Trainer in Communication Facilitation/Interpretation in Education Settings- Vietnamese & Vietnamese Sign Languages – (CF/I International Consultant)

Project:     Intergeneration Deaf Education Outreach
Title: Trainer in Communication Facilitation/Interpretation in Education Settings- Vietnamese & Vietnamese Sign Languages – (CF/I International Consultant)
Location: Hanoi-base with travel to project sites
Report to: Project Manager

Introduction
The Intergenerational Deaf Education Outreach Project is implemented by World Concern Development Organization in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) through four years (July 2011 – June 2015) in the four provinces of Hanoi, Thai Nguyen, Hue and Ho Chi Minh City. The overall objectives of the project is to assist young deaf children to integrate into mainstream society, by piloting an innovative joint family and institution-based delivery system comprising screening, family support, and preschool services.
The project is funded by Japanese Social Development Fund (JSDF Grant No. TF099058), a trust fund managed by the World Bank (WB). The total grant is USD 2,798,270.

The project aims to assist young deaf children to integrate into mainstream society, according to each child’s visual and/or auditory learning capacities, by piloting an innovative joint family and institution-based delivery system comprising screening, family support, language instruction, and preschool services aimed at school-readiness.
The project has five components:
(1) Demonstrating (joint family-institution pre-school education for deaf children, and
essential knowledge base)
(2) Developing professional human resources for pre-school deaf education
(3) Building capacity and partnerships for the deaf communities and raising awareness for general public
(4) Monitoring and evaluation
(5) Project management

Job Summary:
The CF/I International Consultant will be principally involved with Component 2: Developing Professional Human Resources for Pre-school Deaf Education. This component aims to prepare deaf adults to become family educators, hearing signing people to facilitate communication between hearing and deaf people in family and school settings, and hearing teachers of deaf children to assess and accommodate student language needs so that together they can provide effective preschool readiness services for deaf children and their families. The objective of this component is to form Family Support Teams (FST) wherein each member is able to effectively contribute respective knowledge and methods toward a collaborative working partnership in service of child, family, and school. The training logic of this component therefore aims to create interdependencies between FST trainees through all of formal training and related activities. This component will support the early deaf child education demonstration model in component 1.

The CF/I International Consultant, in association with national experts, will lead the effort to develop curriculum and to deliver training of Vietnamese Communication Facilitator/Interpreters (hereafter “CF/I”).

In addition, the CF/I International Consultant is involved with Component 4: Monitoring and evaluation, in related activities such as baseline survey, technical working group meetings, and Component 1: Demonstrating (joint family-institution pre-school education for deaf children, and essential knowledge base) for post-training follow-up

Responsibilities, outputs and timeline

Under this assignment, the Consultant will:
1. Develop curriculum and instructional materials for training Communication Facilitators/Interpreters (CF/I);
2. Lead four, two week-long training sessions consisting of 8 courses in total
3. Coordinate CF/I course sessions with the international deaf educator trainer to insure parallel training on core concepts and terminology relevant to such areas as child development, language acquisition, family communication methods, et cetera;
4. Conduct video-conferencing and electronic communication with CF/I trainees between each training session to answer questions and augment skill development;
5. Participate in meetings with the Chief Technical Advisor and national teacher trainers to promote continuity between national and international curricula;
6. Provide updates and progress reports to the Technical Working Group on Component 2: Developing Professional Human Resources for Pre-school Deaf Education;
7. Participate in kick-off and demonstration days to promote collaboration between IDEO project partners and stakeholders;
8. Facilitate /interpret communication for Deaf international consultants who are involved with the Human Resource Preparation component if needed.

Qualifications and experience
- A terminal university degree (Ph.D) in Deaf studies, education, social sciences or a related discipline, with expertise in Deaf education (preferably early child education), and area specialty in Vietnam and/or the region;
- Substantial international experience in Deaf education, preferably in developing countries;
- Substantial international involvement with Deaf communities, preferably in developing countries;
- An understanding of natural sign language modalities, and fluency in one or more natural sign languages (especially a Vietnamese or historically related sign language [e.g. a Thai/Lao sign language, French sign language, American sign language]);
- Functional proficiency in spoken and written Vietnamese;
- Demonstrated expertise and ongoing professional experience as a practicing CF/I;
- Demonstrated capacity to organize and manage community-based consultation processes (e.g. workshops, focus groups, town-hall meetings, et cetera);
- Demonstrated capacity to work effectively in a team, to manage a range of tasks, to work pro-actively and with diligence, and to manage resources effectively while meeting deadlines;
- Excellent report writing skills in English; and
- Strong computer skills in word processing and communication.

Assignment modalities and duration

The International Consultant will carry out this assignment in association with national consultants and local trainers. The International Consultant will be the senior member of the team and will have overall responsibility for: (i) the preparation of the curriculum, (ii) the delivery of the training, and (iii) briefings and final report.

It is expected that the International Consultant will work in split missions with time and payment to be negotiated.

The Consultant will be responsible for: (i) arranging his/her own travel and accommodation within the approved budget; (ii) managing the stakeholder consultation sessions; and (iii) arranging for the production of the initial note and final report. 
Estimated start: August 2011
Interested candidates are requested to send a letter of application and their CV with details of qualifications, experience and references via email to: [email protected]
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. 

Deadline for Applications: 10 Aug 2011

Job Details
Organisation Name: 
World Concern Vietnam
Location: 
Ha Noi
Application Deadline: 
Wed, 2011-08-10