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Background
As part of IRC Jordan's preparation for the introduction and contextual adaptation of the Safe at Home approach in Jordan, IRC Jordan is seeking a qualified individual GBV and child protection consultant with demonstrated experience in institutional and service mapping and the technical review and adaptation of protection curricula to undertake this assignment.
Safe at Home is an IRC Impact at Scale approach under the Safety Outcome Strategy. It is an inclusive and integrated protection program approach designed for humanitarian settings to prevent and respond to co-occurring intimate partner violence and child maltreatment. The approach recognizes the shared risk factors and overlapping consequences of violence against women and violence against children within the home, including the heightened risks experienced by women and children with disabilities and older persons.
The Safe at Home Resource Package combines gender-transformative violence prevention with strengthened response services. It includes technical guidance, curricula, and tools for use with women’s, men’s, and family groups, as well as guidance on program implementation, facilitation and training; monitoring and evaluation; child protection and GBV case management guidance; disability and older-age inclusion; and program learning.
The consultant will first work with IRC and the National Council for Family Affairs (NCFA) to map institutions, services, and programs relevant to Safe at Home implementation and referral pathways in Jordan. The mapping will identify service gaps, accessibility barriers, coordination opportunities, and potential partnership roles.
The consultant will then conduct a technical review and contextual adaptation of the completed Arabic Safe at Home materials against the English source materials. The review will ensure the technical accuracy and integrity of the protection content, facilitation approach, and its appropriateness for Jordan. The consultant will also align the materials, where appropriate, with relevant Jordan River Foundation (JRF) curricula to facilitate future integration; the integration itself is not part of this assignment.
The Arabic materials are expected to comprise more than 997 pages, with the final volume dependent on materials still under development.
*** This is a protection-focused technical consultancy and does not include translation. Applicants must demonstrate substantial technical experience in GBV and child protection programming, including experience reviewing or adapting Arabic protection curricula and training materials.
Objectives
The main objectives of the consultancy are to:
- In coordination with NCFA, map and analyze institutions and services relevant to Safe at Home implementation and referral pathways in Jordan.
- Map existing programs and curricula similar to or relevant to Safe at Home that are implemented in Jordan and assess their relevance to the potential implementation of Safe at Home.
- Identify service gaps, accessibility barriers, coordination opportunities, potential partnership roles, and capacity-strengthening priorities.
- Conduct a technical and programmatic review of the completed Arabic Safe at Home materials against the English source materials to ensure the accuracy and integrity of the GBV, child protection, safeguarding, inclusion, case management, and referral content.
- Contextually adapt the Arabic Safe at Home materials for Jordan and ensure alignment, where appropriate, with the terminology, language, and contextual framing used in relevant JRF curricula to facilitate the future integration of relevant Safe at Home content into those curricula.
Scope of Work & Key Tasks
Task 1: Work Planning, Institutional & Service Mapping
In close coordination with IRC and the National Council for Family Affairs (NCFA):
- Participate in an initial meeting with IRC Jordan, JRF, and NCFA to confirm the scope, methodology, roles, timeline, and review and approval process.
- Develop the workplan, service-mapping methodology and tools, and preliminary stakeholder list.
- Review available service maps, referral pathways, institutional assessments, and relevant program and curriculum mappings before conducting additional consultations.
- Map relevant governmental institutions, national and local organizations, community-based actors, and private service providers involved in GBV and child protection prevention and response, specifying their mandates, roles, and relevance to Safe at Home implementation and referral pathways.
- Map existing programs and curricula implemented in Jordan that are similar or relevant to Safe at Home and assess their relevance to potential implementation.
- Map available GBV and child protection prevention and response interventions, including GBV and child protection case management; family counselling and positive parenting; safeguarding and safe referral; community-based violence prevention and social-norms programming; MHPSS; legal and family protection services; disability services; and services for older persons.
- Assess service type, target population, geographic coverage, accessibility, eligibility requirements, referral mechanisms, and relevant operational capacity, including staffing availability, operating hours, ability to accept referrals, indicative caseload capacity, service continuity, and relevant technical capacity, subject to the availability of information, as well as each institution’s or service provider’s potential role in Safe at Home implementation.
- Conduct approved key-informant interviews or stakeholder consultations, as needed, without collecting case-level or personally identifiable information.
- Identify service gaps, accessibility barriers, coordination opportunities, duplication risks, potential partnership roles, and capacity-strengthening priorities.
- Validate the findings with IRC, NCFA, and relevant stakeholders.
Deliverables: Approved workplan, service-mapping methodology and tools, preliminary stakeholder list, institutional and service-mapping database, mapping of relevant programs, stakeholder consultation log, referral pathway map, and draft institutional and service gap analysis.
Task 2: Technical and Programmatic Review and Contextual Adaptation
- Review the English source materials and the complete Arabic Safe at Home package.
- Review and refine the draft Arabic-English technical terminology glossary.
- Conduct a technical and programmatic review of the completed Arabic materials against the English source materials, addressing any inaccuracies, omissions, unclear technical concepts, or inconsistencies that may affect the integrity or delivery of the Safe at Home approach.
