Terms of reference for a team of IT consultants to support the maintenance of the FAIR Fish Project’s online course platform

: Plan International

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: 12 April 2023

26 May 2023

 

Plan International

Terms of reference for a team of IT consultants to support the maintenance of the FAIR Fish Project’s online course platform

 

I. About Plan International

 

We strive to advance children’s rights and equality for girls all over the world. As an independent development and humanitarian organization, we work alongside children, young people, our supporters and partners to tackle the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood and enable children to prepare for and respond to crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge. For over 80 years we have been building powerful partnerships for children, and we are active in over 75 countries.

 

The Fostering Accountability in Recruitment for Fishery Workers Project (FAIR Fish) is an effort to reduce forced labor and human trafficking in the seafood-processing sectors of Thailand. The project is supported by the Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking (OCFT) at the Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), United States Department of Labor (USDOL). The FAIR Fish project is led by Plan International, an NGO with expertise in addressing forced labor (FL), human trafficking (HT) and child labor (CL) among fisherfolks and seafood processors in Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia and the Philippines. Project implementation started in January 2019 and will end in December 2023.

 

II. Background

 

The FAIR Fish Project has developed a responsible recruitment model for small and medium-sized seafood processing companies in consultation with two pilot companies and four recruitment agencies. The model draws upon a supply chain approach in which seafood processing companies are expected to cascade their responsible recruitment and employment policies down their recruitment supply chain to recruitment agencies that source their migrant workers.

 

Based on the model described above, the project has developed an online course that will train labor recruiters in Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar. The course will exist in all three languages in addition to English.  The course is also expected to benefit employers and human resource staff in seafood processing companies.

 

The online course has been completed and the project now needs limited, ongoing support from a qualified IT consultant/s to help troubleshoot the course as it goes live and is piloted, and to integrate changes/correct minor errors as they are identified  on a regular basis.

 

The online course can be found at https://fairfishresponsiblerecruitment.org/.

 

III. Objective of the TOR

The project is recruiting an IT consultant/s to support the maintenance of the project’s online course platform over a period of six months.

 

IV. Tasks

Each consultant is expected to:

1. Attend a two-hour briefing session on the project’s online course and the identified errors/key suggestions from course users.
2. Correct errors and make changes to the SCORM files as requested.
3. Address errors and make changes to the platform as requested.  In addition, provide technical advice on how to improve the platform’s performance.

V. Timeline

Activities under this TOR are expected to start in May 2023 and be completed by November 2023.

 

VI. Deliverables/Outputs

The consultant can work remotely and regularly meet with the FAIR Fish Project team through Skype or other communication channels. In addition, the consultant will be expected to submit deliverables as explained below:

No.	Deliverables/Outputs	Due Dates
1	Submit timesheets that record the time team members spent on the assignment each month.	Submit at the end of each month with the invoice.
2	Submit a report in English on work completed on a monthly basis.	Submit at the end of each month with the invoice.

 

VII. Payment

 

Plan International will pay each consultant according to the number of hours recorded in their timesheets after receiving and approving the work. Thai tax will be deducted from payments in accordance with Thai law

  

VIII. Ethics and Child Protection          

 

Plan International is committed to ensuring that the rights of those participating in data collection or analysis are respected and protected in accordance with our Ethical MERL Framework and our Child and Youth Safeguarding Policy.

 

IX. Qualifications

 

Candidates should have the following qualifications:

 

• Experience in online course development and/or maintenance.
• Experience in SCORM file editing.
• Professional fluency of English verbal communication and report writing.

 

X. How to apply?

 

• Submit a proposal with a cover letter to Thailand.Procurement@plan-international.org referencing “IT consultants to support the maintenance of the FAIR Fish Project’s online course platform” by 26 May 2023.
• The proposal should include the following information:

 

• • •  CVs of team members with contact details;
    •  each team member’s daily professional rate;
    •  Rate of fees for services required; ;
    •  sample documents on previous work related to online course     development and/or maintenance.
    • references from previous clients.

                                                                                                                                                                                          

• Selection of the consultants will be done through proposal reviews and candidate interviews.
• For more information, please call Mr. Supornchai at Tel. 02-259-8284 Ext. 217.
• Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

 

Contact : thailand.procurement@plan-international.org

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