Background
The Pacific Islands Global Ocean Observing System (PIGOOS) promotes, supports, and enhances the overall IOC mission in the South West Pacific region, focusing on the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) and related capacity development. Through IOC/UNESCO Regular Programme activities, "GOOS Pacific Ocean projects through the Perth Programme Office", the IOC Perth Office provides facilitation to PIGOOS, its Coordinator and its host agency, the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), at strategic and operational levels in support of the IOC's global mission.
One of the supported programmes of PIGOOS is SEREAD (Scientific Educational Resources and Experience Associated with the Deployment of Argo profiling floats in the South Pacific Ocean). The SEREAD Climate Change Education Programme works with schools in the Pacific Islands to develop appropriate climate change material for their curriculum and run teacher training workshops. It teaches basic scientific ocean/climate fundamentals to teachers in a hands-on approach that uses existing examples, relevant to the country where the training is being undertaken.
Description of Responsibilities
Under the authority of the Director of UNESCO Jakarta, and direct supervision of the Head of the IOC Perth Office and the Professional Officer of DRRTIU/IOTIC, the Consultant should provide services to support the SEREAD Climate Change Education Programme in the Pacific Islands. Specifically, the Consultant shall:
Develop a Facilitator Guide for Kiribati Teachers College (KTC) based on the SEREAD Climate Change Module (CPD412): 'Integrating Climate Change into Your Teaching Programme' for their lectures to deliver workshop to the teachers. The tasks will include:
develop a resource book, PowerPoint presentation and other related materials to support KTC lecturers in delivering the workshop; provide an online workshop to the KTC lecturers to use the Facilitators Guide, submit to UNESCO for review the Facilitator Guide and its supporting documents no later than 30 April 2021.
Plan and develop 2 or 3 modules on climate change for teachers in the Cook Islands (elementary and/or secondary – to be confirmed by the Cook Islands Ministry of Education). These may be a primary and a secondary module over three workshops each, or Climate Change and the Land, Climate Change and the Ocean and Climate
Change and the People, for all teachers, with two workshops each. The tasks will include:
develop the programme for the online workshops and supporting materials; prepare and facilitate six different online workshops for at least 15 teachers per workshop in the Cook Islands on climate change linked to their curriculum objectives. This will involve developing a mentoring programme for the teachers; participants will be asked to submit a lesson plan/s after each workshop to the mentors for feedback and then report on the lesson/s to the mentors. maintain a complete list of participants with full contact details and gender disaggregated information. submit to UNESCO for review the modules, workshop programme and schedule no later than 30 September 2021. Update UNESCO with the status of the activities regularly and avail him or herself to regular communication via electronic means. Any significant deviation of the tasks must have prior agreement from UNESCO. Strive for a gender-sensitive approach throughout the entire process of the activity.
Submit to UNESCO for approval:
a work plan outlining the tasks to be completed, time frame and payment claim due by 30 April 2021; a report of the activities undertaken, covering the summary, outcomes, challenges, and recommendations with the annexes: Facilitator Guide for KTC lecturer adapted from CPD412, resource book, PowerPoint presentation and other related materials, modules on climate change for teachers in the Cook Islands, workshop programme, mentoring programme, and other related materials provided to the teachers, list of workshop participants with gender-segregation information, and payment claim due by 30 October 2021.
Qualifications and Experience
The consultant should possess the following qualifications and experience:
a university degree in environmental sciences, science education or related field, with at least 10 years relevant professional experience in climate change education; strong international experience, especially working with countries in the Pacific region; professional experience in programme management related to educational activities, including a sound understanding of curriculum development; demonstrated good interpersonal skills in communication, and proven ability to prepare high quality reports; experience in managing, developing, and designing training courses for international audiences, preferably in an online learning environment; fluent in English (speaking and writing); previous experience in similar activities, projects, and programmes with UN agencies (desirable).
