SCOPE OF WORK
Youth Grow Activity (YGA)
Music Instruments Trainers (for individuals only) in Ministry of Youth centers
BACKGROUND
About Q2Impact (QED Group, LLC DBA Q2Impact)
Q2Impact brings more than 25 years of experience delivering data-driven, impact-focused solutions in development, diplomacy, and defense. Leveraging its global expertise in monitoring, evaluation, learning, systems strengthening, and adaptive programming, Q2Impact serves as the Prime Subrecipient under the US Government-funded Youth Grow Activity (YGA), Agreement No. 72027823CA00003.
About Youth Grow Activity (YGA)
Launched in 2023, Youth Grow Activity (YGA) is a five-year US Government (USG)-funded initiative that aims to transform the economic trajectory of Jordan’s youth while strengthening resilient, opportunity-rich local systems to promote long-term stability and security. YGA’s reflects a growing strategic consensus: youth economic empowerment is no longer just a development objective; it is a tool for socioeconomic prosperity. YGA tackles the root causes of economic exclusion and youth unemployment—key drivers of social unrest, destabilized vulnerable communities, and brain drain and migration. By aligning local and national economic opportunities with shared regional and global strategic interests, YGA leverages economic empowerment as a force to foster resilient partnerships that help co-create future-ready systems.
YGA focuses on three core objectives:
- Increased youth access to income-generating opportunities. YGA prepares, inspires, and links youth with opportunities and career pathways that allow them to generate income in growing arenas, including technology-enabled work, remote employment, and enhancing youth-led and youth-serving enterprises growth opportunities.
- Enhanced youth economic leadership through targeted support of youth-led, youth-serving organizations, and youth groups through integrating sustainable practices and procedures for youth economic integration into the local and national ecosystem and enhancing youth's meaningful involvement in decision-making by creating avenues where their voices are heard to shape their support activities that affect their economic progress. This approach allows YGA to support inclusive economic growth that fosters innovation and long-term value creation.
- Strengthened Jordan's youth development system in partnership with youth through enhanced coordination among stakeholders within youth-relevant services and policies and strengthened youth centers' capacity to serve as a connection hub between youth and youth support ecosystems to develop a lasting environment for youth empowerment and engagement.
About Q2IMPACT (QED Group, LLC DBA Q2 Impact)
Q2IMPACT, a QED Group company, brings over 25 years of expertise in data-driven, impact-focused solutions at the intersection of development, diplomacy, and defense. Rooted in this dynamic history, Q2IMPACT leverages cutting-edge technology, data-driven insight, and strategic expertise to tackle today’s most pressing challenges. Evolving with global priorities, Q2IMPACT blends its rich legacy in Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL), Collaboration, Learning, and Adaptation (CLA); data analytics; systems strengthening, and adaptive programming with a renewed focus on strategic relevance, economic growth, and national security. Q2IMPACT is the Prime Subrecipient under the USG-funded Youth Grow Activity (YGA) under Agreement No. 72027823CA00003.
Music Training in the Ministry of Youth Centers
As part of the effort to expand positive youth engagement through arts and creative learning, YGA is supporting the Ministry of Youth to provide structured music-training programs across selected youth centers. These programs go beyond developing musical abilities as they offer youth a safe and expressive space to explore creativity, strengthen emotional wellbeing, and build confidence. Music training helps young people develop discipline, patience, focus, and collaboration skills; qualities that contribute to stronger personal resilience and healthier social behaviors. By activating youth center spaces with enriching skill-building activities, this program directly supports YGA and MoY goals to foster positive youth development, increase meaningful participation, and expand opportunities for young people to connect, grow, and contribute within their communities. To deliver these activities, YGA will engage individual music trainers, selected through an open and competitive process, to implement instrument-specific trainings in the designated youth centers.
PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT
The purpose of this assignment is to engage qualified individual music trainers to implement structured music-training sessions at Ministry of Youth centers, in alignment with YGA’s youth development objectives. Each trainer will deliver instruction on one specific musical instrument and will be assigned to one center, based on their application preferences. Trainers will be responsible for quality music instruction, classroom management, attendance tracking, coordination with center staff, and compliance with YGA’s and MoY’s reporting and MEL requirements.
Applicants must clearly specify:
- The instrument they specialize in ; Piano, mijwiz, Organ, simsimiyya, or Percussion.
- The geographic area/youth center they are applying for.
