[Hiring] Training of Trainers and Adaptation of the GALS Methodology for Implementation in Kazakhstan @UN Women

Role Description

The CHANGE Programme is planning to engage two experienced GALS trainers to design, contextualize, and deliver a Training of Trainers (ToT) programme, as well as supervise initial cascading workshops in Kazakhstan.

• Adapt GALS visual tools to the socio-cultural and linguistic realities of Kazakhstan.
• Train a national cohort of core trainers and facilitators, including CSO representatives, through an intensive in-person Training of Trainers (ToT) programme.
• Provide mentorship during initial rollout sessions led by 10-15 newly trained local facilitators.
• Establish a monitoring framework and provide a localized GALS manual/toolkit for Kazakhstan.

Qualifications

• Higher education in Social Sciences, Development Studies, Human Rights, Gender Studies, or related fields.

Requirements

• Demonstrated hands-on experience designing and delivering GALS training, including direct facilitation experience with the five core tools (Dream, Journey to the Dream, Happy Family Tree, Profit Growth Tree, Diamond).
• Direct experience with the Spotlight Initiative or GALS implementation in Kyrgyzstan is highly desirable.
• Experience facilitating and managing group dynamics in diverse, mixed-gender groups.
• Understanding of the political and social context of Central Asian countries, including Kazakhstan.
• Experience training on trauma-informed, survivor-centred approaches to GBV.
• Fluent in Russian.

Company Description

In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact.

• Merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women's empowerment.