International Rescue Committee (IRC)

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Summary

Vacancy: —
Location: Cox’s Bazar (Cox’s Bazar Sadar)
Experience: 8 to 10 years
Published: 4 Aug 2024

Requirements

Experience

8 to 10 years

Additional Requirements

Proven track record of research work on technology based educational activities.
Experience on developing research framework, tools development, data collection plan, and conducting baseline and endline.
8 – 10 years of experience in research work.
Experience of working in Rohingya response.

Financial Proposal:

Consultancy Fee/honorarium should be mentioned in the CV (Consultant have to submit their financial proposal including VAT and Tax)

Responsibilities & Context

Background

Founded in 1933, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) is one of the world’s leading agencies working in post-conflict and development contexts, supporting communities in over 40 fragile, failed, and developing states. In this capacity, we work to restore safety, dignity, and hope to millions who are uprooted, struggling to endure, and wishing to advance on a path of development. IRC has been present in Bangladesh since 2017 and obtained registration with the NGOAB in March 2018. Since IRC obtained registration in March 2018, it has moved quickly to expand its integrated emergency health and protection response through both direct and partner-based programming focused on primary healthcare, women’s protection and empowerment, sexual and reproductive health, gender-based violence, and child protection. Through 2018, the IRC’s response strategy will primarily target Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar; while meeting the significant needs of both refugee and host populations, as already existing vulnerabilities are compounded by cyclical monsoon and cyclone seasons that impose additional threats to the lives and protection of those refugees as well as vulnerable host populations. IRC is growing its programming to cover education and livelihoods/DRR, as well as its geographic footprint in the host community and in other parts of the country.

Project Brief

The use of technology for education can contribute to overcoming some of the main challenges seen with the rollout of the Myanmar Curriculum (MC), including teacher professional development, and addressing the language barrier where the teaching and learning materials are in Burmese and English, two languages that either the learners or teachers have a proficient level of fluency. Considering the challenges and constraints, to address the education program needs and gaps, UNICEF Cox’s Bazar field office is implementing T4E solutions for providing quality education in the camps. One of the key initiatives is the provision of secured devices using a mobile device management (MDM) platform to ensure they do not connect to the internet or mobile network. Additionally, it is necessary to capacitate implementing partners and generate evidence on using these technology solutions. IRC will be partnering with UNICEF to implement technology solutions in the camps by monitoring initiatives on the ground, researching and studying field operations to identify best practices and areas for improvement, and determining the viability of solutions, as well as capacitating implementing partners through training to ensure the program staff of national implementing partners develop their skills for managing and monitoring T4E initiatives. The evidence generation will include development of research framework and creating a data collection plan focusing on collecting user data from platforms and applications, conducting classroom observations, and collecting qualitative data through focus group discussions and interviews with stakeholders such as implementing partners, teachers, and learners. Evidence generation will include regular monitoring activities to identify berries, limitations, best practices, and ways of improvements. The overall evidence generation activities will cover two geographies: Cox’s bazar and Bhasan Char.

Scope of the work

As mentioned above, the evidence generation will be a continuous process, but the consultant will support IRC with:
Validation, adaptation and finalization of Research Framework- Finalization of data collection Plan.
Baseline and End line tools development- Development of monitoring and data collection tools.
Data analysis- Report Writing and finalization.

Expected deliverables

The consultant will deliver the following things within the scope of work:

First Phase:

Final Research Framework.
Data collection plan.
Baseline tools for data collection.
Baseline report.
Monitoring tools.
Endline tools for data collection.

Compensation & Other Benefits

Consultancy fee/ honorarium (Consultant have to submit their financial proposal including all VAT and Tax).Lowest financial offer will get highest score.

Employment Status

Contractual

Job Location

Cox’s Bazar (Cox’s Bazar Sadar)

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