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HanDbook Writer

About Kenan Foundation Asia

Kenan Foundation Asia believes in a world where everyone has the right to build a better life for themselves, their family, and their community. Every day, we are working in Thailand and the region to inspire students, develop skilled people, and grow strong leaders by empowering them with the knowledge, technology, and skills necessary for a better future. Whether it’s an entrepreneur, a teacher, a student, a community leader, or non-profit manager, we conduct tailored, engaging activities to train, coach and equip them so they can achieve their dreams.

Our Values

Partnership          We collaborate with our stakeholders to co-create and deliver services and programming that address the real challenges facing the people of the region.

Inspiration            We are passionate about creating a sustainable future and take action to make it happen. Through our actions, we inspire others to act and do the same.

Leadership           We are leaders in the field of social and economic development. We empower courageous, adaptable people to succeed in solving the challenges of globalization and provide opportunities and dignity for everyone.

Integrity                  We care deeply about our work and our reputation. We do not compromise our ethics, our values, or our professionalism. We take personal responsibility and use good judgement to drive our values in everything we do.

Job Description

Kenan seeks a short-term consultant to work with project field staff in the Deep South to identify all information necessary for a complete project implementation handbook to complement content provided in an internally developed draft handbook and revise the handbook (structure, content, use of terminology) to a level of quality consistent with international donor specifications.

The handbook will be in Thai language, with a total length approximately 50 pages including text, images, diagrams, etc. The consultant will be responsible for developing all handbook content (text, images, Annexes etc) ready for final design layout. The design layout ready for printing will not be part of the consultant’s scope of work.

project overview

Kenan has been working since 2012 in the Deep South, implementing a project that supports youth to be connectors that bring community members together to build trust and improve relationships within their communities. Kenan is working with a range of stakeholders and is in the process of strengthening networks in the region to sustainably implement Kenan’s model of youth-led community projects after Kenan’s implementation ends. The strategy for sustainability is based on a local mechanism comprising three networks from universities, university student clubs and local community groups, and schools. Partner universities will be trained on using the project model to build their capacity to take the lead in expanding and sustaining the model into the future.  To facilitate this process, Kenan has drafted an overview of the project’s overarching principles and approach to implementing the project model, and steps in the project delivery cycle to form the main content for the implementation handbook. 

Scope of Work and timeline

• Review current handbook draft and background project documents (3 days)
• In-person interview with Kenan team in Narathiwat for three days to complete information required for handbook development (3 days)
• Prepare proposed handbook structure, content and design, and consult with Kenan (3 days)
• Submit the first draft to Kenan (14 days)
• Edit the first review and submit the second draft to Kenan’s team (5 days)
• Edit based on feedback from Kenan on second draft and submit the final draft to Kenan (2 days)

deliverables

• Proposed handbook structure, content and design
• First draft of the Chumchon Harapan handbook
• Second draft of the Chumchon Harapan handbook
• Final draft
• Deliverables are required to be completed by February 28, 2020

Qualifications

• Professional experience on writing handbooks for applicable and simple use by university partners
• Preference to those with academic and community development experience. Implementation experience in the Deep South context will be appreciated
• Ability to work independently and meet tight deadlines

CONSULTANT FEE

The consultant will be paid based on daily rate agreed with Kenan for an estimated total of 30 days, with final number of days negotiated with Kenan. 

Consultant will receive per diem based and reimbursement of local transportation expenses in accordance with Kenan’s travel policy for trip to Narathiwat to consult with field implementation team. Kenan will directly pay for consultant flights to Narathiwat and accommodation in accordance with Kenan’s travel policy. 

payments

Consultant will be paid in three installments as followings;

1. 1. 1. 1. 1. First installment of 40 percent when the agreement is signed.
            2. Second installment of 30 percent when the second draft is accepted.
            3. Third installment of 30 percent when the final handbook is accepted.

Interested applicants are invited to send full CV, proposed consultancy timeline to complete deliverables, samples of recent similar assignments, proposed consultancy rate to conduct the consultancy, consultant rate history to Supapornm@kenan-asia.org or ChontichaT@kenan-asia.org  by 30 November 2019. Please contact Supaporn on 081 485 2342 for specific questions regarding this consultancy announcement

Closing Date               :      19 April 2026 (11:59 PM, Bangkok Time)