth timesheet, youth attendance report, CSO Trainers timesheet, youth progressive monitoring notes, Inclusive Practice Endline Data, Youth Supporting Documents for Subsidy Payment)
4. Responsible for youth subsidies payment compatible with supporting documentation in line with financial training provided by SC Thailand (e.g. timesheet, payment receipt)
5. Act as a replacement for the CSO trainers in cases when they are prevented to attend and provide training. 
6. Provide support to youth under USAID ACHIEVE project, especially female youth with child or pregnant, on their specific needs in order to ensure safe and inclusive classroom environment
7. Participate in capacity building of USAID ACHIEVE program including VT training, Life Skills training (Financial Education, Business Model Canvas, Online Marketing, Essential Life Skills for career, coaching and mentoring)
8. Ensure safe, inclusive, ‘Do No Harm’, and collaborative environment based on the criteria provided by SC Thailand; should the training environment be lacking any of the elements listed under this item without the possibility to ensure it in reasonable timeframe not to affect the training, the consultant is to notify the training provider and SC Thailand.
9. Cooperate with VT trainers and CSO trainers to design and manage classroom that includes instruction on classroom cultural sensitivity, bi-lingual/bi-cultural teaching, mediation, communication and conflict resolution, as well as collaborative learning methods
10. Identify and report Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) needs of youth who participate in the USAID ACHIEVE program based on observations and direct engagement with youth
11. Support  MEAL Team on data collection by distributing provided tools to assist youth on accessing the tools and recheck data entry submission; Youth Timesheet, Accountability, Pre/Post-Test, Examination Result, Assessment and Evaluation, Inclusive Practice Endline Data which comply with Save the Children guidelines (see attached link - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1SdUp8nwqSe_l0uE_sGsFCkepIvw-9oI_)
12. Monitor the participation and attendance of CSO trainers and Youth. Be able to encourage and support CSO trainers and youth to participate the VT and Life Skills trainings
13. Facilitate and support government institutions to improve cultural sensitivity and respond to youth’s needs and requirements in line with inclusive culture of the project
14. Cooperate with The Looker and Save the Children on other project activities; Life Skill training (5 days), graduation ceremony (1 day), Job Fair (4 days; 3 days for preparation, 1 day for Job Fair)
15. Support CSO trainers on Life Skills trainings integrated with VT curriculum minimum 20 hours
16. Provide support to Save the Children staff on admin, finance, logistic arrangement, accommodation as requested

Qualification

• Participated in Save the Children capacity building activities and training is preferred
• Experience in Life Skill for Successful Transferable from School to Work: LS4ST and /able to facilitate and lead the session
• Strong background in working with vulnerable youth (OOSC) and children in the Deep South
• Background in some of VT tracks (Food and Service, Welding, Tailoring, Wall Painting and Floor tiling) will be an asset
• Flexible and adapt to changes as necessary
• Time management skills
• Open-minded on cultural sensitivity and diversity background
• Understands and able to facilitate provision of training in ethic and do no harm manner Education background in Financial management, Business Admin, IT, Accounting
• Experience in child nursing (age 0-10 years old)
• Minimum 3-5 years working experience

How to apply: please submit your Resume and quotation to email nisfu.siribunlong@savethechildren.org