Champions of Change / Awareness Sessions Facilitators

Common Effort is a Lebanese non-profit, non-governmental and non-political organization that was created by a group of youth in 2010. Our mission is to help society prevent family violence, child protection, drug abuse and provide legal aid. We have since extended our help to renovating homes and shelters. Our vision is to be the trusted shelter to every abused victim, and the hope to all the people in need. This project implemented by RDFL in partnership with Plan International funded by SIDA will contribute further to civil society strengthening through multiple approaches and modalities. It will increase the enjoyment of human rights by women and girls and the advancement of gender equality in a vibrant and pluralistic civil society.

The Champions of Change (COC) modality aims to enhance the youth, girls’, and boys’ knowledge, and behavior related to gender equality, GBV, and SRHR, and support adolescents in building their capacity to drive certain actions. The adolescents and youth supported by the CBOs will, together, agree on preparing and leading initiatives to promote gender equality, access SRH information, and services, build on local strategies and activities designed by the CBOs in their expression of interest (Outcome 1) to ensure access for adolescents and youth to SRH services, quality and timely.

Scope

The COC facilitators will be trained to implement the modality with adolescents and youth, as well as parents, caregivers within the local most vulnerable communities, and co-designing an exit strategy with local leaders and adolescents and youth involved in champions of change to ensure the sustainability of action. The COC facilitators will be responsible for the following:

• Establishing a link between Common Effort and the local most vulnerable communities.
• Preparing and designing an activity plan in coordination with the Project Coordinator adapted to the target group.
• Delivering and facilitating activities and awareness sessions in person and remotely.
• Collecting and keeping records of attendance.
• Identifying refugees with specific needs, providing them with the necessary counseling, and referring them to the existing services.
• Respecting the confidentiality of information.
• Abiding by the code of conduct.
• Being ready for flexible working hours if needed.
• Flexibility to work on weekends on an exceptional basis.
• Ensuring that the provided material is properly used and kept.

   

Relationships

• Position reports to: Program Coordinator
• Position works with: COC Facilitators, community members (Adolescents and youth, parents, and caregivers within the local most vulnerable communities).

Requirements

• Good knowledge of gender concepts and human rights-based approaches.
• Experience in working for gender equality, ending GBV, promoting SRHR, girls’ empowerment and/or boys’ engagement.
• Experience in Capacity Building with partners and youth groups.
• Previous experience in facilitating awareness sessions, and other curriculums to girls, boys, young women, and men.
• Basic knowledge of national, regional, and international legal frameworks on women’s and girls’ rights (e.g., national GBV legislation, CEDAW, etc.)
• High energy, engaging, motivated, interested, and curious. Shows humility and honesty: approaches facilitation as a “learner”, rather than an “expert” who imparts knowledge to others.