GESP Playbook Development Consultant

The GESP Playbook Development Consultant will translate GESP's operational experience and lessons learned into a practical global public good. The consultant will develop an interactive, web-based Playbook to guide practitioners and donors in designing and implementing girl-centred learning-to-earning pathways, applying human-centred design and social and behaviour change approaches.

Responsibilities

• Translate GESP's tacit knowledge, operational experience, lessons learned and effective approaches into a practical global public good Playbook.
• Develop the Playbook as an interactive, practitioner-friendly resource with tools, templates and guidance for designing, implementing and strengthening girl-centred learning-to-earning pathways.
• Apply human-centred design (HCD) and social and behaviour change (SBC) lenses to the Playbook's content and structure.
• Develop a web-based visualization of the Playbook using tools such as H5P for independent navigation and use by future practitioners and donors.
• Collaborate closely with Programme Specialist (GESP coordinator), Senior Advisor for Global Programmes, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, GenU global team, Country Offices and GESP implementing partners.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree in international development, education, gender studies, social and behaviour change, human-centred design, public policy, youth livelihoods, or a related field.
• Minimum 7 years of progressively responsible experience designing and developing practitioner-facing tools, playbooks, toolkits or guidance using human-centred design (HCD) and social and behaviour change (SBC) approaches for gender-responsive programming.
• Experience in youth livelihoods, youth employment, skills-to-work transitions, or related fields is desirable.
• Fluency in English is required.
• Knowledge of another official UN language or a local language is an asset.
• Demonstrated experience applying human-centred design (HCD) and/or social and behaviour change (SBC) approaches to the design of programmes or practitioner resources.
• Experience developing practitioner's guides, toolkits or playbooks for gender-responsive programming for adolescent girls and young people is required.
• Strong analytical skills, including the ability to synthesize qualitative and quantitative information, assess programme models, identify practical implications and translate analysis into clear recommendations.
• Experience using H5P or similar interactive digital authoring platforms to visualize guidance, toolkits or learning resources for practitioners is desirable.
• Experience supporting multi-country or large-scale programmes in international development contexts is desirable.
• Strong writing skills, including experience producing high-quality analytical reports, guidance notes, frameworks, tools, presentations and recommendations.
• Familiarity with instructional design or e-learning best practices for interactive, self-directed practitioner resources is desirable.
• Strong understanding of the social, financial and policy barriers adolescent girls and young women face in moving from learning to earning, particularly in low- and middle-income country contexts is desirable.
• Demonstrated ability to work across diverse teams and stakeholders, including global teams, country teams, implementing partners, private sector actors and youth-serving organizations is desirable.
• Experience engaging adolescent girls and young women as partners in programme design and implementation, and knowledge of girl-centred learning-to-earning approaches is desirable.

Skills

• Human Centered Design
• Social and Behavior Change
• Gender-Responsive Programming
• Playbook Development
• Toolkit Development
• Practitioner guide development
• Youth Livelihoods
• Youth Employment Promotion
• Skills-to-Work Transitions
• Qualitative Analysis
• Quantitative Analysis
• Analytical Report Production
• Guidance note writing
• Framework Development
• Presentation Skills
• H5P
• Interactive digital authoring
• Instructional Design
• E-learning best practices
• Programme Design

Languages

English