Child-to-Child Strategy Development Consultant

Job title: Child-to-Child Strategy Development Consultant

Location: Haywards Heath

Fee: Negotiable

Working with our partners, Sightsavers is supporting inclusive education for children with disabilities (CWDs) in several countries in West and Central Africa. Different approaches are being used to ensure inclusion and participation of CWDs in mainstream education, including a child-centred approach.

In order to facilitate children socialisation and peer-support within our inclusive pilot schools, our projects intend to develop child-to-child activities/strategies for peer learning, i.e. ways in which children can support one another’s learning and development inside and outside the classroom.

Sightsavers has previously commissioned two national consultants (one in Senegal, one in Cameroon) to collect and analyse:

· good practices implemented by relevant partners involved in the field of education, e.g. PLAN, Save the Children, UNICEF, Humanity & Inclusion, World Vision; as well as practical tools developed in this area.

· good practices in place in our pilot schools in these countries.

We are now seeking a consultant (based anywhere in the world) who can complete our work in the field of child-to-child activities/peer learning.

The Objectives of the Consultancy are as follows;

· Produce a desk review analysing relevant international literature, including teaching and learning manuals and tools, articles in peer-reviewed academic journals; with a focus on:

• contextually-based literature in West and Central Africa;

• especially documentation developed by PLAN, Save the Children, UNICEF and UNESCO;

• using the analysis of good practices and tools collected in Senegal and Cameroon, and other Sightsavers education projects.

· Develop a teacher training module on child to child strategies:

• using good recommendations and practices from the desk review;

• using Sightsavers existing training modules on the subject (TTP, IC handbook, VI manual, etc...)

· Develop a simple friendly and accessible tool kit for children acting as peer (for children with and without disabilities), with support from Sightsavers communication team.

To be considered for this Consultancy work you will possess;

· Experience in inclusive/special education, disability, child to child strategies

· A tertiary qualification, ideally to Masters level

· International field experience, in West and Central Africa if possible

· Good reporting, analytical and research skills

· Experience in teacher training module development

· Experience in the development of IEC materials, in accessible formats and for children if possible

· Ability to work independently

· Fluency in reading and writing in English, good French reading skills

This is not an exhaustive list of duties or outputs and process, so if you are interested in the role and finding out more please read the complete Terms of Reference for further details.

Closing date: 16 June 2019

To apply, and for further details about the role, please submit your Expression of Interest to jobs@sightsavers.org

If you wish to use our Expression of Interest form to submit your proposal, please follow this link to our advert and to download the EOI form.

As an equal opportunities employer we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community.Qualified people living with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.