Terms of Reference
Position: Curriculum Developer – Digital Literacy Course
Location: Remote
Duration: 28 days
Reporting to: Program Manager
Organization: This Ability Trust
Background:
This Ability is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting disability-inclusive Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR). This course will focus on practical, beginner-level digital literacy, accessible to women with disability
Objective:
To review and update the inclusive digital literacy curriculum that equips participants with core skills in computer use, internet navigation, social media usage, online safety, and digital communication.
Scope of Work:
- Conduct a comprehensive review of the existing Digital Literacy course to assess its current relevance, inclusivity, and responsiveness to the needs of women with disabilities and civil society organizations.
- Consult with key stakeholders, including Digital Dadas and Mama Siri, to gather insights, lived experiences, and feedback to inform content updates.
- Revise course modules to incorporate inclusive language, intersectional perspectives, relevant case studies, and practical tools for a comprehensive and relevant digital literacy course.
- Ensure the content adheres to accessibility standards and is designed to accommodate diverse learning needs through multiple formats and universal design principles.
- Develop a user-friendly facilitator guide.
- Organize a validation session with women with disabilities to review revised content and integrate their feedback into the final version.
- Prepare and submit a final report detailing the review process, changes made, stakeholder inputs, and recommendations for future updates or adaptations.
Deliverables:
- Content Review Report
- Report on focus group discussion findings
- Stakeholder Engagement Summary
- Revised and Updated Course Materials
- Accessibility Compliance Checklist
- Validation and Feedback Report
- Final Report with Recommendations
Qualifications:
- Degree in ICT, Education, Instructional Design, or related field
- A postgraduate qualification in the related field is an added advantage
- Proven 5 years’ experience in developing digital literacy curricula
- Understanding of accessibility standards for persons with disabilities
- Experience working in inclusive learning environments
Application Process
Interested candidates should submit their CV, cover letter, and a sample of a similar curriculum developed to consultant@this-ability.org by August 14th, 2025. Please include a financial proposal outlining your consultancy fees.
This Ability Trust is an equal opportunity organization and encourages applications from persons with disabilities and those with experience in disability-inclusive and gender-responsive research.
Exclusion Clauses
- This Ability Trust has zero tolerance for corruption and fraud. You are required to go through and comply with the anti-bribery policy to get a better understanding of this and the other policies that the Trust’s operations focus on.
- This Ability Trust has a zero-tolerance policy towards sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA). You must prohibit SEA, implement preventative measures, report any SEA allegations to the Trust, take corrective action when SEA occurs and ensure victims of any age receive appropriate support. The Trust makes available annual sexual exploitation and abuse prevention and response training for all supervisors, managers, consultants and employees. You are required to go through and comply with the Safeguarding and Protection Policy.
- The Trust affirms its established policy of non-discrimination in employment and its commitment to affirmative action in being an equal opportunity employer, particularly in the employment of women with disabilities.
- This Ability Trust reserves the right to offer comparable assignments to those qualified candidates that may not have been selected for this consultancy assignment which they applied for. These offers will be based on the needs of the organisation, appropriateness and relevance to the candidate’s educational backgrounds and work experience. Only those candidates in whose qualifications and experience the Trust has further interest will be contacted for subsequent interviews.