Instructional Designer for Content Development- Protection Sector (emergencies)

Duration of the contract: 1.12.22- 1.6.23

BACKGROUND

IsraAID is a non-profit, non-governmental and apolitical humanitarian aid agency founded in 2001, dedicated to supporting populations in crisis around the world.

Since its inception, IsraAID has responded to emergencies in over 50 countries and further been supporting the long-term recovery and development efforts of communities around the world. IsraAID’s vision is to help people affected by crisis and displacement to have safe and equal access to opportunities, information, and equal services;
and live in an environment where their dignity, rights and safety are respected, protected and fulfilled.

PROJECT OBJECTIVE

Following Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24th, 2022, IsraAID’s Emergency Team was deployed and has been operating in Moldova since March 1st, providing humanitarian aid to Ukrainian refugees.

In addition to emergency relief distributions, IsraAID operates Child-Friendly Spaces paired with Mothers Psychosocial Support Groups for incoming refugees, and offers capacity-building
Protection programs for frontline and community workers. Since April, IsraAID has also been operating a large-scale humanitarian logistics hub in Tulcea, Romania, that has already shipped over 25 million dollars worth of essential supplies to war-ravaged communities within Ukraine. As of August 2022, IsraAID is working on establishing its long-term and permanent presence in Ukraine itself.
In order to support the technical teams and provide comprehensive and adapted content, there is a need to structure and design the written materials, training content and relevant annexes and handouts that will compile into a full toolkit. Existing written materials and table of content will be provided by IsraAID HQ Protection technical advisors.

The supervision and approval of the final version will be done by the technical advisors at IsraAID HQ.
We prioritized the development of:

1. MHPSS (Mental health and Psycho-social support) manual and training curriculum
2. PFA (psychological first aid) and Basic PSS (Psycho-social support)- Manual and training
   curriculum including a TOT module.
3. Self care and burnout prevention- Manual and training curriculum.
4. CFS (Child Friendly Space)- Training manual for facilitators

DETAILED TASKS AND TIME FRAME

Detailed responsibilities:
Collect relevant resources, read and connect to the approach and methodologies developed by IsraAID
Meeting with IsraAID HQ technical advisors on a need basis (Once a week as a baseline)
Collect, edit and write the Manual and training guide for the selected topic.
The training content will be delivered one by one.
Arrange content of annexes, PPTs and handouts for the selected topic
Support HQ technical teams in piloting and testing the modules

ESSENTIAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND COMPETENCIES

• Graphic designer: 6 months contract 1.12.22-1.6.23 (need to finalize all deliverables by the end of the
  timeframe).
• Enthusiastic collaborator who enjoys debating and discussing, with a genuine desire to work
  together, loves a challenge, and thinking outside of the box.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in the field of learning and development / capacity
  strengthening.
• Demonstrable experience of working with humanitarian and development organizations and
  contexts.
• Proven experience in the design and development of engaging and participatory in-person and
  remotely-facilitated training (in person training is mandatory, remotely facilitated- advantage).
• Proven experience in the use of participatory and creative learning methodologies, grounded in
  adult learning principles
• Proven experience in developing learning sessions based on existing standards and materials
• Proven experience in testing and evaluation of training modules.
• Knowledge and experience of MHPSS in the humanitarian sphere. Minimum Standards for Child
  Protection in Humanitarian Action, and Gender based violence will be beneficial.

LANGUAGES
Required: Professionally fluent or native speaker in English (both oral and written)