Short-term Consultancy: Development of E-Learning course content on “Integrated land management in the UAE”

The International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) is an international, non-profit agricultural research center established in 1999 through the visionary leadership of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Fund, the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD), and the Government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). ICBA is a unique applied agricultural research center in the world that is focused on marginal areas where an estimated 1.7 billion people live. It identifies, tests and introduces resource-efficient, climate-smart crops and technologies that are best suited to different regions affected by salinity, water scarcity and drought. Through its work, ICBA helps to improve food security and livelihoods for some of the poorest rural communities around the world. ICBA is an equal opportunity employer and appoints qualified staff regardless of race, creed, color, age, gender, religion, or national origin.

As part of ICBA’s efforts to reach more stakeholders around the world and transfer knowledge through capacity development offerings, ICBA is developing an E-Learning platform. This platform will provide a collection of digitized training courses in different topics. These courses will target different stakeholders around the world, including experts, technicians, extension officers, graduate, and post-graduate student with special focus on youth and women.

Job Summary

The assignment for this consultancy is to develop an E-learning course material on “Integrated land management in the UAE”. The course targets experts, technicians, extension officers and university students in fields related to soil and land management with special focus on UAE conditions. The language of the course is English.

Job Responsibilities

The consultancy will include the followings deliverables:

  1. Course syllabus and learning objectives.
  2. Course structure and learning guidelines and learning outcomes.
  3. Module I: Global and local climate overview
    1. Global climate and climate change impact
    2. An overview of the global land biodiversity and utilization
    3. Climatic and environmental conditions in arid regions with focus on the UAE
    4. Learning assessment on the module
  4. Module II: Soil biodiversity in the UAE
    1.  Types of soils in the UAE
    2. Agricultural utilization of lands in the UAE
    3. Common threats to soils and lands in the UAE
    4. Learning assessment on the module
  5. Module III: Integrated land management measures
    1. Soil nutrients and fertilization
    2. Soil sampling methods
    3. Land reclamation and integrated management procedures
    4. Learning assessment on the module
  6. Scripts for 3-5 minutes learning videos on each module
  7. Reading material – open sources – for each module
  8. Final learning assessment on the course
Qualifications and Experience

Desirable

  • PhD in soil-related sciences.
  • At least 10 years’ experience in soil-related fields or research.
  • Previous experience in developing educational or training contents.
  • Experience in desert ecosystems, with proved experience in the UAE.
  • Fluent in English

Other requirements

  • The consultant will prepare the training contents using ICBA templates and branding guidelines.
  • ICBA will keep the right to use the provided material in other training contents and/or translate them to other language while maintaining the credit to the author.
  • The consultant is expected to finalize the course material within two months after signing the consultancy agreement.
  • The consultant should provide ICBA with updated CV and a passport copy.
  • The consultant must provide links to all open-source images, videos, data, and similar resources used in the training. ICBA can share their resources to include in the contents, if available

 

Post Date
8 April 2021
Status
Closed
Vacancy Type
Consultancy
Closing Date
1 May 2021
Location
Remotely
Report To
Capacity Development Specialist
Job Number
NA
Grade
NA