Leadership, Communication And Negotiation Consultant/trainer For Empowerment Program

1.    Introduction: LECORVAW is seeking to hire a qualified Consultant with training skills to produce supporting materials for empowerment program and to conduct a workshop in topics of leadership, communication and negotiation The Women’s Access to Justice in the MENA region project Phase 2 is a 3 year project implemented by LECORVAW in partnership with Oxfam GB and five other NGO partners in Lebanon, Jordan, Yemen and Egypt. It is designed to build upon the successes of Phase 1 (April 2011 – March 2014). . The key problem this project will address is the limited and inequitable access of poor and vulnerable women to justice. The underlying factors are described in more detail below. 1)     Limited capacities of women to claim their rights due to limited ability to make well informed decisions related to one’s rights and limited affordability of legal services and litigation for women. 2)     Women are socially deterred from accessing the judicial system. 3)     Formal and informal justice systems are perceived as gender biased/ discriminating against women. 4)     Limited impact of CSO advocacy on women’s rights and access to justice. Designed by Oxfam GB and partners, the project seeks to work at the personal, community and systemic levels while fostering stakeholders’ engagement and influencing decision makers at all levels. According to the theory of change the Project seeks change at different levels that will cumulatively create an environment in which women are able to claim their rights through the judicial institutions   2.    Duties and Responsibilities:   The consultant shall support LECORVAW team in identifying and exploring potential collaboration with existing women’s empowerment programs in Tripoli and surrounding areas. The consultant will be expected to produce training and supporting materials for women empowerment programs including materials on leadership, communication and negotiation. The consultant will be expected to prepare and facilitate training sessions for targeted women on communication, leadership and negotiation.   Key Tasks: Key Trask 1: Support in identifying and exploring potential collaboration with existing empowerment programs: -       Document and analyze briefly successful programs of women’s empowerment in Tripoli and surroundings. -       Provide recommendations and suggestions for future potential cooperation with identified women’s empowerment programmes). Key Task 2: Produce supporting materials for empowerment programs -          In light of the recommendations stated in the previous task, provide suggestions of possible supporting materials for empowerment programmes. -          Develop or tailor make approved supporting materials. Expert will develop within the empowerment programme specifically materials to be used in the leadership, communication, and negotiation training.   Key Task2 Provide trainings   -       Facilitate 5 training sessions (20 women / session) on leadership, communication and negotiation using interactive tools. Facilitate two training days for 30 selected women (15 women / day) on effective group facilitation skills. -       Conduct evaluation of the training; assess objective achievements and trainer’s feedback.   Deliverables and timeline: The consultant should submit the following key deliverables: A final report of the findings of existing empowerment programs in Tripoli and Surrounding areas which will include the following: - List of the programs - Analysis of its importance Recommendations for future collaboration. Approved supporting materials for empowerment programmes. Training materials and teaching tools on leadership, communication and negotiation. Train 100 of women on leadership, negotiation and communication Train 30 women on facilitation skills   5.    Job requirements: -       A Master degree in related field -       High experience and knowledge in topics of: communication, negotiation, leadership and facilitation. -       Proven experience in producing manuals, leaflet and training materials -       Proven experience in empowerment programs -       Proven experience in working with women especially from vulnerable areas. -       Have great communication skills and presentation skills -       Significant training experience and facilitation skills. -       Flexibility in working with different age groups and different genders -       Able to provide training in both Arabic and English 6.       TIMELINE: LECORVAW expects the fulfilment of the mentioned tasks within a period up to 35 days starting from the day the contract is signed. 8. BUDGET: -       The budget will be discussed up on proposal  -       Payment will be done in two instalments