WYPS Program - Campaigning (Advocacy & Awareness Raising) Trainer

About the Program

Search and the National Commission for Lebanese Women (NCLW) are implementing a four-year regional program called “Women, Youth, Peace and Security” (WYPS). The program’s overall goal is to strengthen the meaningful and enduring participation of women and youth in advancing inclusive peace and security in the Levant and Yemen. To do this, the program aims to: 1) consolidate women's rights organizations’ (WROs) and youth-focused/youth-led organizations’ (YFOs/YLOs) strategic engagement and influence in municipal and national peace and reconciliation processes; 2) motivate key sub-national and national institutions to strengthen inclusive policies and standards facilitating inclusive youth and women’s participation in peace and security; and 3) promote shifts in social norms around women and youth’s meaningful inclusion in peace and security at all levels, including stronger alliances with men and boys.

Consultancy Summary

Search and NCLW established a network of 20 local CSOs including WROs and YFOs/YLOs during the program kick-off meeting in May 2023 and they aim to organize a series of capacity-building trainings and workshops. Therefore, Search is seeking to hire a trainer to deliver training on Campaigning (Advocacy & Awareness Raising). The trainer will support the program participants by utilizing Search’s training materials, adapting them to the Lebanese context in addition to supplementing the training with their own materials, delivering  training sessions, and providing a comprehensive trainer report to expand and retain the CSO’s knowledge and develop their skills in designing, developing and implementing an advocacy campaign. S/he/they will be under the direct supervision of Search’s Senior Project Manager and NCLW’s Project Coordinator.

Goals and Objectives of the Consultancy

The goal of the training is to support the WROs and YFO/YLOs in developing the needed knowledge and skills to strengthen the organization’s technical capacities to manage and grow their work and impact campaigns and advocacy work. The training should be able to support their efforts in implementing project activities and designing advocacy initiatives.

The training sessions will be delivered in Arabic but all reporting to the Search team and NCLW team should be in English.

Details on Training Topic (2 days)

Campaigning (advocacy & awareness raising) 

• Definition of advocacy and awareness raising: What is an advocacy & awareness raising campaign? What is/are the difference/s between these two? What are the main steps to create, develop, implement, and monitor an advocacy / awareness raising campaign?
• How can we implement an advocacy campaign and/or an awareness campaign under the program that is focusing on WPS and YPS?
• How can we design an advocacy campaign that is conflict sensitive, relevant and respects Do No Harm principles?
• How to use online and offline mediums to disseminate the campaign's message and achieve its goal. What are the limitations and risks of the different mediums and approaches?

Expected deliverables

• Training modules and agenda: including any power point presentations, handouts, pre and post-test and additional resources to be shared with the trainees to be submitted to the Search team and NCLW team at least two weeks before the proposed start date of the training;
• Training session delivery;
• Pre-post tests and their analysis;
• Provide a comprehensive final trainer report that should highlight achievements, challenges, lessons learned, and recommendations (the template will be shared with the trainer by the Search team and is to be submitted within one week of the end of the training).

Timeline

The training/workshop is expected to be delivered in-person, in Beirut, in late October or early November 2023. The number of days dedicated to the training/workshop is up to 2 days.

There is possibility to add coaching sessions to the training to support the WROs and YLOs in developing their campaign proposals.

Required Profile

Search is looking for independent consultants/trainers to apply for this opportunity with the following profiles:

• 3 to 5 years of experience training in the topic proposed;
• Proficiency in English and Arabic;
• Experience in training design, planning, interactive delivery, facilitation, and monitoring;
• Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the local context in Lebanon;

• Experience in working with international organizations and/or public institutions, especially in Lebanon;

• Solid communication and facilitation skills;
• Knowledge of local contexts, cultural awareness, and conflict- and gender-sensitivity skills;
• Ability to work with people from various social and professional backgrounds and at all levels; and
• Knowledge of Women, Peace, and Security; Youth, Peace, and Security.

Preferable but not required:

• A degree in the topic/s proposed or closely related;