Technical writer/Instructional designer Transparency International (TI)

Transparency International (TI) is the global civil society organisation leading the fight against corruption. Through an anti-corruption movement with more than 90 chapters worldwide and an international secretariat in Berlin, Germany, TI raises awareness of the damaging effects of corruption and works with partners in government, business and civil society to develop and implement effective measures to tackle it. TI has recently adopted a new five year strategy which sets out a number of important directions for the Movement. One of the top strategic priorities we have identified is the “Increased empowerment of people and partners around the world to take action against corruption”. The challenge is to engage with people more widely than ever before through creative ways of campaigning, awareness raising, one-to-one advocacy and outreach to new audiences through diverse partnerships. Assignment: The overall purpose of the manual and training is to support TI National Chapters to better engage with a broad national audience in furtherance of the TI Strategy 2015. TI would achieve a long-anticipated goal of creating a general distance-learning training program for National Chapters on evidence-based advocacy planning. (Advocacy is a term that is inclusive of both direct lobbying and broader campaigning.) The Manual and associated learning will focus on the elements of how TI can campaign and successfully engage with a broad range of people, providing ideas about step-by-step planning, approaches, tactics and appropriate activities. Developing such a Manual and general training will draw upon a tested set of presentations that the Global Outreach and Campaigns Department has used in previous years, as well as best practice tools already identified from other international organisations’ advocacy training materials that have been assembled over the last year. The expected structure consists of a short 10 to 20 page overview, with five to seven more detailed modules on suggested steps in the advocacy and campaigning planning process that provide planning tools, guidelines, checklists, summaries, sample questions to ask and information to consider in planning campaigns and public outreach activities. Start date: ASAP Termination date: All deliverables to be submitted by the first week of December 2011. Specific deliverables: Consultant will deliver an on-line TI Evidence-Based Advocacy Planing Manual, consisting of formatted text that would be available for download as a PDF, but also in an electronic version feature graphics, animations and hyperlinks to resource materials. An on-line instructional course with learning exercises, consisting of a self-paced course that allows a learner to fill in answers in a template in order to practice the use of various campaign planning tools, such as Stakeholder Analysis, Problem-Solution Tree, a Checklist for picking a winning campaign topic, and selection of examples of public engagement tactics. Anticipated steps in the project: Study current existing TI advocacy training materials and several examples of others’ best practice in advocacy and communications training Writing of TI Evidence-based Advocacy Planning Manual Revision after comments Writing of on-line instructional material Revision of on-line material after comments Knowledge, Experience, Skills Degree in Adult Education or a related discipline 5 years experience in the field of technical writing 5 years experience in the field of training or distance learning development Hands-on experience in development of e-learning, webinars, or classroom training (training delivery experience not required) Strong writing and verbal communication skills in English Previous experience in campaigning highly desirable To Apply: Qualified candidates should submit the following via email: A cost estimate for carrying out this work. A cover letter indicating relevant experience (including samples or links to relevant work in the area). All submitted material will be held in confidence. CV, including at least two references Applications should be submitted to Casey Kelso at ckelso@transparency.org Deadline: 21 October 2011 Please note that only short listed candidates will be contacted.