Civic Education Trainer Needed

 Consultant: Civic Education Trainer

Organization Background

Feminature Uganda is a women-led, not-for-profit, non-partisan organisation founded in 2016 to spearhead the socio-economic, political transformation of women, youth and children through initiatives that provide a platform of self-help for participatory advancement of households with them making informed decisions geared towards their own transformation. Feminature looks forward to a community where women, youth and children enjoy equal and equitable rights and opportunities, regardless of their religious profession, race, social-economic standing or sexual orientation. More information about Feminature is available at www.feminature.org

Summary of Project:

The camp Kennedy is a non-partisan project implemented by Feminature Uganda with funding from the Public Affairs Office of the US Mission in Uganda to increase the understanding and participation of at least 100 actively enrolled female and male student leaders aged 16 – 18, across the four administrative regions of Uganda. At least 30 students with demonstrated leadership traits and interest in public service will apply to participate in the camp and subsequently be selected from each of the regions through a competitive and transparent process. The camp comprises three major components; the regional training workshops, debates and implementation of community civic activity. During Camp Kennedy, the successful applicants will be equipped with knowledge and skills to be responsible for their governance and democratic processes so as to enhance their civic responsiveness and participation in the affairs of their community and country as a whole, using the legacy and call to citizen participation by President John F. Kennedy. The students will be required to put the skills acquired and knowledge shared into a community civic engagement activity within their local communities. This will give the dimension of President John .F Kennedy’s call for citizens to take political and social action in a Ugandan perspective, so as to increase citizen ownership and participation in the governance of Uganda and in fulfillment of part of the development initiatives by the US Mission among them the health, education and democratization goals in Uganda. A cross-cutting theme in the training will be equipping the participants with knowledge on countering violent extremist tendencies in their local communities and promoting tolerance, inclusivity and peaceful co-existence.

The specific objectives of the Engagement:

• To promote active civic participation, tolerance and inclusivity among the youth in the country.
• To encourage the youth to embrace community service by encouraging the participants to implement simple civic engagement projects in their communities.
• To educate youth on good governance and democratic practices to emulate using President John F. Kennedy’s legacy as basis for the workshop training material

Methodology for exercise

The training should be customized and participatory ensuring that all targeted student leaders equally engage in and benefit from the training.

Expected outcome

To educate the young people, particularly youth aged between 16-18 on democratic governance, their civic rights and responsibilities as citizens of Uganda so that they can actively participate and advocate for good governance in their communities through nonviolent means.

• To promote active civic participation, tolerance and inclusivity among the youth in the country.
• To encourage the youth to embrace community service by encouraging the participants to implement simple civic engagement projects in their communities.
• To educate youth on good governance and democratic practices to emulate using President John F. Kennedy’s legacy as basis for the workshop training material

Timeline for assignment:

• You will be expected for an interview on 30^th April at 9:00 at Feminature Office at Christ the King Cafeteria room 30 at 9:00am
• You will be expected to sign a contract and have an inception meeting with Feminature on the 11^th May at Feminature office.
• The activity date starts 11^th May and ends 29^th June 2022
• You are expected to avail Feminature with the final training report one weeks after completion of the activity

Deliverables

• Develop agenda for the activity for pre-approval & alignment with project goal,
• Develop Pre-and Posttest evaluation forms,
• Develop Relevant training and IEC materials,
• Produce report with clear action photos, key quotes, and logical deductions using template to be provided,
• A Monitoring and Evaluation Mechanism to be used to assess the participants sometime later after the training in the future,
• Meaningful and implementable action plans developed for further engagement post project, etc. in bullet points.

Payments and benefits

Feminature will pay the consultant for the assignment an amount that shall be agreed upon following identification of the individual to undertake the exercise.

Payment to the consultant shall be made in two instalments. The first installment of 60% will be paid before the training and the 40% balance after the receipt of the final activity/training report. All payments to be made electronically and are subject to the 6% statutory Withholding Tax.

Additional Skills Required

The ideal Consultant will have knowledge of and proven expertise on the following; Bachelor of Education from a reputable institution, Human Rights, knowledge on governance and rule of Law is an added advantage.

Excellent advocacy and representation skills, ability to build effective working relationships to facilitate communication with various actors.

• Exceptional leadership skills
• Demonstrate an effective deliberation
• Skills in Peer to peer mentoring type of learning(story telling)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Contextual knowledge and experience in advocacy and/or policy influencing basics
• creative learning approaches.
• Excellent working knowledge and skill in managing, moderating and leading virtual and hybrid format engagements
• Experience in creating strategic documents and setting up evaluations
• Excellent analytical and reporting skills
• Experience in workshop and training facilitation
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication skills in English

Procedures for submission of expression of interest

Feminature requests Interested Candidates to provide a letter of expression of Interest, and a 3-page resume detailing their most recent and relevant experience and qualifications required to info@feminature.org by 5:00pm E.A.T on 27^th April 2022 and copy in ed@feminature.org and stella@feminature.org. In the e-mail subject line please write ‘EOI: Consultant – Feminature Camp Kennedy’.  Applications not following these guidelines correctly will not be considered. Feminature is committed to offer fair compensation based on the successful applicants experience, qualifications, and/or engagement time. Only short-listed applicants will be contacted for scheduling of interviews. Thank you for your interest in Feminature’s work.