Advocacy Strategy Trainer/Expert

About NAHNOO:

NAHNOO is a registered Lebanese Non-Governmental & Non-Profit Organization. NAHNOO has been working since 2009 as a research, capacity-building and advocacy platform for participatory policymaking, towards an inclusive society in Lebanon. The NGO rallies volunteers across Lebanon and through multidisciplinary and participatory research, capacity-building workshops, and grassroots activities, we provide a platform for youth and professionals to lead the planning and implementation of advocacy campaigns and gain the skills needed to impact policy-making at the local and national levels.

Further info: www.nahnoo.org + Facebook NAHNOO

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Project Background

The Youth Leaders for Change project aims to enhance the advocacy leadership & social accountability of youth by empowering them and fostering their civic engagement in participatory governance.   

We believe this is needed in Beirut where the political elite does not consult the population they serve in the context of a ruling sectarian system that is difficult to challenge, even more so without adapted dialogue tools for policy-making participation & change.

Through this project, NAHNOO will give youth the tools to have their voice heard, mobilize the public to assert their participation in the decision-making of the development of their community by leading an advocacy campaign that will focus on public awareness, hence ensuring the promotion for social accountability.

Therefore the objectives of the project address:

12. Objective 1: To empower 15 to 20 youth residing in Beirut and Greater Beirut aged 18-35 years old to become civically engaged and bearers of change in their community
13. Objective 2: Raise Public awareness on the selected advocacy issue to mobilize the target  community towards engaging in the advocacy campaign

Scope of work, format and key task:

We are looking for a professional trainer for the following main tasks:

1. Preparation: Develop an interactive training sessions program with concrete tools and all accompanying background material on Advocacy and Campaign Strategy (agenda, presentation, pre-post tests etc)
2. Delivery: conduct 2 full days of training workshop 
3. Reporting: produce a detailed evaluation of the workshops performance within a training workshop report reviewing participants performance, with recommendations for follow up actions.
4. Pursue the training through coaching and mentorship (max. 7 full days): facilitate a series of collaborative meeting to guide the youth in applying their acquired skills and develop a strategy file and campaign action plan on one of NAHNOO’s advocacy  topic selected with the youth. This phase is completed with an expertise follow-up communication to guide the youth implement the developed advocacy campaign.

Target participants for training:

Around 15 & 20 young residents of Beirut and Greater Beirut, aged between 18-35 years old.

Qualifications/level requirements

Applicants with the following experience are welcome to apply:

• University Degree in Sociology, Human Rights Education, Communications, Public Policy/Administration, International Development, or similar.
• At least 5 years of documented professional experience in delivering trainings and working in relevant fields: advocacy, social campaigning, strategic management, policy analysis etc. using participatory approaches; 
• Proven familiarity with Lebanese context with a good understanding of civil society issues: good governance, social justice, huma rights, urban planning,
• Previous experience working with national NGOs and international development actors
• Strong analytical and conceptual thinking skills; able to understand complex issues, present them in an easily understandable way and translate them into simple, workable actions and plans;
• Adaptability and flexibility in working within complex and dynamic environment.
• Ability to deliver high quality results in a timely manner.
• Fluency in Arabic & English (written and spoken) is a must
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word and PowerPoint.

Proposed period and duration of consultancy

The period of the consultancy is to start as soon as possible (by end of January 2022) till May 2022 to deliver the following:

• Task 1: Preparation and development of training agenda and handouts in direct communication with project staff to finalize training materials
• Task 2: Formal delivery of the training workshop (2 full days)
• Task 3: Produce the performance workshop report
• Task 4: Regular coaching and mentoring (i.e providing follow up expertise throughout development and implementation of campaign, in max. 7 full days)

Expert fees:

The consultants will be selected based on competitiveness of the provided proposal. They will be paid upon successful completion of workshops, submission of  report and follow up support.