Soft Skills Trainer

The René Moawad Foundation, SIRCLES project's partner in Lebanon, who has to set up a composting plant in Hbaline, Byblos District, Mount Lebanon Governorate is launching a call for proposals for a Soft Skills Trainer.

SIRCLES -Supporting Circular Economy (CE) Opportunities for Employment and Social Inclusion- is a far-reaching project that contributes precisely in that direction, with ambitious goals and clear benefits for the MED Sea Basin.

The project provides marketable skills for the future and new job opportunities in the CE and bio-waste (BW) management sectors for NEET and Women. The recognized potential of the CE sector to create jobs and boost the economy, whilst safeguarding the environment (EC and ILO), has encouraged a large partnership of social inclusion stakeholders and organizations from the civil society, public and private sectors coming from Greece, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Spain and Tunisia.

In all these countries, NEET and Women will be offered tailor-made trainings on BW management, entrepreneurial and soft skills, as well as job opportunities along the BW loop in separation, collection, composting and farming.

SIRCLES will deliver CE business models serving as a showcase to be scaled-up and replicated in the PP regions and beyond, contributing towards having a more inclusive and environmentally sustainable growth. The development of capacities along with job insertion and the engagement of local entities will ensure sustainability beyond the project duration. CE is in the process of evolution and this project will help in providing the necessary empirical evidence needed for informing policy-making and developing further this inclusive economic model.

Professional Qualification:

Education: Preferably a Master degree in one or more of the following disciplines: English Literature, or Business

Experience and technical qualifications:

•           At least 5 years in teaching business English

•           At least 3 years’ experience as a soft skills/employability trainer

•           Relevant experience in providing capacity building;

•           Proven track record in organizing, designing and implementing training sessions on soft skills

•           Good knowledge of NEET and women’s

General Competencies:

• Excellent command of English and Arabic both written and verbal

• Ability to work in a team in a multi-cultural environment;

Key Deliverables/Tasks 

The Trainer will run the following tasks:

Create a content in Arabic with a summary lesson plan and a PowerPoint Presentation and provide training sessions on the following topics:

• Creative Thinking and Problem Solving
• Self-knowledge, self-perspective & self-image
• Stress Management
• Introduction to Effective Communication Skills
• Importance of Teamwork 
• Conflict Resolution
• Time Management
• How to write a Curriculum Vitae
• How to write Cover Letter Basics
• How to Network
• Job Interview Preparation
• How and where to search for a job
• How to use various tools and platforms for job hunting
• How to write a professional email
• Conduct Pre-Tests and Post –Tests
• Prepare Training report
• Prepare Training Documents

The Trainer will provide the above topics on Google class to a total of 40 NEET’s & Women who are divided into 2 groups to improve their employability skills

The trainer will provide around 24 hours (excluding lesson plan and PPT creation) of implementation of the lesson plans per group in need of employability skills.

The trainer will design the lesson plans for each of the sessions mentioned above and will submit the lesson plan along with a PowerPoint Presentation before the start of the training sessions. Compensation will be provided for preparation time and curriculum design, as well as for the hourly online training sessions.

Submission of proposals:

Interested applicants should provide a proposal covering the following aspects:

• Detailed response to the TOR
• Proposed methodology of the action plan.
• Proposed timelines
• CVs
• Detailed budget, including daily fee rates

For more information, kindly refer to the attached TOR and RFQ.