Job Description

Term of Reference (TOR) for a Consultancy Service to Develop a Training Manual for Media Professionals on Investigative Journalism Covering the Agendas on Trafficking in Person, Forced Labor, and Child Labor 

Consortium of Ethiopian Human Rights Organizations (CEHRO) is a local network of CSOs registered on March 16th, 2018, by the Federal democratic Republic of Ethiopia Authority for Civil Societies Organizations in accordance with the new Civil Societies Proclamation No. 1113/2019 with registration number 3932. CEHRO aims to ensure the existence of an enabling environment for human rights and democratic governance and to create a platform for strong and vibrant human rights CSOs for the realization of human rights and democratic values in Ethiopia. Currently CEHRO has 17 active member CSOs from different regions. Since its establishment in 2018, CEHRO has conducted several strategic activities which benefited its member organizations that can contribute toward realization of the collective CEHRO’s vision.  From its establishment, CEHRO has been determined and working for the advancement of human rights protection in Ethiopia by creating a common platform for human rights CSOs to articulate their voices and launch evidence-based advocacy. CEHRO works to expand the space for human rights CSOs and continue engagement with stakeholders’ building the capacity of existing and emerging human rights organizations to ensure effective human rights, democratic governance, and peace-building works.

CEHRO’s Vision

• CEHRO aspires to see Everyone in Ethiopia and beyond Enjoys Dignity

CEHRO’s Mission

• CEHRO evolve as a vibrant platform of member CSOs that along other partners meaningfully impact on efforts and functions to safeguard, support and promote the core values and governance of human rights, democracy and peace building in Ethiopia.

Background and the call

Through the support of Norwegian Agency for International Development (NORAD), CEHRO is implementing a project alongside partner organizations under the title “Combatting Modern Slavery in Ethiopia and Ghana”. One of the overarching objectives of the project is to realize vulnerable individuals and groups are capable of resisting recruitment to modern slavery.

One of the activities to realize this objective is to provide training for media houses/journalists to conduct investigation and monitoring of modern slavery and covering agenda for 2 days on trafficking in person, forced labor, child labor, advocacy, and investigative journalism (exposing modern slavery). To this end, CEHRO invites competent consultant/s to prepare the training manual on how to investigate, report conduct monitoring modern slavery and covering the agendas on trafficking in person, forced labor, and child labor.

Objectives

This call for applicants is directed at reaching out experts or experts lead organizations to prepare a training manual that clearly depicts the technics of monitoring, investigating, reporting and covering of modern slavery tailored towards the media professionals. In addition to the manual preparation the consultant/s will provide the training for the target groups.

More specifically the manual aims to:

• Provide an overview of Investigating Journalism in the scope of modern slavery, trafficking in person, child labor in Ethiopia for media professional  
• Provide the mechanics of investigation, monitoring, reporting modern slavery for media coverage,
• Skills, techniques, tactics, strategies, and approaches of investigating modern slavery, trafficking in person, child labor in Ethiopia for media professional  
• Identify covering of modern slavery strategies for the media workers,
• Agenda setting, setting modern slavery a public agenda through media advocacy.

Scope of work and expected outputs/deliverables: 

• The training manual will be important in supporting the efforts of capacitating journalists and editors in the efforts of informing, investigating, reporting, and covering modern slavery, trafficking in person, forced labor, and child labor. The scope of the assignment includes:
• Undertake desk research and analyze all the necessary documents/training modules, training materials to fully understand the ground situation, and existing training material available for training journalists and editors on modern slavery, trafficking in person, forced labor, and child labor.
• Carry out a stakeholder analysis to bring out the roles and responsibilities of key players and institutions.
• Develop a comprehensive training module (in English) for journalists and editors and facilitators guide.
• The training module should at least include 2 days' worth of training materials.
• Share the draft module with key experts for their review; incorporate comments and finalize the module.
• Conduct 2 training sessions for 65 journalists and editors on human rights sensitive reporting (25 and 40 participant in each session).
• Develop a pre/post-training evaluation tool for the training manual

Final Deliverables:

• Comprehensive training module, with a two-day training curriculum for journalists and editors alongside a facilitator’s guide.
• Two (2) training completed, and reports submitted, including the post-training evaluation and impact assessment.

• The awarded consultant is expected to work and complete the assignment within the timeframe according to the agreement between CEHRO and the awarded consultant. 
• The exact starting date will be on the date the agreement is signed between CEHRO and consultant.
• Duration of the manual preparation assignment will be from June 13, 2023.
• The schedule training will be decided and communicated shortly after the submission of the final training manual.

Job Requirement

Required Skills/Experience

• The consultant/consultancy team is expected to have a mix of skills relevant to the assignment. The required background and experience for the consultant/consultancy team are as follows:
• A post-graduate or equivalent qualification/ degree in Journalism, Investigative Journalism, Media, Law, Communication, Criminology, or any other relevant discipline
•  At least 3-5 years of prior work experience in the field of Media, field work, documentary research, Investigative reporting, training, human rights-based approach, human rights sensitive reporting, etc. Especially solid experience in conducting field research and reporting in a very challenging environment at national and regional context.
•  Demonstrated knowledge and experience in conducting need assessments and developing training modules/curriculum, training materials, etc.
•  Demonstrated experiences and skills in facilitating stakeholder/working group consultations and training.
• Relevant regional and international experience will be an added advantage.
• Excellent writing, editing, and oral communication skills in English.