Ref.
2025/DOFIMT/13056
Job offer type
Experts
Type of contract
Service contract
Activity sectors
Prevention, reduction and adaptation to natural, accidental and malicious risks
Deadline date
2025/05/09 14:22
Duration of the assignment
Short term
Contract
Freelancer
Duration
20 days (including 9 days in the country)
Expert on Flood Awareness : Development of educational materials & Training (M/W)
Département Paix, stabilité, sécurité - P2S > Pôle Prévention, réduction et adaptation aux risques
Published on : 2025/04/28
NORTH AFRICA / MIDDLE EAST
IRAQ
ERBIL
Mission description
The main objective of this "flood information" mission is to empower the Joint Crisis Coordination Center (JCC) of Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) to organize training sessions for communities or awareness-raising sessions in schools on the risks associated with floods and the appropriate actions to take in the event of flooding.
Project or context description
1. Trainings
- Community awareness
Currently, the civil security of Kurdistan has a mobile classroom (equipped truck) that allows them to engage with communities and conduct awareness sessions on earthquake risks. It is planned that this mobile classroom will now also be used for community awareness sessions on flood risks in high-risk areas. The expert will therefore be responsible for preparing a program for these community information sessions and training a team of trainers who will raise awareness about flood risks, appropriate actions to take, behaviors to avoid, and possible rescue actions without the necessary aquatic rescue equipment.
- Awareness session in schools
In the same spirit, the expert will train a group of volunteers from the RRU (Rapid Response Units) who will deliver clear and simple messages to schoolchildren in these same high-risk areas.
2. Development or proposal of existing educational materials on flood risk awareness and appropriate actions to take.
The expert will also propose training materials and educational resources on the topic of floods. Either he/she will propose new, very simple materials of his own creation (the design work will be done later by professionals, so these will just be concepts), or he/she will propose materials that have already proven effective in his home country, which we will simply need to adapt to the Kurdish context.
Details:
· The ToT audience for the community awareness training will be 6 identified Kurdish trainers from the CRT INSARAG certified team;
· The audience for the awareness sessions in schools will be approximately 20 persons from RUUs (Rapid Response Units);
· Training will be in French or English with Kurdish translation;
· The location for the 2 trainings in KRI will be in Erbil. For CRT training, it will be done at the JCC (Joint Crisis Coordination Center).
Following deliverables will be required from the mission team:
- Training program (ToT) for CRT Team – Preparation to community awareness sessions;
- Program for the second training for the RUU members – Preparation to school sessions;
- Training reports;
- Production/proposition of educational materials intended for both communities and school students;
- An end of mission report including clear recommendations for the beneficiary organizations.
Required profile
- More than 10 years of civil defence experience;
- Experience in water rescue and response to floods;
- Deep knowledge of water safety, emergency response protocols, and rescue techniques;
- Experience in providing sensitization sessions to authorities or public;
- Experience in assisting with the development of public awareness documents;
- Strong leadership, teaching, and communication abilities;
- Ability to work in a multicultural environment;
- Written and spoken proficiency in English is required;
- Have a first-aid diploma (at least PSC1) or undertake to acquire this diploma before the first KRI mission.
Additional information
All applications must include the following:
- CV
- Concept note (2 pages max) including methodology and financial offer.
Selection criteria for applications
The selection process for candidates will be based on the following criteria :
- Candidate’s skills linked with the expert mission
- Candidate’s experiences linked with the expert mission
- Candidate’s expected linguistic understanding
Deadline for application : 2025/05/09 14:22
File(s) attached : ToR_ Expert Floods Awareness.pdf
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