Proposal Writing Junior Consultant

BACKGROUND:

           The Lebanese Center for Human Rights (CLDH) is a local non-profit, non-partisan Lebanese human rights organization based in Beirut. CLDH was created in 2006 by the Franco-Lebanese Movement SOLIDA (Support for Lebanese Detained Arbitrarily), which has been active since 1996 in the struggle against arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance and the impunity of those perpetrating gross human rights violations.

CLDH monitors the human rights situation in Lebanon, fights enforced disappearance, impunity, arbitrary detention and racism and rehabilitates the victims of torture. CLDH regularly organizes press conferences, workshops and advocacy meetings on human rights issues in Lebanon and collects, records and documents human rights abuses in reports and press releases.

CLDH team on the ground supports initiatives aimed at determining the fate of all missing persons in Lebanon.

CLDH regularly follows up on numerous cases of arbitrary detention and torture in Lebanon in coordination with Lebanese and international organizations, and with the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention WGAD and the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture.

CLDH currently has 4 offices: Dora, Baouchrieh, Beqaa and Tripoli.

Job Profile: 

The Consultant directly reports to the Deputy Director. 

Their overall mission is to Lead on Ongoing research to identify new potential donors and collaborators, and to draft proposals and relevant material as per the Deputy Director outlines and directions. 

Duties and Responsibilities:  

Primary responsibilities include but are not limited to the following: 

Update the donors’ database on a monthly basis. 

Lead on context analysis research as per Head of Department (HoD) contextualized guidelines. 

Lead on first draft of proposal writing as per HoD outline. 

Lead on first draft of development of proposal relevant material. 

Amend, update, and finalize proposal/s as per HoD comments, suggestions, and inquiries. 

Amend, update, and finalize proposal/s relevant material as per HoD comments, suggestions, and inquiries. 

Coordinate with relevant team members for delivery of relevant tasks. 

Support in report writing. 

Participate in proposal design meetings. 

Participate in Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation department meetings.  

Duration:

This is a 3 month consultancy contract renewable for 8 months depending on funds and performance. 

Location:  

The Consultancy will be based on remote work with exceptional office work (Dora office) when there is a need.