EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER (EDC)

Education Development Center (EDC) is a global nonprofit that advances lasting solutions to improve education, promote health, and expand economic opportunity. Since 1958, we have been a leader in designing, implementing, and evaluating powerful and innovative programs in more than 80 countries around the world. 

EDC promotes equity and access to high quality education and health services and products that contribute to thriving communities where people from diverse backgrounds learn, live, and work together. We support an inclusive workplace culture that embraces many perspectives and broadens our understanding of the communities we serve, enhancing and enriching our work.     

EDC is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

Project Description

The USAID Let’s Read Zambia project is a 6-year project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) ending on July 6th 2025 and implemented by the Education Development Center (EDC).  USAID Let’s Read Zambia works to improve reading outcomes for children attending pre-primary (kindergarten) through to Grades 3 and provide professional development for teachers to support reading interventions in Zambian public and community schools. 

The USAID Lets Read Zambia Project is looking to for a firm/consultant to conduct training on Resume/CV writing skills to a total number of 47 staff members.

Scope of Work

The consultant or firm will be responsible for:

• Conducting needs assessment of staff as it relates to resume skills training
• Proposing a plan on how the training will be conducted
• Develop participant materials, including handouts, presentations, and references
• Conduct training on resume writing skills for a total of  47 staff members
• Conduct training on job interview preparations (how to prepare for a job interview, possible questions and best response to attract the interviewers)
• At end of training, post training review of CV’s.
• Provide workshop materials following any feedback from trainings
• Prepare a final report on the consultancy

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS and EXPERIENCE

• Experience delivering presentation skills trainings
• Experience developing learning materials for a multi-cultural target audience.
• Experience working with International Non-Governmental organizations a plus.
• Experience collaborating with Subject Matter Experts to bring their content to life, and to transmit own knowledge of training best practices to subject matter experts

Applicant requirements: Applications from firms or individual consultants will be considered.

Requirements for individuals:

Qualifications, skills and experience – required:

• At least 10 years’ practical experience in relevant fields of personnel and financial management.
• Three references whom USAID Let’s Read Project may contact. These references should be clients or employers for whom you have provided similar services in the past 3 years.
• Experience in carrying out the same type of trainings
• Organisational skills.
• CV of individual consultant
• Excellent information management and writing skills in English.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication abilities.

Requirements for firms: Qualifications, skills and experience – required:

• Company profile

• ZRA Tax Clearance & PACRA Returns
• Atleast 10 years’ experience in carrying out the same type of training (personnel and financial management)
• Three references whom USAID Let’s Read Project may contact. These references should be clients or employers for whom you have provided similar services in the past 3 years.
• CV/info for the proposed trainer(s) who would be leading the training with demonstrated experience in carrying out the same type of trainings.

• Please describe the nature of your background and experience and why it is well suited to the nature of the work described above. Please be sure to address the qualifications, experience listed above, and comparable project work.
• Pricing/Price Sheet: a pricing list for the services that you/your company is interested and able to offer based on the activities listed above.
• Please submit your proposal to (include procurement email address) noting the title “CV/Resume Skills Training” in the subject line.
• Submissions will be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis with a deadline of no later than May 25, 2024.

EVALUATION and AWARD PROCESS

This RFP is open to all persons or entities that are deemed capable of implementing the scope of work, with a solid record of integrity and business ethics.

The award will be made to the Seller representing the best value to the project.

For this RFP, price, delivery, technical and past performance are of equal importance for the purposes of evaluating and selecting the “best value

CRITERIA

POINTS

Technical – Experience and qualifications – understanding the scope of work

60

Past performance

30

Cost information and reasonableness

10

TOTAL

100

Proposals should be submitted electronically via email to:

            Education Development Centre- Let’s Read Project Procurement Team

            Email: [email protected]

            The solicitations number above must be indicated in the subject of the email.