Empleos en el PNUD - 51348- National Training Consultant

National Training Consultant

Localidad :

Cairo, Egipto

Tipo de contrato :

Individual Contract

Fecha de comienzo del contrato :

Fecha límite de postulación :

23-Nov-14 (Medianoche Nueva York, Estados Unidos)

Nivel de puesto :

National Consultant

Duración del contrato inicial :

30 working days

Idiomas requeridos :

Árabe Inglés

Duración esperada del puesto :

El PNUD está comprometido con lograr la diversidad de su personal en términos de género, nacionalidad y cultura. Se alienta por igual a las personas que pertenecen a grupos minoritarios, a pueblos indígenas o que tienen alguna discapacidad a presentar su candidatura. Todas las solicitudes se tratarán con la mayor confidencialidad. UNDP no tolera la explotación y el abuso sexual, ningún tipo de acoso, incluido el acoso sexual, ni la discriminación. Por lo tanto, todos los candidatos seleccionados serán sometidos a una rigurosa verificación de referencias y antecedentes.

Antecedentes

Elections give people a voice in the democratic process. In Egypt, the electoral process is an essential step in the transition period to consolidate the path to democracy. Within this context, the UNDP is cooperating with the Government of Egypt in the area of elections with a focus on a) strengthening public outreach and voter information; b) strengthening technical and operational capacity of national electoral authorities; c) increasing access of women and rural dwellers to their citizenship rights.

The Egyptian State Information Services (SIS) is one of UNDP’s core electoral partners in the areas of voter information and media relations. Free and independent media are essential to providing voters with the information they need by having adequate information about parties, policies, candidates and the election process itself so that voters can make an informed choice. A democratic election with no media freedom would be a contradiction in terms.

Both the UNDP strengthening of the democratic process in Egypt project and the State Information Service have worked closely in the past three months on capacity building programs for the local Egyptian media on “Media and Elections” through conducting several training programs and developing a user friendly handbook.

Objective of the consultancy:

Within this context and under the guidance of the project coordinator, the national training consultant will work closely with an international and a local senior training consultant to develop a training module “Facilitator’s Guide”.

The training module “Facilitators Guide” aims at providing the training facilitators with a tool on how to prepare and deliver professional training workshops and how to train large groups for the second round of trainings on “Media and Elections”.

The content of the facilitators guide will be based on previously developed training materials and handbook.

Deberes y responsabilidades

The consultant will be part of a team reviewing previously developed training presentations, materials and exercises from the first round of the media and elections training program, and more importantly, use the material to be published media – elections handbook developed by UNDP and SIS to develop the facilitator’s guide.

The consultant will be expected to attend planning meetings, planned workshops with the SIS trainers and attend workshops of the second round of the training program.

The facilitator’s guide should include several elements such as:

Key messages on Elections and the role of media;
Materials for the training workshop;
Programme of the training workshop;
Facilitation workbook (Detailed Session Contents – Preparations – Learning Needs Assessment – Evaluation Form - General Tips)
Working group materials – Handouts.

Scope of Work and Expected Deliverables:

Under the overall supervision of the project coordinator and direct supervision of the international training consultant, the national training consultant will be responsible for delivering the following outputs:

Study and assess the UNDP Media and Elections guide for electoral practitioners;Study and assess the Strengthening of the democratic process in Egypt handbook on Media and Elections;
Review previously developed training presentation and materials;
Attend assesment and planning meetings with the rest of the team;
Support the development of the facilitator’s guide;
Attend discussions with the SIS trainers for feedback and comments on the guide;
Attend workshops of the second phase of the training program.
Develop a final report on the assignment.

Competencias

Corporate Competencies

Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN’s values and ethical standards;
Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UNDP;
Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
Treats all people fairly without favoritism.

Functional Competencies

Knowledge of the Tunisian and Egyptian context and the current transition would be an advantage;
Excellent drafting and communication skills in Arabic;
Very good research skills.

Habilidades y experiencia requeridas

Education:

University degree in social sciences, journalism, mass communications, management, public administration, social sciences, public policy, or related field.

Experience:

Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in journalism/ communications;
Experience in developing training module/ curriculums for media personal;
Three years of experience of conducting similar trainings for local Egyptian media;
Ability to interact effectively with various stakeholders and coordinate and lead team work;
Proof of Knowledge of elections with a special focus on the situation in Egypt.

Language Requirements:

Fluency in Arabic and English.