Proposals writing training

The volunteer will be in charge of designing and implementing a training on proposals writing for the READA’s Team.

READA is a Cambodian NGO supporting impoverished rural communities to achieve advanced socio-economic autonomy through gaining the necessary knowledge, skills & access to services to undertake and pursue sustainable livelihood activities (ranging from agriculture to small and medium businesses) whilst also increasing awareness on social and health issues. Created in 2004, the association has managed to grow its activities and counts approximately 900 members and 20,000 beneficiaries.
The READA’s team goal is to go further regarding its projects and activities in order to support more beneficiaries and raise awareness about environmental, health and social issues.
In order to do so, the team would like to develop new projects though international funds/donors. It requires to improve its skills on proposal writings, as proposals have become more sophisticated and reflect the increased competitiveness in the NGO sector. They have already got training on this topic but still they need to improve their proposal writing capacity to compete in any calls for proposal with other applicants. In addition, the organization wants to train other staff members on this topic for the reason of their knowledge growth and capacity building and for the development of the organization.
This mission’s objective is to support the local employees with a need-based training on how to efficiently and competitively write proposals to implement new projects that would benefit the rural communities.
This intervention might need several missions before the objective is complete and will be followed by website design and marketing strategy trainings.

The volunteer intervention must cover those topics:
• Analysis of READA’s team capacities and needs in proposal writing
• Based on the first analysis outcomes, design a training for the team on proposal writing. The following topics might be covered:
o Introduction to proposal writing (goals, main challenges, the different steps, etc.)
o How to get ready before writing a proposal (writing about the organization, …)
o The actual proposal (problem statement and project rationale, project goal, project objectives, strategies and activities, performance indicators, etc…)
o Budget and proposal packaging
o Fundraising strategies regarding the proposal writing
• Under the supervision of the trainer, proposals will be written by the team
• A guide including recommendations and tips for the READA’s team will be written by the trainer
The training must be very interactive, adopting a practical approach in order to facilitate the staff’s understanding and application to READA’s activities.

Training location: READA’s office

Training hours: 8 hours per day, in the morning and in the afternoons)

An online meeting will be organized with the volunteer before his/her arrival to organize more precisely the training/identify the topics.
The volunteer will have a few days to learn about READA and to design the training (2 to days).
The training will be then from 3 to 5 days depending on the availability of the teams.
Then the volunteer and the teams will write together the report (1 to 2 days).
Volunteer will travel every day in Tuk tuk or walking from hotel to office, which takes approx. 10-15min
Breakfast, lunch and dinner will be taken in hotel or restaurants nearby.

Educational Level of the READA Team:
The lowest level is Bachelor Degree and the highest level is Master Degree.
The age of the team as beneficiaries is between 25years old to 44 years old.
READA’s team:
Management : 1 Executive Director (Man)
Administrative and Finance Manager: 1 (Man)
Program Manager: 1 (Woman)
Accountant: 1 (Woman)
Project Office: 1 (Man)
EAC Team: 8 (5 women) : Led by 1 project coordinator
CSA Team : 7 (3 women) : led by 1 project coordinator
Since READA has received fund from Agricultural Denmark Asia (ADDA), we also work together with four ADDA’s staff members :
Deputy Coordinator : 1 (Man)
Accountant : 1 (Woman)
Supporting Staff : 2 (women)