Term of Reference (TOR) for Nutrition Trainer of Farmers around Sululta area
Background
GAIN was launched at the UN in 2002 to tackle the human suffering caused by malnutrition. GAIN is a global, Swiss-based foundation that mobilises public-private partnerships and provides financial and technical support to deliver nutritious foods to those people most at risk of malnutrition. Our programs in Africa and Asia enable better diets via nutritional products, such as fortified staples foods, including cooking oil and flour, and condiments like salt and soy sauce. We also support improved maternal and infant health by promoting breastfeeding and specialised products for infants over six months and young children. In addition, we partner with local businesses to improve the quality of food along agricultural value chains. By building alliances that deliver impact at scale, we believe malnutrition can be eliminated within our lifetimes.
GAIN contributed to fighting malnutrition in Ethiopia through innovative and sustainable models that increase access to affordable nutritious foods among communities vulnerable to malnutrition and is currently implementing a project called “Access to Better Dairy”, which is designed to promote sustainable dairy market - in the targeted area of Ethiopia - focusing on nutrition, quality and food safety throughout the milk value chain to address malnutrition, for smallholder farmers as well as for low income consumers in urban settings. GAIN implements this project with multiple international and national partners including privet sectors.
GAIN has planned to recruit a consultant to provide basic nutrition training to 160 targeted model farmers at Sululta area mainstreaming with other trainings. The consultant will closely work with GAIN staff and partner organizations.
OBJECTIVE
The consultant will adopt training manual which is based on the needs of targeted farmers and suitable for adult farmers from the existing nutrition guidelines already developed for farmers’ training by various organizations and conduct a two-day training mainstreaming in the other trainings in multiple sessions at Sululta area.
Specific objectives of the assignment are to:
Adopt context-based training manual from the existing nutrition guidelines developed for farmers
Develop pictorially supported brief reference guide for the farmers
Provide basic and practical nutrition training to selected 160 farmers at Sululta area in Oromiffa
Key responsibilities of the consultant
Conduct training need assessment of target farmers at Sululta area
Review existing farmers’ nutrition training guideline and adopt training manual to mainstream nutrition in the farmers training
The training manual should be appropriate for low literate adults, which relate the training subject with real life experience and will include safe dairy consumption, storage and preservation at home
Revise the manual as per GAIN’s comment, if there is any.
Develop brief reference manual for the trainees and get approval from GAIN
Translate training manuals and trainees’ reference in to Oromiffa once they are approved
Provide nutrition training to selected 160 model farmers in six sessions at Sululta area, two days for each session and maximum 30 trainees in each session
Conduct the training in interactive method with two-way communication and more practical than theories
Assess the knowledge of the trainees at the beginning and end of the training
Develop training report that includes pictures and tables
Deliverables
Deliverable - Deliverable month
Farmers’ nutrition training needs report - May 15
Deliver training manual and brief reference guide - May 22
Conduct trainings in six sessions, two days in each session (12 days in total) - June 11-23
Training report including the knowledge change of the farmers as a result of the training - June 27
Responsibilities of GAIN
Invite trainee farmers in collaboration with Dan Church Aid (DCA)
Cover the per diem, accommodation and training facility for the attendants
Provide training materials including printed trainee’s references
Provide transportation to the consultant but the consultant will cover his/her own accommodation and per diem
Review training manual and provide feedback/comment
Transfer payments as per agreed contract and based on approval of deliverables
Job Requirement
A Master’s Degree in nutrition or public health or equivalent is required
Experience on developing training manual to farmers
Strong skill in conducting training to low literate adults
Familiar with various already available farmers’ training manuals on nutrition
Understanding the training needs of farmers
Ability to provide trainings in multiple sessions at Sululta area
Fluent written and verbal English and a good command of Oromiffa language
Computer literacy with good Excel, MS Word, and Power Point skills.
Required Documents
Submit updated CV and copy of supporting documents for the experiences related with the post
Submit maximum of 10 pages technical and financial proposal including training methodology and detail work plan
Each page of submitted documents should be stamped or signed by the applicants