Scenario-Based Training Experts

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

Internews seeks two experienced facilitators and/or experts in scenario-based trainings and tabletop exercises to join our project as short-term consultants (6-10 days over a one month period). The consultants will work with the Internews team to train participating journalists from six Central European countries (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia) in the basics of designing and facilitating scenario-based trainings and tabletop exercises. These experts will serve as advisors for an online content sprint, during which participating journalists will collaboratively design scenarios (including all resources for facilitation) to be used for digital security trainings within the journalist community. Outputs from the content sprint will include all resources required to facilitate each scenario: robust and adaptable storylines, worksheets and assets, prototypes, curricula, and facilitation guides for providing simple and safe simulations or explorations of the threats.

The 70-20-10 Model for Learning and Development is a widely accepted model in training communities, suggesting that 70% of the information relevant to an individual’s behavior is obtained through hands-on learning experiences, 20% through engagement with others, and 10% through formal education. Given this data, the Journalist Security Fellowship will go beyond traditional training methods, by developing customized scenario-based trainings to allow individuals to safely practice new digital security approaches and identify challenges that may appear when responding to digital threats in real life. Participating journalists, alongside digital security experts and the two scenario-based training experts, will develop simulated or virtual environments where dangers can be visualized, experienced, felt and understood. This immersive learning will allow participants to collaboratively problem-solve, build a shared understanding of threats and risks, and create peer support networks for more resilient defenses.

The Journalist Security Fellowship program will pursue several types of scenario-based training, including tabletop exercises (such as role-playing potential attacks) and simulations (such as spear-phishing or censorship simulations). Following the content sprint, participating journalists will receive support to conduct the scenario-based trainings designed and developed during the sprint. All of those will be conducted in a safe, controlled environment.

LOGISTICS

This is a remote-based, short-term consultancy for 6-10 nonconsecutive days between April 1 and May 31, 2022.

All remote candidates will be considered. However, you must have work authorization in your location that does not require sponsorship from Internews. Additionally, there are locations in which Internews is not able to support fully remote work. Preference given to candidates based or working in target countries (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia).

OUR COMMITMENT TO FOSTERING A CULTURE OF BELONGING

We are an organization of dynamic, mission-driven individuals who are passionate about our core values and about supporting positive change in the world. We pride ourselves on our commitment to innovation and flexibility. We believe that diverse teams are strong teams and work to support an ethic of belonging, dignity, and justice for all people. Our current team includes a mix of genders, parents and non-parents, and people of multiple races, nationalities, ages, sexual orientations, and socioeconomic backgrounds. We are an EEO employer and encourage candidates of all races, genders, ages, orientations, ethnicities, and national origins to apply, and welcome those with alternative backgrounds and experiences.

SCOPE OF WORK

• Review current training materials offered by the Internews Journalist Security Fellowship program;
• Collaborate with the project team to clearly define scenario-based training objectives and content delivery methods;
• Facilitate training modules introducing scenario-based training during a content sprint with a select group of journalists;
• Advise journalists as they design a series of scenario-based trainings, such as tabletop exercises or role-playing simulations of potential digital attacks (during the content sprint);
• Join a debrief during the community review process of the aforementioned scenarios, during which journalists will incorporate feedback and revisions;
• In all activities, demonstrate understanding of and commitment to upholding Internews’ Core Values.

QUALIFICATIONS WE’RE LOOKING FOR

Required

• Experience with developing and delivering scenario-based trainings and tabletop exercises;
• Strong understanding of adult learning approaches;
• Excellent written and oral communication skills;
• Willingness to use secure communication tools;
• Professional-level fluency in English;
• Optimism, a sense of humor, and excitement at supporting and elevating voices of people across the globe.

Preferred

• Experience working in or with Central European communities, specifically journalists;
• Thematic expertise in digital safety and journalist security;
• Experience with threat modeling;
• Experience selecting/installing digital security-related software and equipment for individuals or organizations;
• Bachelor’s, master’s degree, or equivalent experience in education, instructional design, curriculum development, or other applicable fields.