Trainer – National (Individual Contractor)

The Individual Contractor will develop and deliver a Training of Trainers (ToT) curriculum and workshops on participatory mapping, profiling, and community action planning across four regions in Lebanon. The role includes technical leadership, training delivery, coaching, and reporting under the UN-Habitat Lebanon project.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to develop the ToT curriculum and materials including session plans, trainer manual, participant handbook, and field tools.
• Develop assessment instruments such as pre/post tests, fieldwork verification checklist, and cascade monitoring templates.
• Design and deliver four regional training workshops, each lasting 3 days.
• Provide up to 5 days of post ToT coaching to support cascade trainings.
• Submit deliverables including inception report, curriculum/toolkit, ToTs reports, coaching report, consolidated final report, and hand over editable training materials.
• Coordinate closely with UN-Habitat and work under supervision of the Head of the Urban Development and Governance Unit at UN-Habitat Lebanon.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in Development Studies, Urban/Regional Planning, Community Development, Social Sciences or related field.
• Minimum of seven (7) years professional experience in participatory community development, mapping/profiling or local governance programming is required (Lebanon experience preferred).
• Minimum 5 years designing and delivering ToT/adult learning programmes, development of trainer toolkits is required.
• Fluency in Arabic and English at UN Level III (Advanced) for reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
• Ability to deliver ToT sessions in Arabic and prepare training materials in Arabic and reports in English.

Skills

• Participatory Mapping
• Community Profiling
• Community Action Planning
• Participatory Community Development
• Local Governance Programming
• Train-the-trainer delivery
• Adult Learning Programmes
• Trainer Toolkit Development
• Curriculum Design
• Training Material Development
• Coaching and Mentoring
• Report Writing

Languages

Arabic, English