All applicants must be accredited or registered with the Ministry of Culture.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The selected trainer will undertake the following:
1. Deliver Music Training
- Teach youth in the designated instrument according to the officially defined training hours, duration, and schedule.
- Use age-appropriate methodologies that support learning, practice, creativity, and skill progression.
- Ensure a safe and encouraging learning environment.
2. Support Youth Engagement
- Promote consistent participation and maintain a motivating classroom atmosphere.
- Manage group dynamics and maintain discipline respectfully.
- Encourage creativity, teamwork, and confidence.
3. Coordinate with Youth Center Staff
- Coordinate schedules, room allocations, and logistics with MoY center administrators.
- Communicate challenges or needs in a timely manner.
- Ensure responsible use of instruments, equipment, and training materials.
4. Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting
- Maintain and submit accurate weekly attendance sheets.
- Submit short monthly progress summaries.
- Support pre- and post-training assessments of youth skills.
- Be observant and report on youth behaviors, discipline, and progress of other relevant soft skills.
- Provide documentation requested by YGA’s MEL and technical teams.
Performance indicators include:
- Number of youths enrolled in the training program
- Number of youths who completed the training program
- Youth improvements in musical instrument skills (through pre- and post-technical assessment by the trainer)
- Youth self-efficacy, including discipline, soft skills (communication skills, teamwork, etc.), beyond musical instrument skills
- Youth participants and parents’ satisfaction, engagement levels, and perception about MOY youth centers, based on surveys/feedback forms.
Trainers will be receiving training on how to use and submit the required documentation to support assessing and reporting on the program achievements
Performance Review Meetings:
- Monthly meetings should be held to review performance indicators and trainers’ performance, with both the Ministry of Youth and YGA representatives.
5. Additional Duties
- Support success-story gathering and visibility requirements when requested.
- Comply with YGA branding and marking guidelines.
- Perform additional tasks related to training delivery as requested by YGA.
- Attend interviews and focus group discussions conducted by YGA, to support YGA evaluation and learning efforts.
- Logistical support for YGA evaluation and Learning sessions with the youth.
- Collect evaluation data, such as satisfaction surveys, mid-term youth evaluation, from the youth and their parents.
DELIVERABLES
- Weekly attendance sheets signed by trainers and center staff.
- Monthly progress summaries.
- Pre- and post-assessments for youth participants.
- Final summary report detailing progress, challenges, and recommendations.
TRAINING STRUCTURE
- Percussion – three trainers needed
- Locations:
- Al-Qweismeh Youth Center (Amman)
- Prince Mohammad Youth Center (Zarqa)
- Ramtha Youth Center (Irbid)
- Training period and level of effort: 6 months (72 training hours total), 3 hours/day, 1 day/week
- Organ – three trainers needed
- Locations:
- Al-Fuheis Youth Center (Balqa)
- Tafileh Youth Center (Tafila)
- Petra Youth Center (Maan)
- Training period and level of effort: 6 months (72 training hours total), 3 hours/day, 1 day/week
- Piano – four trainers needed
- Locations:
- Al-Fuheis Youth Center (Balqa)
- Ajloun Youth Center (Ajloun)
- Mafraq Youth Center (Mafraq)
- Tafileh Youth Center (Tafileh)
- Training period and level of effort: 6 months (72 training hours total), 3 hours/day, 1 day/week
- Mijwiz – two trainers needed
- Locations:
- Ramtha Youth Center (Irbid)
- Ghor Al-Safi Youth Center (Karak)
- Training period and level of effort:
- Ramtha: 2 months (48 training hours total), 3 hours/day, 2 days/week
- Ghor Al-Safi: 2 months (48 training hours total), 3 hours/day, 2 days/week
- Simsimiyya – one trainer needed
- Location:
- Aqaba Youth Center (Aqaba)
- Training period and level of effort: 2 months (48 training hours total), 3 hours/day, 2 days/week
QUALIFICATIONS AND MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
- Proven experience teaching one of the following instruments: Piano, Organ, Percussion, Mijwiz, or Simsimiyya
- Accreditation or registration with the Ministry of Culture (mandatory).
- Experience working with youth aged 12–18 is preferred.
- Strong communication and classroom-management skills.
- Ability to commit to the full training period at the assigned center.
- Ability to submit reports, attendance sheets, and monitoring and evaluation documentation as required.
Applicants must clearly indicate the instrument and the youth center/area they are applying for.