SoW for Hiring an External Agency for Orientation and Capacity Building

Room to Read’s Foundational Literacy Program in Jharkhand: Anchoring and Delivery of Orientation Programme for Jharkhand Field Workforce

Scope of Work (SoW) for Hiring an External Agency for Orientation and Capacity Building

1. Organizational Overview

Founded in 2000 on the belief that World Change Starts with Educated Children®, Room to Read develops children’s foundational literacy skills, as well as life skills that promote gender equality. We nurture these essential skills in children by training and coaching educators, creating quality learning materials and spaces, strengthening education systems, and delivering programs directly and with partners – all while honouring the dignity of every child. Committed to accelerating learning outcomes for more children, more quickly, Room to Read has benefited children across 29 countries, with more than 17 million children actively benefiting from our programming in 2025 alone. Room to Read India’s literacy operations currently span across 12 states, with a focus on improving children’s reading skills, access to quality learning materials, and supportive learning environments. Room to Read envisions a world free from illiteracy and gender inequality, where all children have room to read, learn and grow. Visit us at https://www.roomtoreadindia.org/

2. Jharkhand Foundational Literacy Project Overview

Room to Read is preparing for a significant scale-up of its Foundational Literacy & Numeracy initiative in Jharkhand, expanding implementation across multiple districts and requiring a substantial field workforce to support programme delivery. As Room to Read expands its field implementation in Jharkhand, a substantial number of staff will join different field-facing and supervisory roles. As part of the planned scale-up, Room to Read expects to onboard more than 150 staff in Phase 1 across field implementation, supervisory and district-level leadership roles. A second cohort of approximately 120 additional staff is expected to be onboarded in Phase 2 as implementation expands to the remaining districts.

3. Objective of the Assignment

The overarching objective of this assignment is to ensure that over two phases 250+ team members in Jharkhand are ready for project implementation.

• Phase 1 will aim at getting all 150+ staff members ready for project implementation by March 31st, 2027.
• Phase 2 will do the same with additional 120+ team members by 30th April 2028.

Specifically, the assignment aims to:

• Identify role-wise orientation requirements:In consultation with internal teams of Room to Read, Identify the knowledge, behaviours and practical skills required for each identified field and supervisory role and distinguish between common and role-specific needs.
• Develop a structured orientation plan:Define the learning objectives, content sequence, duration and delivery approach for each participant group, including what should be covered during the initial orientation and what may require follow-up support. As much as possible, host the entire process on Moodle. Room to Read has access to Moodle which will be shared with the agency.
• Develop training modules as per the need - Develop learning content and exercises that prepare participants for real work situations, particularly around facilitation, communication, stakeholder engagement, teamwork, problem solving, field coordination, supervision and professional conduct. The modules should be developed in consultation with the relevant RTR SPOCs and contextualised to our operating environment.
• Anchor the orientation programme:In partnership with RtR’s internal teams, anchor the agreed in-person orientation sessions for the identified staff cohorts in Jharkhand using participatory and practice-based methods.
• Create a dashboard to report the progress of all participants: Track participant progress against an agreed “Outcome and competency framework”, highlighting learning progress, identified gaps and areas requiring additional support, coaching or refresher inputs. The information should primarily be used to identify learning gaps and determine where participants may require additional learning support, coaching or reinforcement, rather than merely for grading or evaluation.
• Review the effectiveness of the orientation:Use participant assessments, feedback and facilitator observations to understand what participants have learned, where they continue to face difficulty and what aspects of the programme may need improvement.
• Provide post-orientation Strengthening:Develop and conduct focused refresher sessions in October/November based on field experience, manager feedback and capability gaps identified after the first round of training. A minimum competency/benchmark shall be established in consultation with RTR and participants who do not meet the minimum benchmark shall be identified and, where required,
• provided with remedial/re-training support. The Agency shall provide a final participant-wise competency status.
• Strengthen the programme for future cohorts:Revise the orientation content, activities and supporting materials based on learning from the first rollout, and use the updated package for subsequent cohorts, including the second phase of training planned for 2028.
• Ensure continuity beyond the assignment:Hand over a complete and editable set of orientation materials, tools and guidance that Room to Read can retain, update and use for future staff cohorts. All project-specific training materials, content, tools, assessments, reports and other deliverables developed specifically for RTR under this assignment shall be provided to RTR in editable and/or agreed formats. (RTR will have complete ownership and usage rights of such materials, including whether RTR may subsequently use, modify or reproduce them for internal training purposes.)

HOW TO APPLY Proposals are invited from the interested agencies for the above assignment and the last date for receiving the proposal is 17th Sep 2026 at procurement.india@roomtoread.org [do not copy anyone from RtR] Kindly submit two separate emails with the following subject lines:

• EMAIL (1): TECHNICAL PROPOSAL –Orientation & capacity building
• EMAIL (2): FINANCIAL PROPOSAL – Orientation & capacity building

Submission terms:

• All agencies are advised to thoroughly review the ToR before applying.
• Incomplete applications or deviations from the prescribed process will result in automatic rejection.
• Proposals received after the prescribed deadline will not be considered.
• Only shortlisted agencies will be contacted and may be requested for face-to-face/online interaction/presentation.

For any queries, please contact:

Vivek Shrawat [contact details removed] For detailed information, please check the complete version of the advert attached below.

Job Email ID: procurement.india(at)roomtoread.org

Download Attachment: SoW_Agency for Orientation & Capacity Building_2026-2028.doc

Organisation: Room to Read India

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