Consultancy for Life Skills / Soft Skills Curricula Development

About the job
The life skills curriculum development consultant will be responsible of developing life skills curriculum and materials that will be used by DRC livelihoods, protection and community empowerment programs, to train DRC beneficiaries on life skills like: negotiation, confidence building, basic financial literacy, social networking, and communication skills.

Your main duties and responsibilities will be:

• Review of existing approaches, curricula in use in DRC Lebanon and secondary data relevant to the area of implementation
• Discuss possible approaches and curricula with other sector like protection and community empowerment
• Field visit and discussions with community members, beneficiaries and caregivers
• In discussion with project staff, agree the life skills that are important in the Lebanon  context in general and the North of Lebanon in particular and present an outline of the curriculum (contents, delivery and timeframe) to DRC for feedback before building the content
• Test the curriculum at community level with field staff and train key field staff.
• Prepare the final copy based on the feedback and field testing result

About you
To be successful in this role we expect you to have a Bachelor in Education, Social work, Entrepreneurship, or another related field

Moreover, we also expect the following:

Required
• At Least 4 years’ relevant experience
• Excellent level of written and spoken proficiency in English and Arabic languages
• Demonstrable experience in developing similar products and training materials for project related to youth, gender and/or vocational / technical skills training programs
• Experience and understanding of the issues facing youth and refugees in Lebanon
• Excellent computer skills and experience in editing, formatting, and polishing large documents
• Experience in conducting ToT
• Experience with layout and design

In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’ five core competencies: 

• Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.
• Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback. 
• Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.
• Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly. 
• Demonstrating integrity: You act in line with DRC’s vision and values. 

We offer

• Contract length: 40 Days
• Basic Salary: As per SOP 100 USD per Day
• Duty Station: Tripoli
• Start date: April 2018

Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for Nationals; please refer to drc.ngo under Vacancies. For questions regarding the vacancy please contact dolene.khairallah@drclebanon.dk.

Application process
Interested? Then apply for this position by clicking on the apply button or go to www.drc.ngo under current vacancies.
All applicants must send a cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages) in English. Applications sent by email to Dolene Khairallah will not be considered.

Closing date for applications: 4th of April 2018
If you have questions or are facing problems with the online application process, please visit drc.ngo/jobsupport.
For further information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult our website drc.ngo.