NP/EFSA/KNOW/2024/01- Call for a Training Administrator to provide EFSA with technical support with the instructional Design and coordination of scientific training courses

Call reference: NP/EFSA/KNOW/2024/01

Background

The Knowledge, Innovation and Partnership Management Unit (KNOW Unit) coordinates scientific Learning and Development activities in EFSA in close collaboration with other EFSA Units, being the courses to be coordinated from this call one of these activities. The successful contractor from this call is aimed at fulfilling the logistical and administrative aspects involved in the development and delivery of EFSA’s scientific trainings in a variety of modalities, while supporting EFSA’s Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to design their scientific content.

Objectives

The main objective of the contract resulting from the present procurement procedure is to facilitate the execution of a multi-annual training programme on EFSA scientific trainings in collaboration with EFSA’s experts. This includes:

• Administration & coordination of training events (webinars, face-to-face physical trainings) that include an external audience.
• Services supporting the instructional design, delivery, and project management for training courses.
• Services supporting the design and production of asynchronous/ self-paced training solutions from already delivered training courses.
• Administrative and logistical support to EFSA’s Subject Matter Experts in aspects related to the preparation of the training programmes and training materials needed to deliver the training courses (e.g., presentations, case studies). Content ownership falls under EFSA’s SMEs’ responsibility.
• Ensuring the practical organisation and coordination of the training courses on selected scientific topics (e.g., logistical arrangements, management of training participants, deliver training reports, etc.).

Selection criteria - Professional capacity: overall at organisational level

The tenderer must have the following minimum professional capacity to perform the contract:

• Ability and an extensive and proven experience (at least 3 years) to prepare, organise and facilitate training activities.
• Ability to design and produce asynchronous/ self-paced training solutions.

Selection criteria – Professional capacity: at individual level

The specific requirements will be defined in the tenders specifications.

If you are interested in this procedure please send an email within the deadline to EFSAprocurement [at] efsa.europa.eu quoting the reference of the procedure and specifying the following:

• your name/organisation’s name and address;
• whether you participate as a physical person or an organisation/private company.