Vacancy Notice – Fundraising Expert

Assignment Description: Preparing and delivering one full day training session on fundraising for 60 emerging women leaders and two other trainings sessions for a total of 50 municipal council members and potential candidates who are keen to run for the upcoming municipal elections.

Assignment Location: Beirut & Tripoli - Lebanon

Employment Type: Short-term consultancy 

Assignment Period: September - October 2023

Level of Effort: Five expert days   

How to apply: Please send the application documents to info.lebanon@democracy-reporting.org cc’ing e.haddad@democracy-reporting.org, by 3 September 2023, 11:59 PM local time. 

DRI is looking for a Fundraising Expert to train a cohort of 60 emerging women leaders who aspire to compete for a political mandate at the municipal level and 50 municipal council members and potential candidates who are keen to run for the upcoming municipal elections.

Background

Democracy Reporting International (DRI) is a non-partisan, independent, not-for-profit organisation registered in Berlin. It has been established in Lebanon since 2016. DRI promotes political participation of citizens, accountability of state bodies and the development of democratic institutions worldwide. Democratic discourse is the basis of our mission and vision. In our work, we facilitate discussion and exchange about democratic government and the need for a continuous discourse adhering to democratic rules.   

In the framework of its Lebanon project “A bottom-up reform agenda for Lebanon: Supporting youth, women, and civil society actors to expand civic space”, DRI has been empowering civic actors, particularly women and youth to participate in the political process and has been training women leaders through an extensive capacity support program on several topics related to good governance and soft skills.

DRI has been also empowering elected municipal councils and potential candidates who wish to run for the upcoming municipal elections, all genders included, by delivering trainings on good-governance to promote citizen-centric and gender-responsive actions. The Fundraising training is one of a series of six training sessions delivered to a total of around 50 participants in two selected areas: Beirut and Tripoli.

Therefore, DRI is looking for a Fundraising Expert to train 60 emerging women leaders and 50 municipal council members and potential candidates, split in two groups (in Beirut and Tripoli), on Fundraising processes and opportunities, its techniques to find the right donor, how to draft a fundraising strategy, etc. 

Duties and responsibilities

Under the supervision of DRI’s Programme Manager, the Expert will:  

• Develop interactive and detailed training modules, a training session plan, and all accompanying background materials (1 expert day);   
• Deliver a full-day training session to 60 women leaders (1 expert day) and two full-day training sessions to municipal council members and potential candidates (1 expert day in Beirut, and 1 expert Day in Tripoli) following an interactive, engaging approach, e.g., discussion activities, exercises, role plays (three expert days in total);  
• Prepare pre- and post-training test modules to be shared with the participants before and after the training sessions, once validated by DRI;  
• Once the trainings are completed, submit a training report summarising the training outcomes and the pre/post tests’ results, and reflecting the trainees’ increase in knowledge as per the template provided by DRI (1 expert day).  

 Your Skills & Experience  

• A university degree public administration, business management, political studies, or relevant fields; 
• At least 7 years of experience in fundraising, proposal writing, and grants acquisition;
• Deep knowledge of the municipal processes;
• Proven experience in training on fundraising and grants acquisition using interactive methods;
• Working proficiency in Arabic and English.