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Consultant to Create Digital, Self-Directed Learning Content on Social Behavior Change for Thai organizations.

Title: Consultant to Create Digital, Self-Directed Learning Content

Type of Contract: Firm Fixed Price

Duration of Contract: 5 months

Closing Date: November 30, 2023

Winrock International is currently seeking proposals from qualified firms and/or individual consultants to convert existing materials into self-directed digital learning content while creating new content as needed.

Background:

With the intention to orient Thai organizations, institutions, and leaders to the basics of social behavior change (SBC), the USAID Thailand CTIP project, led by Winrock International, is creating learning content to equip participants with ideas and tools to inform ongoing or new SBC efforts to counter trafficking in persons and forced labor in Thailand.

The USAID Thailand project created a toolkit and a trainer’s guide for Thai organizations and institutions. The existing content is primarily written in a format intended to guide facilitators in presenting this critical information to an in-person audience through interactive sessions. The USAID Thailand project seeks to convert this content into digital, self-directed learning content that can be uploaded to an online learning platform and accessed directly by individuals.

Objectives:

Winrock International is looking for a consultant to convert existing learning content and/or generate new content related to SBC to counter trafficking in persons and forced labor:

• Identify the essential content to be conveyed in the modules.
• Create and/or format content that can be uploaded to a learning platform.

Responsibilities:

The consultant will review the existing learning content and develop a proposed outline for structuring the content. The consultant will recommend the number of modules and identify the main lessons/take away for each of these. The consultant will identify external resource materials for any information gaps not available on project resource materials.

Based on the desired module outcomes and the selected content, the consultant will create content for each of the modules. Content includes but is not limited to learning information and quizzes. Learning information can be presented in PowerPoint slides, Word documents, infographics animation, or video. Quizzes will primarily be multiple choice.

Deliverables:

Payment and Payment Schedule:

Payment will be made upon timely submission of satisfactory deliverables per agreed work plan and approval by Winrock. The payment will be made in three tranches after all the deliverables have been made.

The payment schedule is subject to negotiation between Winrock and the selected Consultant.

The proposed payment schedule for the review is as follows:

• 20% upon approval of workplan.
• 30% upon Winrock’s approval of content outline.
• 50% upon final approval of all submitted content.

Qualifications:

The consultant should meet the following minimum requirements:

• Demonstrated experience working in relevant areas, such as social behavior change, communications, countertrafficking sector.
• Experience creating digital training materials.
• Strong design and analytical skills with a proven ability to produce concise, focused, and clear content.
• Proven ability to work independently to produce highquality deliverables under tight deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills in Thai, including reading and writing.
• Respectful and professional, particularly when working with diverse cultures and populations, and on sensitive topics; and
• Proficiency in written English.

Proposal Submission:

Interested firms and individual consultants should submit technical proposals as separate files. All documents related to this assignment should be in English and submitted in .PDF format. Proposals must be submitted electronically, with all pieces of the proposal labeled clearly. The maximum length for the proposal, both technical and cost portions together, is 10 pages (not including annexes), single spaced, Time New Roman Font 11.

The technical proposal should include the following components:  

1. Cover Page
2. CV or organizational profile & institutional capacity: The applicant must present in narrative format a description of:

• Company/individual profile (supplemental material can be placed in an annex);
• Organizational/individual capacity to conduct the scope of work, as well as relevant experience (include 13 examples of English reports from similar studies/assignments in the annex);
• CVs for all proposed team members (included as an annex); and
• Names and contact information for three references who can provide evidence of the candidate’s experience performing similar tasks on related assignments.

3. Technical proposal: The applicant should describe in the technical proposal their approach and methodology for conducting the tasks listed above. A detailed workplan including activities, timeframes, staffing, and resources should be included in the technical portion of the proposal.
4. Timeline: Include an illustrative Gantt (or similar) chart that outlines activities and sub-tasks, responsible parties, and a timeline for completion.
5. Quotation

To Apply:

• Contact: Please submit your proposal and/or relevant questions to: TCTIP.recruitment@winrock.org
• Transmittal email subject must state: “SBC E-Learning Consultant.”
• Closing date for applications: 11:59pm on November 30, 2023