National Consultancy for Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy Review and Update
Objective and Scope of the consultancy
The consultancy aims to assist BK and CRF in reviewing and/or updating their child protection and safeguarding policies, taking into account the local context, the capabilities of the partners, and the findings from the risk assessment and road maps developed in 2023 through consultative processes with the management of both organizations. The consultant is expected to start the work immediately upon the ratification of the consultancy agreement and to finalize all tasks by no later than mid-April 2025.
DELIVERABLES
The consultant shall include all the services necessary to achieve the stated objective of this assignment, and in so doing, shall expeditiously execute the following:
- Establish and share a timetable featuring defined tasks and involving people from all associated partners.
- The most up-to-date of safeguarding and child protection policies are developed through the consultative process with both partners.
- Finalized and translated the updated policies into both English and Khmer.
- Provide a two-day refreher training to safeguarding focal points according the updated policies
TIME SCHEDULE
The consultant may propose their timeline, but the assignments or key deliverables mentioned above must be completed by mid-April at the latest.
MANAGEMENT & COMMUNICATION
The consultant will keep the Program Manager of Johanniter in Cambodia in the loop about the implementation of assigned tasks, and directly communicate with representatives from each of the partner organizations.
PAYMENT TERM
Payment will be made as follows:
- Milestone 1: Signing of contract and submit training curriculum 30% fee
- Milestone 3: Completion of submission the final polciy endorsed by partners 70% fee
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
All handouts and training reports produced by the trainer will be owned by partners, who will retain the rights to disseminate and use within the organization.
- Partner (BK and CRF):
- Providing all relevant documents to the consultant.
- Assign a focal person to communicate with the consultant and coordinate with relevant team members in case consultation is needed.
- Johanniter:
- Manage the consultancy contract and payment according to the agreed payment term
- Support in organizing logistics for the refresher training (venue, materials, meal for all participants)
- Proven experience in safeguarding policy developement in both national and global contexts.
- Strong understanding of child protection and social inclusion.
- Experience with local and international NGOs safeguarding policies
- High-quality communication skills, notably facilitating training
- Excellent written and oral English communication skills
- Excellent communication and facilitation skills.
