Technical Consultant – Internship

The Yalla Care Coalition groups 8 NGOs (Haven for Artists, Queer Relief Fund, Marsa, LebMASH, Skoon, SIDC, AFE, joined lately by Mosaic), all of which work directly with the LGBTIQ+ community and other key populations. In the past 2 years and following the COVID pandemic and the Beirut Port blast, we came together to ensure that the needs of the community are assessed and met in a community-based approach. Subsequently, we began to first distribute hygiene kits and food boxes as a first response, while at the same time developing a multi-sectorial needs assessment to better understand and respond to the needs of the community. 

This assessment - totaling 310 respondents - unveils the critical reality of the LGBTQIA+ community from the Great Beirut area. Please find attached a descriptive report of our findings, that we hope will contribute to improving the way we approach aid programs aimed at the LGBTQIA+ community in Lebanon. 

Key outputs:

The scope of work will include:

• Review existing YallaCare documents and assess the need of developing new ones.
• Design and develop a structure and governance of the coalition.
• Develop a clearly described governance structure as a key deliverable, ensuring a well described roles and responsibilities on supervision, management, and execution.
• Develop a handover process.
• Develop a coordination strategy between partners.
• Develop necessary templates.

• Assist in adapting existing policies which may include:
  • Human Resource Policy
  • Communication policy
  • Conflict Resolution Policy
  • Procurement Policy
  • Leadership Succession Policy
  • Fixed Asset Policy
  • Membership Policy

Time Span

This assignment is expected to be carried out over 90 working days.

6.         Institutional Arrangements

 The intern will coordinate at the beginning of the process with the Yallacare executive team and YallaCare management focal point.

7.         Expertise

a)         Academic Qualifications

Studying in a relevant field in the area of governance, organizational development, strategic planning, public policy, and/or organizational management.

c)         Skills and Competencies:

• Excellent inter-personal skills and ability to relate with partners.

• Flexibility to work in a dynamic environment and to multi-task

• Excellent interpersonal skills, demonstrating high levels of personal integrity and professional credibility.
• Capacity to listen and think strategically on solutions to overcome organizational development issues and exploit organizational strengths
• High level of computer literacy (primarily in Microsoft Office packages)

d) Confidentiality

The intern will treat all information with high confidentiality and will not share any information with further parties without a written consent by the coalition based on the sensitive information he/she will be dealing with.