Terre des hommes Foundation seeks a Consultant who will develop participatory action research, design thinking process and support the elaboration of youth led prototypes within the REVIS project - “Responding to peer violence among children in schools and adjacent settings”.
Location: Bucharest with travels to other counties
Position: Consultancy ( only legal persons)
Period: May- December 2022
Duration: approx. 20 working days
Deadline to apply: 15th of May 2022
Main responsibilities of the consultant:
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Adapt and develop a participatory action research and a design thinking model - a solution based-approach, child-friendly and participatory, as to help children and young people (CYP) to develop their child-led innovative solutions and test their prototypes (based on current available methodologies);
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Design and deliver suitable child friendly and creative activities and exercises for each phase of the design thinking process;
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Based on the model, conduct at least 2 participatory action workshops with children and facilitators in Romania to identify opportunities to intervene in cases of peer violence and challenge barriers of bystander in action: one workshop on the methodology (steps to take) and research tools to implement and one workshop focused on ideation and design of solutions;
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Guide and participate in the organization by the facilitators of at least 1 participatory action workshop with children in their schools (total number of schools in each country is 10 being located in different counties)
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Provide methodological and technical guidance to facilitators enabling them to implement activities in the frame of the Participatory action research-Ideation-Prototype creation process with children in their schools
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Provide technical guidance to the whole team during project implementation whenever it is needed over the period of May- December 2022 and empower children in developing their own solutions to prevent, combat, and respond to peer violence as needed.
Profile of the consultant:
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Proven knowledge of child protection, violence against children with a focus on peer violence among children, best practices in ensuring child participation, and child participatory techniques;
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Comprehensive understanding of the role of social and gender norms in leading to violence against children, particularly peer-to-peer violence among children.
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Expertise in adapting and developing participatory action research methodologies and design thinking models that will fit to the specific objectives of REVIS project (Samples of relevant similar work done)
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Good knowledge of the YouCreate toolkit, Plan Z and/ or other participatory and child-friendly methodologies
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Sound knowledge of research methodologies
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Proficiency in English both in writing and orally.
To apply:
Those interested (only legal persons) are invited to submit the following documents in English to raluca.condrut@tdh.ch by 15.05.2022.
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Updated CV(s) of the assigned person(s), with references to similar experiences
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Cover letter
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Technical offer including the core concept, work plan, timeline of activity (max. 5 pages)
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Price offer: the daily fee, indicating costs in EUR. VAT should also be indicated if applicable, separately.
For further details please read the attached Terms of Reference:
