Request for ToT Trainer for Freelancers (Individuals)

  • 15 March، 2022
Request for ToT Trainer for Freelancers (Individuals)

Request for ToT Trainer for Freelancers  (Individuals)

Background About Women’s Affairs Center (WAC):

Women’s Affairs Center (WAC) is a women knowledge-based center playing an innovative and catalytic role in empowering women; and advocating women's rights and gender equality in the Palestinian sustainable development process. Its mission reflects that it is an independent and non-profit Palestinian NGO with the purpose of empowering women and advocating women’s rights and gender equality through capacity development, information and innovative research and advocacy programs. While implementing its strategy to fulfill its vision, WAC is guided by international human rights principles including empowerment and participation; equality and non-discrimination; and accountability to ensure justice and dignity for women.

About “Economic Empowerment for Gaza Entrepreneurs 2022” Project:

WAC is implementing “Economic Empowerment for Gaza Entrepreneurs 2022 (GoPinky-1)” project which is funded by DanChurchAid/Norwegian Church Aid (DCA/NCA). The project aims at enhancing the economic empowerment and increasing the prosperity for low-income young women and men in the Gaza Strip through joint approaches that support innovation and entrepreneurship to overcome challenges that impede achieving a progress towards a sustainable economic development. It targets unemployed young female graduates and young Gazan entrepreneurs. It provides support to young female graduates to acquire digital skills and competencies required in the labor market and to young entrepreneurs to create new innovative businesses, which will in turn create employment opportunities and address market related challenges 

Scope of the Assignment:

WAC is willing to train (15) young female freelancers who are previous beneficiaries and benefited from the same WAC projects to receive (30) hours ToT training to prepare them to serve as co-trainers/ coaches for new beneficiaries and to boost their knowledge and skills and to have an access to good opportunities and create their own professional work environment. 

Accordingly, WAC is in the process of selecting a highly qualified trainer who has proven experience in delivering the training.4. Target Group:

15 young female freelancers from different freelance tracks and perspectives who are willing to advance their skills and create their own professional work environment.

Requirements: 

Each applicant/prospective trainer is expected to:

  1. Have a university degree in any field relevant to the trainer’s field of training experience, 
  2. Have a proven working experience as a ToT trainer, especially for freelancers with different technical backgrounds,
  3. Have strong time management, communication, and networking skills, excellent reporting, and formal writing skills in both English and Arabic.
  4. Strong analytical skills and enjoy finding creative solutions to problems,
  5. Have the expertise in training methodologies, 
  6. Have the ability to develop & maintain positive relationships with attendees,
  7. Have the ability to communicate information in a simplified way to trainees,
  8. Have good knowledge in virtual tools such as Zoom, Skype, Google classroom, WhatsApp groups … etc, 
  9. Observe and evaluate trainees along with the training period, and
  10. Be fully committed and free during the course of the program.

Tasks and Responsibilities:

 The trainer will be responsible for the following tasks: 

  1. Participating in the selection of candidates for the Training of Trainers through analysis of their portfolios over freelancing platforms, interviewing them and any other additional method developed by the trainer. 
  2. Developing an action plan for conducting the training sessions for the target group. This includes working with the project team to agree upon the main topics to be covered, and the training methodologies.
  3. Developing pre/post tests and conducting the required analysis in addition to preparing reports accordingly. Raw data should be handed over, as well.
  4. Familiarizing the participants with teaching approaches through simulations of training sessions/ pilot trainings and evaluate each simulation including their strengths and improvements.
  5. Developing the necessary theoretical and practical training materials, contents and related resources for the training.
  6. Designing and implementing tools to measure the training impact and to provide individual recommendations for the trainees. 
  7. Ensuring proper baseline data collection as well as end-line data collection in line with the evaluation strategy.
  8. Participating in meetings and workshops related to the project activities.
  9. Provision of a detailed report of the implemented tasks and associated deliverables, main findings, recommendations, lessons learned, as well as the trainees' progress in both Arabic and English languages.

NOTE: The assigned trainer has to plan, design, and implement the training that could be delivered face to face or online if needed, as a result of COVID 19 effects and social distance restrictions.

Deliverables:

  1. A comprehensive final report in English and Arabic languages including but not limited to: an executive summary, methodology, implemented activities, main findings including the feedback sheet and evaluation, results and raw data of pre/posttests, the impact of the training on the target group and their opinion, recommendations, success stories and lessons learned. Validation of the submitted report from the Project Coordinator is a must.
  2. Training Methodology and matrix and details training modules outline.
  3. Assignments and individuals/group projects evaluation. 
  4. Training Material.
  5. Media coverage materials and rushes. 

Timing:

The assignment should be delivered to the selected candidates based on the training topic and its allocated training hours that are already aforementioned. The trainer should take into consideration that the selection process will be started before rolling out the training. The work timeline may be altered by the project and ICT – WAC team at its discretion. A high commitment should be granted to the timeframe and any change in the timeframe should be discussed, justified, and validated by WAC.

Any setback that occurs affecting the cycle of training due to the failure of the trainer; WAC reserves the right to terminate the contracts without offering compensation.  

Evaluation Criteria:

  1. Financial offer 30%
  2. Relevant Experience, scientific background, and Proposed Methodology of carrying the assignment 70%

Award criteria: WAC will award the Contract to the Candidate whose proposal has been determined to be substantially responsive to the documents of the Request for Proposal and which has obtained the highest overall score.

Application Process:

  1. Trainer's description: A copy of the ID Card and CV highlighting past relevant assignments, the CV must highlight experience in conducting similar assignments and education.
  2. The trainer shall submit a technical offer including but not limited to: (Brief Bio highlighting areas of professional experience, approach, and methodology, timeframe with clear details concerning how the component to be executed). 
  3. Financial offer shall be submitted only in USD currency. (Use the enclosed template below)

The closing date for receiving offers is 20/03/2022, at 1:00 PM (local time of the Palestinian Territory). Offers must be submitted by hand to WAC office - Procurement Department. 

Please download the Full TOR from here

Address: Al-Nasr - Al-Lababidi Street - Al-Saeed Building – 2nd Floor.

Only shortlisted candidates will be reached out.