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Plan International

Terms of reference for consultant team/s to support the organization of e-learning based training for labor brokers in Thai seafood industry

I. About Plan International

We strive to advance children’s rights and equality for girls all over the world. As an independent development and humanitarian organization, we work alongside children, young people, our supporters and partners to tackle the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood and enable children to prepare for and respond to crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge. For over 86 years we have been building powerful partnerships for children, and we are active in over 80 countries.

The Fostering Accountability in Recruitment for Fishery Workers Project (FAIR Fish) is an effort to reduce forced labor and human trafficking in the seafood-processing sectors of Thailand. The project is supported by the Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking (OCFT) at the Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), United States Department of Labor (USDOL). The FAIR Fish project is led by Plan International, an NGO with expertise in addressing forced labor (FL), human trafficking (HT) and child labor (CL) among fisherfolks and seafood processors in Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia and the Philippines. Project implementation started in January 2019 and will end in December 2024.

II. Background

The FAIR Fish Project developed a Responsible Recruitment Model and an online course on responsible recruitment, https://fairfishresponsiblerecruitment.org/, in collaboration with an e-learning content developer, EI Powered by MPS, and a learning management system platform developer called Simform. The FAIR Fish project’s online course won two bronze awards on Human Capital Management (HCM) at the Brandon Hall HCM Excellence Awards 2023 on August 17, 2023. One is a Best Initiative for Philanthropy and Corporate Giving award under Future of Work Awards category, and another is a Best Advance in Social Impact Innovation award under Human Resources Awards category.

The Responsible Recruitment Model and the online course are intended to inform employers hiring migrant workers in Thai seafood processing industry and recruiters in Cambodia, Myanmar and Thailand how to set up a system in their organizations to ensure their recruitment process is responsible, and protect migrant workers from risks related to forced labor and human trafficking. The online course’s interactive contents are available in Burmese, Cambodian, English, and Thai.

Labor brokers from Myanmar and Cambodia who are working in Thailand are frontline recruiters. They interact directly with migrant workers. They are another group of audience that the project plan to introduce our online course to, so that they will have increased understanding about responsible recruitment practice, and contribute to greater adoption of responsible recruitment among recruiters in the future.

III. Objective of the TOR

The project is looking for consultants or teams of consultants to support the training team from the FAIR Fish project in organizing small-group, e-learning based training for 50 labor brokers in seafood industry, especially in Samut Sakhon and Samut Songkhram province.

IV. Tasks

Each selected consultant or consultant team is expected to:

1. Attend a half-day briefing session on the project’s online course, and reporting process conducted by FAIR Fish team members.
2. Submit lists of participants, tentative training venues and training schedule for approval
3. Provide logistic support on the organization of scheduled training  ranging from inviting participants, reserving training venues, making arrangement on catering, and hiring two Thai-Myanmar or Thai-Cambodian interpreters to support the communication between the training team and participants whose native languages are Myanmar or Cambodian for each training.
4. Submit an after-training report with signed participants’ attendance sheets, photos, signed photo release consent forms, and recommendation on the ways forward to the FAIR Fish project.

V. Deliverables and Timeline

Activities under this TOR are expected to start in June 2024 and be completed by August 2024.

The consultant can work remotely and regularly meet with the FAIR Fish Project team virtually through an online meeting application. In addition, the consultant will be expected to submit deliverables in English language using editable files, such as MS Word, MS Excel, as follows:

VI. Payment

Plan International will pay the consultant or consultant team after deliverables are received and approved by an authorized representative of Plan International USA, and after receiving invoices from the consultant/team. Payments can be divided into milestones, but if the first payment is to be paid prior to submitting any deliverables it cannot exceed ten percent of the contract. Thai taxation law will be applied.

Example of payment schedule after approval of submitted deliverables:

VII. Ethics and Child Protection           

Plan International is committed to ensuring that the rights of those participating in data collection or analysis are respected and protected in accordance with our Ethical MERL Framework and our Child and Youth Safeguarding Policy.

VIII. Qualifications

Candidates should have the following qualifications:

• Well connected to labor brokers in migrant communities in Thai seafood industry.
• Experience in organizing training for migrant population from Myanmar and/or Cambodia.
• Familiar with technology based training, such as the usage of mobile application or e-learning platforms.
• Ability to read project documents and contracts in English, and submit deliverables in professional-level English.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills and the ability to demonstrate respect for people with diverse socio-economic backgrounds and beliefs.
• Familiarity with labor issues in Thai seafood processing industry is a plus.

IX. How to apply?

• Submit a proposal and a cover letter to Thailand.Procurement@plan-international.org referencing “FAIR Fish Project’s consultant team/s to support the organization of e-learning based training for labor brokers in Thai seafood industry.” by May 23, 2024.                                                                                                                                                                                        
• The proposal should include the following information:
  • •  CVs of team members with contact details;
    •  Detailed budget for completing the assignment with team members’ daily professional fee rate;
    •  A fixed price for the assignment;
    •  Sample documents of previous trainers training events conducted.                                                                                                                                                                                       
• The selection of consultants will be done through proposal reviews and candidate interviews. Only the proposals with supportive information mentioned above will be reviewed.
• Interested candidates may request a virtual meeting with the FAIR Fish team to acquire additional information prior to the proposal submission.
• For more information, please call Mr. Preedee Ittipong at Tel. 2 259 8284-5.
• Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.