Consultant to Develop a Tailor-made Training Curriculum and Manual on Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism for the Department of Children Services in Kenya at United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

Development of the Training Curriculum and Manual

•  Undertake a thorough literature review of the existing mandates, policy documents, assessment reports and materials/tools/guidelines generated by DCS, assess the materials on CVE generated by the government of Kenya including the National Strategy to Counter Violent Extremism, Probation and After Care Service and other relevant jurisdictions as well as applicable international standards, national laws and emerging international practices.
•  Design an online questionnaire to be disseminated to all children officers in the field to collect relevant information that could inform the development of the training curriculum and manual on preventing and countering violent extremism.
•  Provide technical advice on the selection criteria of the Children Officers that will form a small Working Group of Authors to work with him/her on the development of the training curriculum and manual as well as provide technical assistance in the development of these training documents.
•  Develop jointly with Working Group of Authors, a training curriculum and manual on P/CVE and an appropriate Risk/Needs Assessment Instrument module, containing generic training methods such as problem-based learning, lesson planning, lesson delivery, learning objectives etc.
•  Develop and integrate the Needs/Risk Assessment Tool for children within the scope of violent extremism into the training Manual on P/CVE and where necessary improve the assessment tool following a pilot training.
•  The Training Manual should seek to address the emerging gaps in the handling, rehabilitation and reintegration of the Children at risk of and in Violent Extremism.
•  Facilitate a one-day validation workshop of the developed draft training curriculum and manual which should have representation from all key partners.
•  Review and finalize the draft training curriculum and manual on P/CVE in readiness for publishing based on the input provided during the validation workshop.

Delivery of the Training of Trainers

•  Design a training plan for a Train of Trainers (ToT) course covering generic ToT skills and P/CVE content that can enable trainers to deliver the training based on the developed training manual to other officers and specific skills for the P/CVE.
•  In collaboration with the DCS, identify and conduct ToT for 20 suitable trainers based on the competency or criteria required.
•  Conduct a training of select children officers on the use and piloting of developed Risk Needs Assessment Tool as a measure in the prevention and countering of violent extremism for child and youth offenders.
•  Conduct a ToT of select children officers based on the developed training manual on P/CVE to equip them with capacity to transfer the acquired knowledge and skills to other children officers effectively. This aims at creating a pool of trainers as a key component in the sustainability plan for institutional knowledge and skills.
•  Mentor the selected ToTs to deliver two P/CVE training workshops to other children officers (i.e. monitor and evaluate the ToTs during these sessions to strengthen their training techniques).
•  Identify any emerging gaps in the training on P/CVE manual and Risk Assessment Tool and make possible recommendations.

Reporting and other requirements

•  Complete a final, comprehensive and output oriented report, submitted not later than three working days prior to the end of the consultancy.

Qualifications/special skills

An advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in social sciences, criminology, sociology, psychology or other relevant discipline is required. A first-level university degree in similar fields in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

•  A minimum 10 years relevant work experience in criminal justice preferably including in child justice, rehabilitation and reintegration of children is required.
•  Experience in working on CVE and Prevention of Violent Extremism is required.
•  Experience in providing training for criminal justice agencies and in developing policy and procedure manuals or training curricula/materials is required.
•  Proven experience in providing technical advice to multidisciplinary teams in government or national stakeholders and international organizations in the area of child justice and youth is desirable.
•  Work experience within Africa is desirable.