IC - Development Ps Parent Leaders Handbook
Listed on 2026-05-31
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Social Work
Community Health, Youth Development
Location: Manila
Overview
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is committed to achieving a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe, and every young person’s potential is fulfilled. Central to its mandate is the promotion of gender equality and the elimination of gender‑based violence (GBV), ensuring that the most vulnerable populations—particularly women and youth—have access to life‑saving reproductive health services and protection mechanisms.
By partnering with national governments, UNFPA seeks to strengthen community‑based systems that empower individuals to claim their rights and foster resilient, inclusive environments that “leave no one behind.”
Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4
Ps) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has improved human‑capital outcomes for poor Filipino households through conditional cash transfers and social services. As families progress toward self‑reliance and program exit, strengthening community‑based leadership is critical to sustain gains. Parent Leaders (PLs) act as “community connectors” safeguarding children, women, and other vulnerable groups, modelling gender equality, preventing GBV, addressing child protection concerns, and mobilizing support for at‑risk families.
The consultancy aims to facilitate the development of a Parent Leaders Handbook that will serve as a practical guide for PLs in performing their roles as community advocates, support partners, and leaders in promoting positive social and gender norms, social protection, gender equality and inclusion, child protection, and community participation.
Responsibilities- Facilitate the development and validation of the Parent Leaders Handbook
. - Conduct consultations and focus‑group discussions with 4
Ps PLs and stakeholders to identify behavioral drivers and barriers related to GBV reporting and referral, access to and utilization of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) information and services, child protection, and youth engagement. - Lead the drafting, consolidating, and finalizing of the Handbook.
- Ensure the Handbook is practical, user‑friendly, and appropriate for the PLs.
- Coordinate and facilitate the pilot‑implementation of the draft Handbook in selected sites to test usability, relevance and effectiveness.
- Document and validate pilot results, including feedback from users and stakeholders, to inform refinement of the Handbook.
- Prepare the final material and layout‑ready content of the validated Parent Leaders Handbook for publication and dissemination.
- Conduct initial consultations with DSWD and UNFPA to agree on the Handbook framework, scope, and workplan.
- Develop the Handbook outline, including proposed chapters, modules, and key learning topics.
- Review relevant literature, technical guidance, and existing evidence on best practices for engaging and mobilizing parents, PLs, households, and community leaders to promote positive social norms change.
- Conduct focus‑group discussions and stakeholder consultations to inform content development.
- Identify key behavioral drivers, gaps, and practical needs of PLs.
- Roles and responsibilities of Parent Leaders
- Leadership and community organizing
- Social and gender norms transformation
- Communication and facilitation skills
- Child protection and safeguarding
- Gender equality and social inclusion
- Family and community support mechanisms
- Referral pathways and coordination
- Ethics and professional conduct
- Community volunteerism and advocacy
- Conduct pre‑testing of the draft Handbook in selected sites.
- Facilitate validation workshops and consolidate feedback.
- Revise and finalize the Handbook based on inputs and findings.
- Prepare the final, layout‑ready Handbook, including tools, templates, and practical guides.
- Develop complementary SBC materials (e.g. advocacy primers, job aids).
- Conduct orientation sessions for PLs on the use of the Handbook.
- Inception Report (including workplan and Handbook framework/outline)
- Review of related literature and technical guidance
- Concept notes for consultations,…
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