Curriculum Revision, Gender & Youth Activity (GAYA)

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Mercy Corps

Remote (global)
  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Consultancy
  • Experience level: 5-10 years
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: Remote (global)
  • Right to work requirements: Anyone can apply
  • Remuneration: Not Disclosed
  • Deadline: 17/01/2025
  • Location: Remote (global)
Gender training Youth Gender equality and Social inclusion (GESI)
Background:

Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40 countries around the world, we partner to put bold solutions into action — helping people triumph over adversity and build stronger communities from within.  

Purpose / Project Description:

The Cultivating Inclusion for Food Security (Cultivate) Fellowship is one of GAYA’s mechanisms to support Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance-funded implementing partners (IPs) to better integrate gender, youth, and inclusive resilience into their activities. The Cultivate Fellowship supports fellows to use qualitative inquiry to deepen their understanding of inclusive resilience dynamics and apply them through program designs and adaptations. Through the fellowship, fellows use qualitative methods to unpack program-specific questions focused on inclusive resilience dynamics, to:

  • Explore how context analysis, systems thinking and qualitative inquiry tools can deepen their understanding of inclusive resilience dynamics  

  • Conduct a qualitative inquiry within their own program, including:  

    • Collecting data;
      Analyzing results;
      Convening a team for sensemaking, reflection, and decision-making regarding how to apply learning within the program; and
      Revising the learning questions, process, and tools based on reflections for broader use in investigating inclusive resilience dynamics within the program.

  • Engage with and learn from peer fellows - through this cohort and ultimately the Cultivate Alumni Network. 

Over six months, a cohort of 16-20 fellows participate in virtual preparatory meetings and an in-person workshop, followed by biweekly online meetings and independent work to develop innovative solutions to increase gender and youth inclusion in their programs.  

While the Fellowship has been effective and there is consistently high engagement from fellows and alumni, it has been resource-intensive to develop and adapt. As GAYA balances the planning and delivery of several additional cohorts with exit planning and sustainability, the award seeks to revise existing materials, tools, and guidance for a final curriculum that will also be used to inform related efforts, such as GAYA’s self-guided/virtual fellowship.  

Consultant Objectives: 

The Curriculum Revision Consultant will support GAYA to revise, standardize, and package existing materials for an overall curriculum that reflects the Fellowship vision, integrates priority adaptations, and is contextualized, ready for translation, and easy to use for new facilitators in workshop delivery. 

Consultant Deliverables:

The Consultant will:

  • Develop a presentation capturing key take-aways from the document review including the consultant’s feedback, recommendations, and clear next steps 
    Updated curriculum framework with revised vision, goals, and learning objectives 
    Updated session materials (session plan, slides, facilitation guidance, complementary materials including handouts, activities, and tools) 
    Updated case study 
  • Final curriculum package 

Required Experience & Skills:

  • Master’s degree in education, international development, gender studies or a related field preferred. 
    At least 7 years work experience in adult learning methods in curriculum development required.  
  • Experience developing learning processes, tools and facilitation guidance required.  
    5+ years’ experience working in programs that have a focus on gender equality and social inclusion and/or youth.
    Exceptional written and interpersonal communication skills required.  

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