Job title: Individual national consultancy to develop a training package for parenting support groups and support implementation of the related SBC campaign

Job no: 592862

Contract type: Consultant

Duty Station: Ashgabat

Level: Consultancy

Location: Turkmenistan

Categories: Communication, Early Childhood Development

Purpose of Activity/Assignment:

The purpose of this consultancy is to support the design, implementation, and documentation of parenting support groups and the related SBC campaign, ensuring quality delivery, consistency across pilot sites, and generation of practical evidence for future scale-up.

In close collaboration with UNICEF Turkmenistan, the selected consultant will be responsible for designing and implementation of:

• A 2-day workshop for the national partners on facilitation and monitoring of the parenting support groups with the focus on positive parenting content, group facilitation skills, safeguarding, and appropriate follow-up and service linkage considerations.
• A practical facilitator guide, including recommendations and methodology for facilitation and  3-session parenting group curriculum with the focus on prevention of violence against children.
• Pre/post knowledge tools and session feedback templates.
• Supervision and technical support to selected facilitators in the pilot locations (expected total number to be confirmed with UNICEF and partners).
• Documentation of qualitative feedback from facilitators and participants after each session, summarize observations, participant engagement, emerging challenges.
• Social media messaging on the subject, consisting of 5 videos.
• Promptly alert UNICEF to any safeguarding or other sensitive concerns arising during implementation, in line with agreed protocols and appropriate channels.
• A final workshop/meeting to summarize the results of the pilot. Highlight good practices and successful facilitation approaches.
• Final report consolidating all observations, engagement insights, and challenges with practical recommendations.

Scope of Work:

June – Design, Preparation and Capacity Building
July-August – Launch, Implementation and Monitoring
September – Analysis, Learning and Reporting

Analyze data and qualitative findings from all pilot locations

• feasibility and acceptability of parenting support groups
• quality and practicality of the facilitation approach
• differences across delivery platforms and settings
• lessons for future adaptation

Prepare and facilitate a final workshop/meeting with partners to:

• present findings
• validate lessons learned
• highlight good practices

Develop a final report, including:

• summary of implementation
• key findings and insights
• challenges and limitations
• practical recommendations for future adaptation and possible expansion -up

Provide inputs for future programme design within UNICEF CPD 2026–2030

The duration of this consultancy is 37 days date of contract signature. Expected delivery is May 30-September 30, 2026.

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