- Review the language, examples, references, institutional roles, activities, and facilitation instructions for appropriateness to the Jordanian context.
- Ensure alignment with relevant GBV, child protection, safeguarding, disability inclusion, older-person inclusion, case management, safe referral, the best interests of the child, do-no-harm, and survivor-centered principles.
- Preserve the evidence-based core components, learning objectives, structure, sequencing, and technical meaning of Safe at Home.
- Document all technical corrections, contextual adaptations, questions, and proposed substantive changes and submit them for IRC technical review and approval.
Deliverables: Technically reviewed, validated, and contextually adapted Arabic Safe at Home materials; technical review and query log; contextual-adaptation matrix; finalized Arabic–English technical terminology glossary; and quality-assurance checklist.
Task 3: Alignment with Relevant JRF Curricula
- Review relevant JRF curricula and consult with IRC, JRF, and relevant specialists to validate proposed decisions concerning terminology, language, contextual framing, and alignment with the Arabic Safe at Home materials.
- Document areas of alignment, key differences, and recommendations that could facilitate the future integration of relevant Safe at Home content into JRF curricula.
Deliverables: JRF curriculum-alignment matrix, documented alignment decisions, and recommendations to facilitate future integration.
Task 4: Finalization
- Assess the readiness of the service and institutional environment to support the safe implementation of Safe at Home in Jordan.
- Provide practical recommendations on referral strengthening, partnerships, capacity-building priorities, accessibility, coordination, and potential phased implementation.
- Finalize the technically reviewed and contextually adapted Arabic Safe at Home materials, JRF alignment outputs, mapping database, referral pathway map, analysis, and recommendations based on consolidated feedback.
- Submit all final and editable source files using the agreed folder structure and version-control system.
Consultant Qualifications
- At least 7 years of relevant professional experience in GBV, child protection, family violence prevention and response, safeguarding, or related protection programming.
- Full professional fluency in Arabic and English, with demonstrated experience technically reviewing, developing, or adapting Arabic GBV, child protection, family violence prevention and response, or safeguarding curricula, facilitator guides, and training materials, including adapting technical content to the Jordanian context and aligning content across curricula or training packages.
- Strong technical knowledge of intimate partner violence, child maltreatment, GBV, child protection, survivor-centered approaches, the best interests of the child, case management, safeguarding, disability inclusion, older-person inclusion, and safe referral.
- Demonstrated experience conducting institutional or service mapping, stakeholder consultations, referral pathway analysis, program or curriculum mapping, or comparable research in Jordan.
- Strong knowledge of the Jordanian protection and service landscape, including family support, social development, disability and older-person services, legal and health services, and mental health and psychosocial support.
- Strong analytical writing, facilitation, interviewing, information management, quality assurance, and presentation skills.
- Translation or linguistic proofreading experience alone does not meet the requirements of this consultancy.
Ethical Considerations and Data Protection
- The consultant must comply with IRC safeguarding standards, the IRC Way, do-no-harm principles, survivor-centered practice, confidentiality requirements, and the best interests of the child.
- The consultant must not collect or process individual case data, survivor records, or personally identifiable information.
- Informed consent must be obtained for any approved stakeholder consultations, and all assignment information must be stored and transferred through secure, approved methods.
- Confidential or unpublished IRC, JRF, or NCFA materials must not be processed using unapproved artificial intelligence or machine-translation tools.
- Any safeguarding, confidentiality, or data-protection concern must be reported immediately through the designated IRC channels.
Coordination & Deliverable Management
- The consultant will coordinate regularly with IRC, JRF, and NCFA focal points, as applicable, according to the approved workplan.
- Deliverables will be submitted in phases with clear version control and consolidated logs of technical questions, technical review findings, contextual adaptations, and curriculum-alignment decisions.
- The consultant must incorporate consolidated feedback within agreed timelines and promptly communicate any delay, scope issue, or material risk.
Payment Conditions
- Payments will be made following written acceptance of the agreed deliverables.
- Any additional costs or changes to the scope, timeline, or deliverable volume must receive prior written approval from IRC.
Submission Requirements
Cover letter summarizing the applicant’s interest in the assignment, understanding of its objectives, and relevant GBV and child protection expertise. Updated CV clearly demonstrating the required GBV, child protection, curriculum review and adaptation, service-mapping, and research experience. Details of at least three relevant assignments or references and two relevant work samples, preferably including a technically reviewed or adapted Arabic GBV, child protection, family violence prevention and response, or safeguarding curriculum, together with an institutional or service-mapping product. Confirmation of availability throughout the 2-month assignment period.
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS
All International Rescue Committee workers must adhere to the core values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. Our Standards are Integrity, Service, Equality and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Safeguarding, Conflicts of Interest, Fiscal Integrity, and Reporting Wrongdoing and Protection from Retaliation. IRC is committed to take all necessary preventive measures and create an environment where people feel safe, and to take all necessary actions and corrective measures when harm occurs. IRC builds teams of professionals who promote critical reflection, power sharing, debate, and objectivity to deliver the best possible services to our clients.
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