1. Objective of the assignment:
Objective of this assignment is to prepare training Manual/ material on Disaster Risk Management (DRM) cycle (prevention/mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery/rehabilitation) and deliver a training on Emergency Preparedness, Anticipatory Actions and Response/ DRM cycle for members of Emergency response team lower and Upper Chitral.
2. Duties and Responsibilities:
Under the direct supervision of the Muslim Aid District Coordinator, Individual Consultant is to prepare standardized 2-day training on Disaster Risk Management (DRM) cycle (risks assessment and profiling, hazards monitoring, early warning, preparedness and early action, response, recovery and rehabilitation) after preparation of training materials and deliver 13 trainings sessions (each training will consist on 2 days) to the 400 identified members in districts lower and Upper Chitral.
The Individual Consultant will be expected to achieve following deliverables:
In detail Individual Consultant is expected to:
Prepare tailored training programme on Disaster Risk Management cycle for ERT team lower and Upper Chitral in by adapting the training materials. The Individual Consultant propose updates the training curriculum, training plan, content, and agenda. The proposed adaptations and updates will be submitted for approval to MAP Project Team, and upon its consent the Individual Consultant will prepare full-fledged programmer and materials for the training (up to 2 training day in total). The training should focus on the DRM Cycle with integrated Climate Change and explanations of each of the following pillar:
Pillar 1: Risk Analysis (Disaster risk knowledge with basic first Aid)
Pillar 2: Hazard Analysis (Detection, observation, monitoring, analysis and forecasting of hazards.)
Pillar 3: Early Warning System (Warning dissemination and communication) in local context.
Pillar 4: Preparedness, Anticipatory Actions and response capabilities within 72 hours of emergency
Mock drills in Emergency Response
Training materials prepared by the Individual Consultant will consist of agenda, PowerPoint presentations, compilation of relevant readings, list of references, exercises, group work tools, models of relevant documents and a training evaluation form.
The duration of this task is estimated to be 8 working days including delivery of 2-day training within one months.
3. Manual Development:
A training agenda and manual will be developed by the Individual Consultant covering all above-mentioned training objectives; the Individual Consultant will also propose the methodology and agenda for above mentioned objective in the technical proposal.
Identify the trainings and its Training/ Capacity Building Plans
Develop a Training/ Capacity Building Manual
4. Training Delivery:
The selected Individual Consultant will deliver the DRR training sessions according to the Manual and session plans approved by Muslim Aid Pakistan for 400 participants. The training participants would be identified by Muslim Aid Pakistan.
5. Pre-post evaluation:
Evaluation and grading of participants will be conducted in the start and end of training for assessing level and increase of knowledge
6. Reporting:
The Individual Consultant must submit detailed Training report on following format.
7. Training Duration and Participants:
The duration of the DRR Training will be 2 days; the number of participants will vary between 25 to 32 for each training. Daily training time will be at least 6 hours (0900 - 1600 Hours)
8. Required Skills and Experience 8.1 Academic Qualifications/Education:
· Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in Disaster Risk Management (DRM), Environment, Development, Economics, Political or Social Sciences Management or related fields
8.2 Experience:
9. Languages Requirements:
10. Other Requirements:
11. Content of the Proposal:
12. Currency:
All currency in the proposal shall be quoted in Pakistan Rupees (PKR).
13. Timeframe and duration of the assignment:
The suggested time frame is one month to begin by the 1st of April 2024. The final report must be submitted on or before 31st May 2024. However, the Individual Consultant will submit a proposed work plan with key milestones within a week of signing of the contract, which will be reviewed and approved by MAP. It is anticipated that the first draft of the DRR training report will be produced within 7 days of signing of the contract and the finding of the report will be presented to the MAP and in a scheduled meeting for finalization and approval of the training agenda. The final reports should be submitted within 10 days on receiving feedback. During the whole period follow up meeting will be held between the Individual Consultant and MAP.
14. Supervision & reporting:
The final selected Individual Consultants will report to Muslim Aid Pakistan’s District Coordinators of Lower and Upper Chitral.
15. Ethical considerations:
The Individual Consultant may adapt/customize material from other sources developed by international organizations, including but not limited to Oxfam, GIZ, IFAD, FAO and other UN agencies. However, the Individual Consultant will have to ensure adherence to the standard protocols of citation/referencing by seeking permission/acknowledgement of the sources from where training material/contents are to be adapted/customized for the proposed training. The onus of any liability/claim from any party regarding plagiarism or misuse of their material will be on the training Individual Consultant.
16. Acceptance of Proposals:
MAP reserves the right not to accept the lowest or any proposal and to annul the bidding process without assigning any reason whatsoever.
The acceptance criteria will be as follows:
Note: Failing to qualify on any of the above criteria will not be considered for further evaluation
17. General Terms and Conditions:
The proposal and price shall remain valid for a period of not less than 90 days from the closing date of the submission of the proposal.
18. Financial and Technical Proposal submission:
The potential candidates can drop technical and financial proposal only through courier, to the following addresses clearly marked as follows (The proposal delivered without courier will not be accepted):
NOT TO BE OPENED BY THE REGISTRY
(Technical proposal separate sealed envelopes for DRR Training) in Districts Lower Chitral and upper Chitral
MUSLIM AID Ad (MAP)
Main Garam Chashma road, Balach Bazar, Near Government high school, Balach Chitral.
All proposals must be received by Thursday 28th March 2024: 5:30 PM.
LATE SUBMISSION OF PROPOSAL: Proposal received after the deadline for submission of Proposals will not be considered.
Muslim Aid, an international relief and development agency working to alleviate the suffering among the worlds poorest and most needy communities regardless of race, creed or nationality across the globe.