IIRR Consultancy Jobs in Kenya - Stop Violence Against Women and Girls in Northern Kenya

IIRR Consultancy Jobs in Kenya - Stop Violence Against Women and Girls in Northern Kenya

Looking for a Consultant to Facilitate a Writeshop for a Project entitled: Stop Violence against Women and Girls in Samburu, Marsabit and Isiolo Counties in Northern Kenya

Background:

International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR) is a US Based INGO with its Headquarters in the Philippines in Asia.

IIRR began operating in Kenya since 1995 and has chosen Education for Pastoralist's and Marginalized Communities as its flagship Program, with interventions implemented in Marsabit, Samburu and Isiolo Counties in Northern Kenya.

With a grant from the United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (UNTF-EVAW), IIRR is implementing a project entitled: Stop Violence against Women and Girls in Samburu, Marsabit and Isiolo Counties in Northern Kenya to enhance protection of women and girls from Sexual Gender Based Violence (SGBV) and other harmful cultural practices, and for survivors to improve access to services and support (psycho-social, medical, and legal) by December 2018.

Having implemented the project since 2016, IIRR expects to conduct a "Writeshop°, which is an intensive participatory writing process for project implementing teams and stakeholders to generate impact stories for shared learning and policy influence.

Objective of the "Writeshop" and Consultant's Tasks: The consultant will develop writing guidelines and provide a clear, easy, and step-by-step "instruction guide" to participants to be able to draft manuscripts on the chosen thematic areas, then edit the manuscripts to a camera ready copy. Output of "Writeshop": Key output will be packaged success and impact stories ready for publishing and dissemination.

Analysis of the impact/success stories may also lead to other outputs including manuals, practical guides, policy briefs and some other desired products/publications.

Key steps during the writeshop are highlighted below. Pre-writeshop tasks: