Senior Capacity Building Specialist

Roles and Resposibilities:

• Conduct needs assessments to identify gaps and training needs for a Conduct needs assessments to identify gaps and training needs for a variety of professionals (through surveys, interviews or focus group discussions)
• Lead and facilitate focus group discussions with children and adults
• Develop content and training materials based on data and research
• Develop content and tools for capacity building sessions (training plan, training proposal, agenda, evaluation sheets, pre-post tests etc.)
• Provide capacity building sessions to himaya’s team members as well as professionals outside of himaya
• Establish and maintain a safe, non-judgmental and respectful training environment for all participants
• Provide mentoring and coaching to participants as a post capacity building follow-up to ensure that the material transmitted was well integrated, when needed
• Review and/or prepare reports, such as training evaluation reports, when needed
• Develop and implement Child Protection Policies in institutions (as per the guidelines provided by the CBRD Department)
• Develop new contacts with relevant stakeholders (universities, NGOs, internally)
• Develop and update content used by CBRD
• Participate in CBRD projects, when needed
• Follow CBRD’s yearly action plan
• Attend all CBRD meetings
• Follow himaya’s referral pathway when witnessing or dealing with disclosures of abuse

Experience:

▪    5-7 years of relevant Child Protection field experience with children and/or their families
▪    3-5 years of experience in delivering training sessions, workshops and TOT’s to professionals such as: teachers, NGO staff, security forces and municipality police officers

Speficic skills or competencies needed:

• Demonstrated knowledge about child protection (national and international legal framework, Standard Operating Procedures for the Protection of Juveniles in Lebanon, case management, child development)
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Confidence speaking to groups of various sizes, primarily in training situations
• Ability to be perceptive and sensitive to group dynamics and to respond to participants’ feedback and questions
• Ability to confidently discuss sensitive topics with participants from different cultural and professional backgrounds
• Ability to work closely with a team
• Strong writing skills (writing reports, training manuals, curriculums etc.)
• Ability to work well under pressure and variable conditions, as both an individual contributor and within a team environment
• Ability to adapt to fast paced, high change environments and difficult situations
• Ability to multitask, prioritize, and manage time efficiently in order to meet deadlines
• Ability to stay updated on best practices, current research, new developments and trends in CP
• Proficient computer skills: Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Excel)
• Ability to fulfill responsibilities in a professional and ethical manner