Overview

Overview: The READY initiative is welcoming applications from individuals operating in South Sudan for an upcoming Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) Readiness Training for Major Disease Outbreak Response. This five-day training aims to strengthen technical and operational leadership to plan and execute RCCE readiness and response in large-scale outbreaks with considerations for humanitarian contexts.

Training Goal

The goal of this training is to strengthen RCCE leadership to drive a more participatory, community-led response in large-scale outbreaks, and facilitate behavior change with data-driven communication. The training will include interactive exercises that link to an evolving outbreak scenario in a humanitarian setting, allowing learners to apply what they have learned and reflect on operational considerations.

Thematic content includes:

• Social and behavior change in outbreaks
• Data collection and analysis
• Community-led community engagement
• Managing uncertainty and rumors
• Multi-source listening
• Readiness actions
• Simulation exercises to test outbreak response knowledge and skills, and more

When and Where

The training will take place September 30 – October 4th, 2024, in Juba, South Sudan. In addition, participants will be required to complete two 90-minute online courses focused on the fundamentals of infectious disease outbreaks and RCCE in humanitarian settings.

Eligibility and Selection Criteria

This workshop is designed for national, local, and international NGOs that are operating in South Sudan; government and UN representatives are also encouraged to apply. Selection criteria are below. READY welcomes any nominations of specific individuals or organizations to apply for this training.

Priority audiences for workshop participants (Note: expertise in any of these areas is not required)

• Current or future role in planning, managing, and/or executing communication, behavior change, and/or community engagement readiness and response to large-scale outbreaks for a national, local, or international NGO operating in South Sudan.
• Government and UN representatives.
• Organizations that work in humanitarian contexts are ideal candidates.
• Actively seeking to add or strengthen RCCE technical and operational capacity.
• Experience working in humanitarian and public health response and multiple technical sectors.

Is there a cost for this training program?

READY will provide breakfast, tea breaks, and lunch for all five days of training. READY has limited funding available to support travel costs for local/national organizations and lodging for anyone traveling from outside of Juba who needs it. Funding will be considered on an as-needed basis based on requests. Please indicate support requests on the application form or send an email to ready@savechildren.org. READY will discuss expected commitments with individuals during the selection process.

At this time, READY is welcoming Expressions of Interest from individuals operating in South Sudan only.

Mandatory

Please note that successful applications will need to confirm:

• Ability to commit to completing two online (eLearning) courses and attending five days of in-person sessions
• Ability to participate in written and spoken English