National Consultant on Media and Information Literacy (MIL) and Countering Hate Speech

The consultant will design, develop, and facilitate an Arabic-language training course on Media and Information Literacy (MIL) and Countering Hate Speech for youth in crisis-affected Sudan. The role includes curriculum development, training delivery, and assessment reporting to strengthen youth resilience and digital literacy.

Responsibilities

• Design a complete Arabic-language training syllabus according to the UNESCO MIL and Hate Speech Guidelines covering topics such as introduction to MIL, understanding hate speech, recognizing misinformation, responsible online engagement, youth-led countering approaches, and humanitarian communication.
• Develop training agenda, session plans, participant handbook, presentation materials, interactive exercises, assessment tools, and questionnaires.
• Facilitate 10 interactive training sessions in Arabic for 250 youth, including lectures, facilitation of the UNESCO Facticity Board Game, group discussions, and reflection exercises.
• Employ participatory learning techniques including the Facticity Board game and sticky note exercises.
• Design participant assessment tools and collect qualitative and quantitative feedback throughout the training.
• Document participant learning outcomes using interactive methods and analyze feedback.
• Produce a comprehensive assessment report summarizing knowledge gained, participant feedback, lessons learned, challenges, recommendations, and overall evaluation of training effectiveness.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree in Media, Journalism, Communication, Education, Social Sciences, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of demonstrated experience in designing and delivering training programmes.
• Proven expertise in Media and Information Literacy (MIL).
• Proven expertise in Countering Hate Speech.
• Proven expertise in Digital literacy.
• Proven expertise in Youth engagement.
• Experience facilitating participatory learning methodologies.
• Familiarity with UNESCO's Media and Information Literacy framework.
• Excellent facilitation skills.
• Excellent written and spoken Arabic.
• Good command of English.

Skills

• Media and Information Literacy
• Combating Hate Speech
• Digital Literacy
• Youth Engagement
• Training Programme Design
• Training Delivery
• Participatory Methodologies
• Curriculum Design
• Training Assessment Tools
• Facilitation Skills
• Language Proficiency in Arabic
• English Language Proficiency
• UNESCO MIL Framework

Languages

Arabic, English