Apiculture and Beekeeping Trainer

The STTC will be under the line management of the Food Security and Livelihood Program Manager, or her designee.

MISSION CONTEXT

Based on SIF’s Food Security and Livelihoods Needs Assessment conducted in 2019 for the areas of Mount Lebanon and the North; SIF designed a Food Security and Livelihood project that aims at:

• Offering technical and financial assistance to farmers and rural women cooperatives in the aim to increase the added value of their products.
• Develop and support a marketing strategy for farmers and cooperatives
• Capacity empowerment for farmers and for rural women for a better quantitative and qualitative production.

The Project is part of a longer term strategy aiming at supporting and reinforcing capacities of local stakeholders, mainly farmers, local rural women cooperatives, and related governmental entities (MoA and MoPW).

MAIN RESPONSABILITIES 

Design and deliver training for farmers on Beekeeping management for several villages in Aley and Iqlim El Kharroub.

OBJECTIVE OF THE CONSULTANT MISSION

General Objective

The general objective of the consultancy is to train around 25 people on Beekeeping.

Specific objectives

• Develop an appropriate curriculum and delivery for the Beekeeping
• Provide recommendations to SIF and underline need and opportunities in Beekeeping sector

The expected outcomes of this consultancy are as follows

• The Project expects the consultant to deliver the Beekeeping method to the participants (Farmers interested in beekeeping, vulnerable individuals interested in beekeeping, etc.)
• All the participants at the end of the training should be able to start with beekeeping
• The training has theoretical and practical part with field trips to beehives as needed

Logistic

• The expert will take care of her/his transportation to the training locations

Reporting

Reports directly to SIF’s Beirut Office, to the Food Security and Livelihood Program Manager. S/he will submit the following reports at the end of the training sessions:

• The Narrative Report which includes: the number of beneficiaries, SWOT analysis of the trainees in general
• Recommendations

• Certificate of agriculture
• More than 10 years of experience in beekeeping
• Track record of beekeeping practices and standards.
• Previous experience in training on similar subjects
• More than 2 years’ experience with international organizations
• Experience in managing and supporting beehives    
• Strong interpersonal skills and a supportive technical and communication style
• Strong command of Arabic (the training language)
• Knowledge of the Lebanese context in general and the mount Lebanon context in particular
• Publications in the domain are an asset

Ethic and professional practice

• Always respect of beneficiaries’ confidentiality
• Respect SIF’s Policies
• Address needs and requests in a professional way.
• Report any incident or act that causes any harm to beneficiary or to others.
• Help in ideas to support the team of the FS and Agricultural Livelihood

Work relationships

Line manager: Food Security and Agricultural Livelihood Program Manager

Job conditions

• Availability: July- August 2019
• Duty station: Aley and Iqlim El Kharroub
• Duration/ Type of contract: 8 days fixed price contract