Trainer in Film-Making

About NAHNOO

NAHNOO is a registered Lebanese Non-Governmental & Non-Profit Organization. NAHNOO has been working since 2009 as a research, capacity-building and advocacy platform for participatory policymaking, towards an inclusive society in Lebanon. In this view, the NGO focuses on matters of Public Spaces, Good Governance and Arts & Cultural Heritage.

NAHNOO rallies volunteers across Lebanon and through multidisciplinary and participatory research, capacity-building workshops, and grassroots activities, we provide a platform for youth and professionals to lead the planning and implementation of advocacy campaigns and gain the skills needed to impact policy-making at the local and national levels.

Further info: www.nahnoo.org + Facebook NAHNOO

Project Background

NAHNOO has been implementing the “Community Cultural Public Space Activation” project in Bourj Hammoud, as an art scene for the right to express in a participatory way. After completing the first phase in 2020-2021, NAHNOO will pursue its artistic project during 2022 by keeping on discovering and equipping some of the unused squares into public spaces ready to receive and implement various artistic and social works, while involving the community in all stages of preparation.

Our aim with this project is enhance social cohesion in the underdeveloped spaces in Burj Hammoud, which is a highly urbanized neighbourhood, and change its general image into a more tolerant one where residents from different demographic, economic and socio-cultural backgrounds are ready to interact, discuss, learn and express through arts. The project will bring people in the neighbourhood together by activating public squares/spaces and promote social cohesion and tolerance through innovative artistic methods.

Objectives of the project :

• Objective 1: To empower 7 to 10 talented and artistically passionate youth residing in Burj Hammoud and Greater Burj Hammoud aged +18 years old to become civically engaged and bearers of change in their community
• Objective 2: goal build on the right of citizens to access, perform, and express themselves in public spaces (buildings/built structures, squares, street, etc.), which can in turn, develop into spaces for learning and cultural exchange.

Scope of work, format and key task:

We are looking for a professional trainer for the following main tasks:

1. Preparation: Develop an interactive training sessions program with required tools and all accompanying background material on film making by smart phone.
2. Conduct full day of training workshop, one day per week (4 days per month – project duration: 7 months)
3. Reporting: produce a detailed evaluation of the workshops performance within a training workshop report reviewing participant’s performance, with recommendations for follow up actions.

Target participants for training:

Around 7 to 10 young talented and artistically passionate residents of Burj Hammoud and Greater Burj Hammoud, aged between +18 years old.

Qualifications/level requirements

At least 3 years of documented professional experience in delivering trainings and working in relevant fields: Film Making, Art and social work, street art .

• Proven familiarity with Lebanese context with a good understanding of civil society issues: good governance, social justice.
• Previous experience working with national NGOs is a plus
• Strong creative and conceptual thinking skills; able to understand complex issues, present them in an easily understandable way and translate them into simple, workable actions and plans;
• Adaptability and flexibility in working within complex and dynamic environment.
• Ability to deliver high quality results in a timely manner

Proposed period and duration of consultancy

The period of the training starts on 1 April 2022 till October 2022 to deliver in 28 sessions (1 session = 4h),  expecting the following deliverable:

• Task 1: Preparation and development of training agenda and handouts in direct communication with project staff to finalize training materials
• Task 2: Formal delivery of the training workshop (28 sessions total, 4 sessions per month)
• Task 3: Produce the performance workshop report

Expert fees:

The Trainer will be selected based on competitiveness of the provided proposal.

They will be paid upon successful completion of every 4 sessions (i.e monthly payment), submission of monthly performance report and follow up support.