Consultant – To conduct a scoping study of health needs, barriers and opportunities in multiple provinces in PNG At ChildFund Australia

ChildFund PNG

ChildFund Papua New Guinea is registered as a local NGO under the Papua New Guinea Association Incorporation Act, working to reduce poverty for children in developing communities. ChildFund Papua New Guinea was established by ChildFund Australia, which is a member of the ChildFund Alliance – a global network of 12 member organisations which assists almost 23 million children and their families in 70 countries. ChildFund began work in Papua New Guinea in 1994 and works in partnership to create community and systems change which enables vulnerable children and young people, in all their diversity, to assert and realise their rights. Projects are implemented in seven provinces across the country, in both rural and urban settings, with a focus on maternal and child health, nutrition, water and sanitation, education, and child protection and resilience against family and sexual violence. ChildFund PNG also priorities climate change and disaster preparedness. In 2015, ChildFund PNG established the country’s first ever Family and Sexual Violence Counselling Hotline which operates in Port Moresby and provides national coverage for survivors.

The purpose of this consultancy is to review, update and finalize the CSE Teacher Training Resource for pre-and in-service teacher students in teacher training colleges and tertiary institutions.

Specific Objectives:

The objective of this Terms of Reference is to engage an external consultant to support the Spotlight Teachers as Role Models: Building Equitable Futures project in leading review, update and finalization of the current draft Comprehensive Sexuality Education Teacher Training Resource (Training manual and guide).

The selected consultant will meet the following specific objectives;

• To review and update the draft Teacher Resource on Comprehensive Sexuality Education and life skills and gender for pre-and in-service student teacher that is aligned to the Character and Social Development Curriculum. The draft material should compose of content knowledges and activities to deliver the various sensitive topics to pre-and in-service students in tertiary institutions and colleges.
• Conduct desk review of sexuality education materials used by tertiary institutions to ensure the current draft resource addresses the gaps in existing resources. In addition, review of materials recommended by UNFPA and ChildFund’s Gender Rights and Sexual Reproductive Health Learning Resource for Personal Development Teachers to support the content finalization of the CSE Teacher Training Resource.
• Pre-test the CSE Teacher Resource, update and finalize the training material.
• Conduct the training of trainers for lecturers and teacher trainers at teacher training colleges and tertiary institutions for the roll-out of the of training for pre-and in-service teacher students in teacher training colleges and tertiary institutions. Training includes ChildFund staff.

Criteria

The consultant is expected to be;

• Well versed with Comprehensive Sexuality Education or do have some experiences working with other organizations on Comprehensive Sexuality Education, Gender Issues and Basic Human Rights.
• Familiarized with Curriculum Development or do have some experiences working in the Education Sector developing teaching materials; teaching guides, developing of teaching programs, development of school programs and syllabuses for specific school grades.