Consultants at Catholic Relief Services (CRS)

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is an International non-governmental organization supporting relief and development work in over 99 countries around the world. CR5 programs assist persons on the basis of need, regardless of creed, ethnicity or nationality CRS works through local church and non-church partners to implement its programs, therefore, strengthening and building the capacity of these partner organizations is fundamental to programs in every country in which CR5 operates. CRS re-established presence in Nigeria in 2000 and currently focuses on agriculture, health and emergency programming.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Consultancy to Adapt Pictures in the ‘Better Parenting Plus; Nigeria Community Guide’ to suit the Nigeria Context

Location: Abuja

Background

• In January 2016, 4Children began a two-year, USAID- funded technical assistance project in Nigeria. The overarching objective of the SoW is for 4Children to provide Technical Assistance to USAID and CDC IPs in responsible graduation and transition of OVC, households, communities, LGAs and states as part of the PEPFAR pivot and reflective of PEPFAR 3.0 priorities. The SoW also included a focus on supporting prioritized actions and strategies for the geographic areas identified by PEPFAR as scale-up local government areas (LGAs). The technical assistance provided by 4Children over the next two-year period will achieve the following:
  • Development of guidance, strategies and tools to support improved HES and parenting.
  • Strengthened linkages among and referrals between community and clinic based OVC services, including strategies for reaching more children living with HIV (CLHIV) within the OVC population.
  • Strengthened capacity of government systems (LGA and state level) to advocate, plan for and use funds for OVC.
  • Strategies for delivering critical OVC services at clinical facilities.
  • Guidance and examples of interventions targeting adolescent girls and young women that address their increased vulnerability to both child protection concerns and HIV and can be easily integrated into existing programming.
• To successfully address many of the issues related to graduation and transition, improved and strengthened sustainability plans and strategies must be in place, utilized and understood by all actors,
• and include appropriate support to Implementing Partners, CSOs and States to successfully manage sustainable graduation and transition of beneficiaries in FY16-FY17. The two-year work plan includes a specific output related to the improvement of parenting practices of caregivers involved in OVC programs in Nigeria (see Annex 1 for IR 2.5).
• The first step in identifying what additional parenting training curricula content needs to be developed, a review of existing parenting training curricula will be conducted. These curricula will be assessed against the framework thus helping to identifying strengths and gaps of the curricula currently being used by OVC Implementing Partners. The findings of the review will inform the development of additional content that is contextually appropriate, evidence based and addresses the unique needs of children living with or affected by HIV in Nigeria.
• A framework was developed to help guide the review process and enable 4Children Nigeria to have a comprehensive understanding of what is currently being used within OVC programs and what content needs to be developed to meet the identified needs of the program in diverse contexts.

Objectives

• To develop contextually appropriate pictures for the ‘Better Parenting Plus curriculum; Nigeria’ depicting the cultures, norms and practices in Nigeria.
• The Graphic Artist will work with 4Children Parenting Technical Advisor and parenting Consultants to harmonize the adaptations validated and endorsed by the relevant stakeholders.

Description of Work

• The Graphic Artist will use relevant expertise in graphics to the adaptations validated and endorsed by the relevant stakeholders during the validation workshop.

Specific Tasks

• Meet with 4Children Parenting and Youth Technical Advisor to review the pictures in the Parenting curriculum and discuss the adaptation and changes needed in the pictures for Nigeria.
• Design first draft of Standardized and contextually appropriate pictures of the ‘Better Parenting Plus Nigeria’; adapt changes and inputs from the Parenting Technical team and submit final draft.
• Meet with Parenting Technical team to validate the pictures designed and provide e-copies of customized validated pictures to 4children.

Deliverables:

• Activity/Deliverable Due Date Maximum Number of Consultancy Days
• Meet with 4Children Parenting and Youth Technical Advisor to review the pictures in the Parenting curriculum and discuss the adaptation and changes needed in the pictures for Nigeria September 14 1
• Design first draft of Standardized and contextually appropriate pictures of the Better Parenting Plus Nigeria, adapt changes and inputs from the Parenting Technical team and submit final draft September 15-19 3
• Meet with Parenting Technical team to validate the pictures designed and provide e-copies of customized validated pictures to 4children September 20 1
• Total (Maximum) Days 5

Supervision, reporting and oversight:

• The Graphic Artist’s primary point of contact under this consultancy will be to the 4Children Nigeria, Parenting and Youth Advisor, Ruth Haruna, for all programmatic issues with support from Dr. Tapfuma Murove, 4C Chief of Party. Deliverables will be submitted to the 4C PYTA.

Working Relationships:

• The consultant will be expected to work in collaboration with the following 4Children staff and partners in Nigeria: 4Children Parenting and Youth Technical Advisor and Parenting Consultants.

Application Closing Date
16th September, 2016.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should download the Application Form using the link below and send with a detailed 3-page Resume in a single file MS Word document to: [email protected]

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