[opportunities] Consultancy to Develop IEC materials on parenting skills

[info vietnam]

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This project is funded by EU


*CONSULTANCY TO DEVELOP IEC MATERIALS ON PARENTING SKILLS *

*Project **“**Promoting inclusive and relevant early childhood care and
education for ethnic minority and disadvantaged children in Vietnam” –
funded by EU*

*I.        **AIDE ET ACTION BACKGROUND*

Aide et Action International (AEA) is an international NGO, headquartered
in Geneva, Switzerland.  AEA International began its programs in 1981 and
is now working in more than 20 countries across Africa, the Caribbean,
Europe, South Asia, Southeast Asia and China to support the development of
sustainable education projects with our belief in the universal right to a
quality education. Each AEA intervention is based around this ethos.

In Vietnam, AEA started working in 2003. Our approaches focus on early
transformation during two time periods which are most critical in a child’s
schooling, Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) to basic education.
Over 10 years of experiences along with local communities, partner
organizations, and governments, we have implemented a number of projects in
various locations.

*II.               **RATIONALE*
Aide et Action is now implementing the project “Promoting inclusive and
relevant early childhood care and education for ethnic minority and
disadvantaged children in Vietnam” with the aim that *increasing access to
high quality, relevant pre-school and early primary education for ethnic
minority children *living in 3 communes of Tam Duong district in Lai Chau
Province(Ta Leng, Nung Nang, Khun Ha) *through enhanced teaching
pedagogies, participation of parents, and well-informed policymakers. *

Under the framework of the project, parents and caregivers of ethnic
minority children will play key roles in the process of promoting the
quality of care and education for the children. Parents will receive
needs-specific training in nutrition, health and hygiene, among other
topics to develop their capacities to more suitably care for their young
children. In order to achieve the project’s objective, an Information,
Education and Communication (IEC) material package will be developed and
applied in the project’s community.

*III.              **OBJECTIVE*
The consultant will develop IEC materials on Parenting Skill based on the
results of need assessment inexploringparents’ issues and priorities
regarding their children’s care and development.



*IV.             **SCOPE OF WORK*

The consultant will familiarize her/himself with the project’s proposal,
the baseline survey report, project IEC strategy, the project plan and
other documents relevant to the project.

The consultant will recommend IEC materials complying with the IEC
strategy, project expected outputs along with written rational for the
choice of material content.

The consultant will discuss and get approval from Project Steering Board
(PSB) and Project Implementation Board (PIT) on the proposed materials.

The consultant will developcontent of IEC materials and proposal for
designing of materials which are agreed by PSB and PIT. Thispackage must be
comprehensive and comply with the project expected outputs and donor
requirements.

The consultant will modify and finalize the IEC materials after testing to
familiarize the community with them.

The consultant will develop guideline on IEC material usage.

*V.               **DELIVERABLES*

The specific outputs will be:

a)               AnIEC package of leaflets with 7 topics on Parenting
Skills which will be used for group meetings, community workshops, daily
use of parents in project’s community, including:

·                 healthcare for children

·                 personal hygiene for children and environmental sanitation

·                 nutrition and food safety

·                 care for pregnant mothers

·                 preventing and dealing with situations involving common
accidents and injuries for children

·                 children rights

·                 physical development, cognitive development, language
development, emotional development and social skills, aesthetic development

b) Proposal for designing of this materialpackage

c) Aguideline for project staff, local facilitators, teachers with maximum
10 pages including general introduction and usage of each set

*VI. CONSULTANT REQUIREMIENTS*

a)               The consultant should preferably have education background
and university degree in social sciences, psychology, sociology, public
health, development studies or other relevant disciplines.

b)               The Consultant should preferably have at least 2 years of
experience in developing IEC materials for education projects.

c)                Have at least 5 years of experiences working with
international organizations and/or INGOs.



*VII.                     **DURATION AND TIMING*

The consultant is expected to start the service from the first week of
August 2016 and complete the task no later than25 of August 2016 with
agreed detail schedule.



*VIII.                    **MANAGEMENT OF THE ASSIGNMENT *

The expert will be based in his/her working place.

The contract will be signed in accordance with AEA regulations and
guidelines for the contracting of consultants. The assignment will be
directly managed by the project manager in the planning, content developing and
finalizing the tasks assigned.

*IX.             **PROPOSAL CONTENTS*

Interested or selected candidate must submit the following documents:

1.               Proposal with detail budget

2.               Curriculum Vitae

3.               3 relevant samples of previous work

Please note that this vacancy is for National consultant only, a person who
has experience with ethnic minority groups in the Northern Vietnam and with
Mong tribe and Lai Chau province is an asset.

Interested candidates are invited to contact Ms. Duong Minh Nguyet (
nguyet.duong at aide-et-action.org) for additional details about the
assignment. Please indicate clearly your application subject: “Consultancy
for IEC development”. Full proposal should be submitted electronically no
later than 25th July 2016 to the contact email addresses:
info-vietnam at aide-et-action.org.
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