Training of Trainers (ToT) and Adaptation of the GALS Methodology for Implementation in Kazakhstan

The position involves designing, contextualizing, and delivering a Training of Trainers (ToT) programme for the Gender Action Learning System (GALS) methodology in Kazakhstan. The role includes adapting training materials, facilitating workshops, mentoring newly trained facilitators, and finalizing a localized GALS toolkit to empower women and address gender-based violence.

Responsibilities

• Conduct stakeholder consultations with partner civil society organizations and the CHANGE team in Kazakhstan to inform training design.
• Customize the GALS training module, participant guidebook, and visual diagrams to align with the local cultural and linguistic context (Kazakh language).
• Plan and facilitate two interactive ToT workshops (one three-day, one four-day) for approximately 10–15 participants in Kazakhstan covering the 5 core GALS tools.
• Ensure participants achieve working mastery of the core participatory visual tools and can facilitate each independently.
• Train participants in participatory facilitation techniques, ethics, gender-sensitive communication, and trauma-informed approaches.
• Provide structured feedback and action-planning sessions to refine participants' facilitation skills following the ToT.
• Assist newly trained facilitators in drafting local cascading plans and establishing peer-sharing networks for ongoing mutual support.
• Finalize the adapted GALS Toolkit/Guidebook for Kazakhstan.
• Submit a comprehensive final report detailing training outcomes, participant assessment scores, success stories, challenges encountered, and actionable recommendations for long-term sustainability.

Requirements

• Higher education in Social Sciences, Development Studies, Human Rights, Gender Studies, or related fields.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience designing and delivering GALS training, including direct facilitation experience with the five core tools (Dream, Journey to the Dream, Happy Family Tree, Profit Growth Tree, Diamond).
• Direct experience with the Spotlight Initiative or GALS implementation in Kyrgyzstan is highly desirable.
• Experience facilitating and managing group dynamics in diverse, mixed-gender groups.
• Understanding of the political and social context of Central Asian countries, including Kazakhstan.
• Experience training on trauma-informed, survivor-centred approaches to GBV.
• Fluent in Russian.

Skills

• GALS Training Design
• GALS Training Facilitation
• GALS Core Tools
• Training of Trainers Workshops
• Group Dynamics Facilitation
• Trauma-Informed Practice
• Survivor Centred Approaches
• Spotlight Initiative Experience
• Contextualization of Training Materials
• Toolkit Development
• Sexual and Gender Based Violence Training
• Mentorship Facilitation
• Central Asia Context

Languages

Russian