Senior Capacity Building Specialist

I.            Summary of Position

The Senior Capacity Building Specialist will be responsible for design and technical input into CSP’s TO 3. The Specialist will provide technical expertise in community development, with an emphasis on delivery of the capacity building approaches for the sustained delivery of essential services and enhanced economic opportunities. The Specialist will conduct frequent field visits to the regions to directly communicate and coordinate with the respective regional teams, local partners, and beneficiaries. The Specialist will inform the design and provide input for capacity building activity selection and methodology during the initial design of community stabilization and development activities. The Specialist will also engage short-term technical assistance as needed for CSP activities.

II.           Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Working closely with the TO 3 and TO 2 teams, proactively identify and design potential capacity building activities that are appropriate to respond to the established program goals, purpose, and strategic priorities.
• Analyze and evaluate capacity building needs and make recommendations for targeted interventions to ensure consistency with program goals and objectives. 
• Provide technical assistance to municipalities and potential partners as required, during the activity design stage and in the implementation phase in coordination with other project staff.
• Make recommendations for follow-up capacity building activities that could sustain and enhance the delivery of essential services or enhanced economic opportunities.
• Monitor and analyze Lebanon’s rapidly changing environment related to capacity building needs on an ongoing basis.
• In coordination with the TO 2 team, responsible for the design and implementation of community stabilization and development activities, provide technical support to ensure capacity building activities plans are designed for maximum strategic impact.
• Actively engage with the MEL team and Training Coordinators to ensure new activities incorporate best practices and adaptive learning.
• Develop weekly and monthly priorities and manage their implementation to ensure timely delivery.
• Conduct field visits to monitor progress of capacity building activities and provide technical expertise as needed.
• Undertake other duties as assigned by the TO 3 Director.          

III.          Qualifications

Required

• Advanced degree in a relevant academic area.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience implementing capacity building or other technically-relevant projects or programs.
• Demonstrated capabilities in organizational capacity development working effectively with municipalities and civil society organizations (CSOs).
• Experience supervising capacity development interventions, such as training, mentoring, and organizational assessments.
• Demonstrated experience developing training curricula, including workshop agendas, presentations, and training exercises.
• Familiarity with a wide range of capacity building techniques.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively and build consensus across diverse sets of stakeholders.
• Strong written and oral communication skills for high-level policy audiences.
• Strong facilitation and training skills required.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, as well as fluent written and oral English, knowledge of Arabic is required.

Preferred

• Experience working on USAID or donor-funded programming
• Working experience in Lebanon
• Experience with HICD or similar institutional development approaches