Introduction
Orbis is a leading NGO that has been a pioneer in the prevention and treatment of blindness for almost all 40 years. Orbis transforms lives by delivering the skills, resources and knowledge needed to provide accessible quality eye care. In Vietnam, Orbis has been providing the highest level of expertise to support the development of eye care services and blindness prevention– especially in the areas of pediatric eye care and uncorrected refractive errors (RE). Since 2015, Orbis has worked to strengthen the eye health system in the country, focusing on the quality of services and human resources.
The project - ‘A Participatory Model for Integrating Vision Screening into Children’s Annual Health Check Up in the Mekong Delta Region of Vietnam’, sponsored by USAID, aims to reduce the prevalence of visual impairment and blindness among by expanding vision screening services in nine districts and strengthening tertiary health facilities in Can Tho. To improve communication capacity of community health workers and teachers at secondary schools in Can Tho in eye care, Orbis is looking for a team of 02 qualified consultants to conduct training for project schools’ teachers at Can Tho’s provinces during April 2023.
Scope of Work
The consultant will work closely with Orbis to carry out the following tasks:
- Develop contents for the training course on communication skills for schools, including knowledge, methodology and skills on community events organization at schools and practicing activities on development, event and extra-curriculum organization. Training materials included pre and post test
- Deliver training contents to schools in 9 districts in Can Tho city. In total, there are 7 trainings, 2 days/trainings.
- Write consultancy report with best practices/recommendations that may be used in future programming.
- Directly accountable to the Project Manager and the Country Director during this consultancy period.
For further details of the assignment, please refer to the TOR [1].
Required Qualifications, Skills for consultant
- Academic Qualification: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
- Experience: A combination of minimum 5 years of experience in organizing and facilitating community activities.
- Willingness to travel.
- Ability to work in team spirit and have good communication skills.
Instruction for application submission
Applicants are required to submit:
- Up-to-date CV with evidence of previous experience for similar assignments or relevant projects
- Supporting documentations for required qualification and skills
The applicants who are interested in providing the services, please submit cover letter with proposed gross rate and CV, and other documents as afore mentioned electronically to [email protected] [2]; [email protected] [3]; [email protected] [4].
The deadline for submission: Thursday, March 31, 2023.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interview.