Consultant – Training of Trainer on Youth Empowerment Program (YEP) 12-640

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Job Description:

International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs.

Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in underserved communities worldwide. By offering training and health care to local populations and medical assistance to people at highest risk, and with the flexibility for rapid response to emergencies. International Medical Corps rehabilitates devastated health care systems and helps bring them back to self-reliance.


Program Summary:

Under the Mental health and Psychosocial Support for the Syrian IDPs living next to the Syria-Turkey border and in order to empower local Syrian youth group to conduct a youth empowerment program with a group of teens, the consultant will undertake the following tasks:

The deadline to apply to this position in December 31, 2012

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Design and adapt the Youth Empowerment Program (YEP) curriculum developed by IMC, based on the needs of the Syrian young refugees’ age from 13 to 18 years old.
• Develop the training of facilitators work plan that includes coaching of the delivery of sessions by the trainees and reporting.
• The training content shall cover at least 12 topics related to life skills in addition to the design preparation and implementation of a community service project.
• Develop/Adapt Monitoring and evaluation materials linked to training programs
• Carrying out 4 days training that covers required topics and objectives for 30 volunteers from both Bab Salameh (15) and Atmeh camp (15)
• Support and coach the preparation and implementation of 2 community service projects by the trainees.
• Support in the selection of 10 youth from each camp who have been trained to become the facilitators responsible of conducting the YEP program with other group of young persons.
• Co-facilitate 1 session with each selected IMC facilitator based on pre/post tests and assessed training skills.
• Conduct technical monitoring visits to assure the quality of activities provided for the children and youth in both Bab-Salameh and Atmeh Camp.
• Prepare Training field report including analysis of training evaluation (pre/post KAP surveys) including recommendations for at least 16 facilitators in terms of additional trainings, support in addition to suggesting a monitoring system for IMC field staff to follow and any useful observations.


Deliverables:

-Adapted Training material
-Training work plan
-Training field report including analysis of training evaluation (pre/post KAP surveys) including recommendations for at least 16 facilitators in terms of additional trainings, support in addition to suggesting a monitoring system for IMC field staff to follow and any useful observations.