Training Academy

The Alianza por la Solidaridad (Alianza) in partnership with Culture and Free Thought Association (CFTA), Palestinian Family Planning and Protection Association (PFPPA), Palestinian Information Technologies Incubator (PICTI), Women´s Affairs Technical Committee (WATC) are currently implementing the project “Equal rooting”: Greater gender equality in Palestine " funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency - SIDA.

The overall objective of the 3-year intervention is to contribute to foster gender equality in the oPt through a comprehensive program in the West Bank and Gaza. Under the framework of this activity, PICTI aims to promote women’s economic autonomy and women´s economic rights, by equipping them with the needed digital, technical and soft skills to increase their employment opportunity and enter the job market.

As such, PICTI is looking to hire a Training Academy to help improve the employment access capabilities of 15 women through engaging them in 4 months internship programme.

Position Profile:

To help achieve these objectives, PICTI will be cooperating with an individual/training academy to provide the following:

A pool of 15 women with the needed training in order to enhance their skills and competencies in the following areas: Photography, E-Marketing, Secretary & Business Administration, and graphic design, that shall in turn improve and facilitate their transition to employment, thus increasing their career prospects.

Training Topics:

1_ Administrative Assistant

Training topics to be covered:

• Answering phone calls and emails.
• Taking messages, and maintaining notes.
• Arranging appointments.
• Typing, preparing and collating reports.
• Meeting and greeting clients.
• Maintaining and ordering office supplies.
• Keeping computer databases up to date.
• Responding to customer questions and complaints.
• Walking customers through basic processes.
• Providing service information.
• Resolving service problems.

Note: The training will target a total of 4 women, and provide them with 18 training hours (6 days/3 hours per day).

2_ E-Marketing

Training topics to be covered:

• Demonstrating products and services as deemed necessary by clients and management.
• Interactions with clients.
• Creating an online marketing strategy for a product/service.
• Scheduling appointments and meetings as necessary.
• How to Apply testing and analytics to optimize marketing efforts.
• How to identify strategies to attract, and engage audience online.

Note: The training will target a total of 4 women, and provide them with 18 training hours (6 days/3 hours per day).

3_ Graphic Design

Training topics to be covered:

• Implement the fundamentals of color: visual, rhythm, and pattern in design.
• Use scale, weight, direction, texture, and space in a composition.
• Typeset text and experiment with letter forms.
• Create series of images using different image making techniques.
• Develop graphics and layouts for product illustrations, company logos, websites and more.

Note: The training will target a total of 4 women, and provide them with 20 training hours (5 days/4 hours per day).

4_ Photography

Training topics to be covered:

• Understand how cameras work and what gear you need.
• Master shooting in manual mode.
• Identify needed equipment.
• Practical demonstrations on how to shoot in real-world scenarios.
• Use composition, lighting, and proper settings to take better photos.
• Edit photos professionally.
• Learn start a photography business.

Note: The training will target a total of 3 women, and provide them with 15 training hours (5 days/3 hours per day).

Please also note the following:

• The individual/company must be committed towards identification of equipment for the photography training workshops.
• PICTI will be providing a hall to conduct the training for the 15 women offline; the hall is equipped with the necessary computer devices and high-speed internet.
• The individual/company must be flexible towards conducting the training online, whenever needed.
• The training is expected to be implemented and completed in February.

Guidelines and Selection Criteria

In undertaking this assignment, the service provider should consider submitting:

• Technical proposal (70%) covering the following items:
• Individual/Company profile including Trainers/experts’ CVs reflecting the training topic he/she will cover. (10%)
• Previous relevant experience. This must be supported by samples of previous work. (15%)
• Detailed action plan (including training agenda, outline, timeslots, etc.). This plan shall be adapted according to participants’ needs. (15%)
• Training tools and methodology (while taking into consideration the probability for conducting the training virtually). (20%)
• Being a PITA Member. (10%)

Experience in training workshops that target fresh graduate in the community is an asset.

• Financial proposal (30%). The price quotation for the training delivery should be in EURO.

Please note that the price quotation should be submitted in:

1. English language.
2. The Price must be in Euro EXCLUDING VAT – and PICTI is not responsible for any currency differences.
3. The price offer must be valid for a period of 6 months.
4. The company bears all responsibility in the case that it submits a price offer and is unable to provide a valid source of deduction or any official certificates that require the payment process.
5. PICTI has the right to withdraw or cancel the solicitation, without incurring any costs and without any justifications.
6. The supplier to whom the quotation is awarded bears all responsibility in the case that they submit a quotation and is unable to issue invoices or bring a valid source of deduction or clearance from the Added Tax Department or any of the reinforcements necessary for the payment.
7. The payment with the selected agency will be made after signing the contract, completing the required service by submitting the work completion report, and providing the financial payment request. If the service provider is an individual, 10% of the total amount will be deducted as income tax to be submitted to the Ministry of Finance.
8. PICTI reserves the right to reject any offer without stating the reasons and to solicit offers from abroad in the case of rejection of the submitted offers and in case of violation and non-compliance with the required specifications.
9. The amount due to the supplier shall be paid by Checks or bank transfer from the bank account of the project, after submitting the necessary.
10. PICTI is not obligated to the lowest prices without giving reasons, and it is also entitled to split or cancel without giving reasons, Therefore, the offers will be evaluated from a technical and financial point.
11. The company must provide a copy of its registration certificate and a valid deduction at source certificate.
12. Any clause or any of the general conditions relating to PICTI that have been inadvertently omitted and is not mentioned within these Terms of Reference, is subject to PICTI internal standard procedures or the Palestinian Procurement and Supplies Law or any financial procedures related to that.
13. Please stamp and sign all pages of the quotation.

Please take into consideration that the budget is highly limited, therefore provide us with the lowest price offers as possible.

Application Submission and Deadline:

Interested agencies are encouraged to submit their price offers to envelopes to the following address: Al-Irsal Street; Ougarit Building; 4th Floor, indicating on the cover page “Training Academy” no later than Tuesday, Jan 17th, 2023 at 3:00 pm.

If you have any further inquiries, please contact the following number:  2 297 1990