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Trafficking for Forced Criminality Campaign Consultant

USAID Thailand CTIP Activity

Title: Trafficking for Forced Criminality Campaign Consultant

Type of Contract: Fixed Price

Duration of Contract: 5 months

Closing Date: February 16, 2024

Background

Trafficking in persons for forced criminality is trafficking in persons for the purpose of exploitation of victims through forcing or otherwise compelling them to commit criminal acts for economic or other gains of traffickers or exploiters. TIP for forced criminality in Southeast Asia has evolved dramatically in recent years.  Thailand is a source and transit country while many Thai people are trapped into the criminal rings via fake job advertisement. The USAID Thailand CTIP is supporting a workshop for multi-stakeholders to develop a holistic and strategic campaign to raise awareness to at-risk populations.

Assignment Summary:

Winrock International is seeking an organization to help design and facilitate the workshop for multi-stakeholders to develop a national campaign on trafficking for forced criminality to raise awareness to at-risk populations. The USAID Thailand CTIP project in collaboration with counterpart will engage with speakers, participants, and other relevant parties and will be responsible for logistics and administrative arrangement. The consultant will be expected to develop the workshop design and to facilitate the process of the campaign development and its plan for implementation and evaluation to Thai multi-stakeholders in CTIP community who have different knowledge and background of campaigning. The workshop is anticipated in Bangkok in May. The consultant will also create an event report and the campaign concept from the workshop.

Tasks:

• Work with USAID Thailand CTIP to lead on the development a concept notes, annotated workshop program and approach and facilitation plan in Thai and English.
• Have regular update meetings with USAID Thailand CTIP.
• Provide technical facilitation in plenary and group break outs at the workshop.
• Provide photos from the workshop and produce a final report and the campaign concept both in Thai and English.

Deliverables

Payment and Payment Schedule

Payment will be made upon timely submission of satisfactory deliverables per agreed and approved 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 concept note of the workshop.
• 30% upon the completion of workshop.
• 50% upon final approval of all reports and campaign concept.

Qualifications

The consultant should meet the following minimum requirements:

• Demonstrated experience/understanding of communications for development and/or social behavior change communications in relevant areas such as human rights or countertrafficking sector.
• Proven track record in facilitating workshops specifically focused on campaign development.
• Strong creative thinking abilities to generate campaign concepts that meet objectives.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills in Thai, including speaking 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 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. Organizational profile & institutional capacity: The applicant must present in narrative format a description of:

• Company profile (supplemental material can be placed in an annex);
• Organizational capacity to conduct the scope of work, as well as relevant experience (include 1-3 examples of English examples from similar tasks 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: “Trafficking for Forced Criminality Campaign Consultant.”
• Closing date for applications: February 16, 2024