External Facilitator Consultant

 

 

 

External Facilitators on LGBTQI rights and issues

 

Project Name: Challenging Stereotypes, Providing Services, Convening, and Advocating: A multi-layer approach to promote LGBTQ rights in Lebanon

Subject: Hire an external consultant to facilitate a roundtable, and a networking event focused on LGBTQI rights and issues.

 

Background

As part of an EU-funded project entitled “Challenging Stereotypes, Providing Services, Convening and Advocating: A Multi-Layered Approach to Promoting LGBTQ Rights in Lebanon”, during 2021, Oxfam produced descriptive research on issues of LGBTQI rights and is currently in the process of producing two policy briefs that unpack issues of Housing and Mental Health affecting the Queer community in Lebanon.

Purpose:

Following the production of the policy briefs, Oxfam GB aims to conduct a validation workshop to  review and validate the findings of the policy briefs and unpack the generated recommendations and their respective dissemination plan

Furthermore, Oxfam GB will conduct one roundtable discussion and a networking event to mobilise efforts and build consensus around issues affecting LGBTQI rights and access to services, with particular emphasis on Housing and Mental Health. These advocacy efforts will involve key actors at the national and local levels, including representatives on behalf of the LGBTQI community, rights-based and like-minded organisations, representatives on behalf of the European Union, etc.

With that being said, Oxfam GB is seeking a qualified facilitator to facilitate both events during the second and third weeks of March 2022.

 

Consultants’ Duties and Responsibilities:

• Complete a desk review of already-existing knowledge materials, including the research papers and policy briefs developed by Oxfam, and other LGBTQI-focused knowledge materials developed by the partners;
• Helping Oxfam and the partners to define the virtual convening’s programme and facilitation plan
• Developing a participatory methodology and delivering virtual facilitation of the meeting
• Processing and structuring conclusions of the convening into a 5/6-page draft concept note/ action plan and delivering a report on the meeting.
• Facilitate both events.

 

Expected outcomes:

• Build a shared vision and narrative among participating CSOs (bearing in mind that it has to account the different national realities)
• Build synergies between the different participating organisations
• Agree on a set of values and principles to work together
• Create momentum for advocating on inequality and conflict-related issues in the region.

Qualifications:

• Availability to start immediately;
• knowledgeable on the topic of gender and LGBTQI rights;
• Good communication and facilitation skills;
• Cultural-sensitive;
• Fluent in Arabic and English;
• Familiarity with the NGOs sector and grassroots organisations.

 

Timeframe:

The consultant(s) is expected to facilitate both workshops during the second and third week of March.