Terms of Reference: Sphere Training facilitator
About Trócaire
Trócaire is the official overseas development agency of the Catholic Church in Ireland. Trócaire was established to express the concern of the Irish Catholic Church for any form of human need, but particularly for the needs and problems of communities in the Global South. With our partners we work with some of the world’s poorest people, supporting women, men and communities for long-term change. In Ireland, we raise awareness about the causes of poverty through our outreach programmes in the education sector, through parish networks, and through our public campaigns and advocacy work. More information about Trócaire is available at www.trocaire.org.
Context of Work
Saving lives and protecting human dignity is among the five goals under Trocaire 2021-25 Trocaire programme strategic plan. Trócaire’s ambition is to support locally-led humanitarian responses to save lives, reduce suffering and ensure human dignity is protected. We will provide people with access to essential life-saving responses and services. We will support people, especially women and girls, so as they are protected and safe and their wellbeing enhanced during times of crisis. We will help build the resilience of people who are at risk, strengthening their ability to cope with future shocks and stresses.
Delivering humanitarian interventions that are safe, inclusive, dignified and conflict sensitive across a range of sectors require competent humanitarian personal that are continuedly learning. Hence, Trocaire is organizing a global humanitarian workshop in Nairobi to facilitate learning and sharing of experience among humanitarian officers from 8 FCAS countries and global advisors.
Scope of the Work
The humanitarian workshop in Nairobi will focus on enhancing the core humanitarian skills of participants, with a specific emphasis on a 2.5-day training on Sphere minimum standards. The training will be based on the 2018 edition of the humanitarian handbook and its global training framework. However, due to time constraints, the training will prioritize the foundation chapters and the two lifesaving sectors: Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) and Food Security and Nutrition.
Participants have a lot of knowledge and experience, and the quality of your training will depend on your ability to invite them to share it. Given the participants experience on humanitarian action and familiarity with Sphere the training trainer is expected to play three roles: facilitator, instructor, and learner.
- As a Learner, encourage dialogue and exchange of experiences, uses the prior experience of learners, learns from the experience in the room.
- As a Facilitator, steer learners through questions and discussion, sets up activities, manages the group process, gives constructive feedback.
- As Instructor, provide instruction and directions, present facts and theories, demonstrates skills, and assesses knowledge.
Proposed Methodology
The training should utilize adult learning methodology and be tailored to the specific needs of the participants based on a training needs assessment report. The facilitation style should be adapted to the audience, making the workshops participatory and active with hands-on examples. The training plan should incorporate a variety of methodologies, including case studies, videos, slide presentations, and hands-on exercises. The plan should also consider the variety of participants and their learning styles.
Timeline
- The training will be delivered between June 19-21, for 2.5 days.
- Training materials including sessions plan, PowerPoint slides, and case studies should be submitted by the 10th june
- In addition to the session plan, the trainer should submit outline of any advance preparation needed both for the host) HQ hum unit), and for the participants, and for the group work (print handouts, download videos, etc.).
- Hard copies of the 2018 sphere hand will be available for participants that can be used as a reference during the training.
Final Product
- Training session plan, PPT, scenarios delivered for each module.
- A 2.5 days training facilitated.
- A brief Training reports
Experience/Skills:
Essential:
- Experience in managing humanitarian action in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States (FCAS).
- In-depth experience in using the SPHERE handbook.
- Accredited SPHERE trainer with experience in facilitating a least 5 SPHERE training.
- Experience in facilitating other humanitarian trainings.
- Ability to remain focused on the training objectives and the interests of the participants.
- Experience in balancing technical aspects of SPHERE with a rights-based approach and quality and accountability of humanitarian action.
Desirable:
- Multi country humanitarian experience
- Expertise in one or more of the Sphere lifesaving sectors.
- Qualified in adult learning methodologies
Application
In addition to Resume and intent latter, the application shall include,
- The training plan that captures the aim, learning objectives and key messages of the module.
- Provide detailed instructions for conducting the module and including descriptions and timing for each exercise in the session.
Any queries relating to this ToR should be directed by e-mail only to Dejene Fikre, Humanitarian manager at Dejene.fikre@trocaire.org
How to apply
All Expressions of Interest should be marked “2024 Sphere Training Nairobi” and to be emailed to infokenya@trocaire.org by 12:00 on 10/05/2024