Short term Cooking trainer

Aiming at strengthening the Social Development Center (SDC) and NGOs capacities of response to the increasing needs, and in coordination with the Ministry of Social Affairs and the UN coordination system, SIF strategy intends to follow up and respect the recommendation of the Lebanon Crisis Response Plan 2017-2020.

In view of the operation scale up, SIF is currently recruiting a Short Term Trainer for cooking to provide classes in Beirut area (Burj Barajne…).

The Cooking Trainer will be liaising with Child protection project supervisor, or his/her designee.

OBJECTIVE OF THE CONSULTANT MISSION

General Objective

The general objective of the course is to provide cooking classes to around 15 caregivers or youth in Beirut area, in an interactive and inclusive manner to promote social interactions and build resilience.

Specific objectives

• Offer learning experiences of the highest standards possible, irrespective of gender, ethnic background, age or disability
• Provide cooking classes and develop it based on beneficiaries needs and requests.
• Strengthen the sense of self efficacy and self-esteem.
• Create within the class an environment where beneficiaries develop a sense of belonging, an experience of mutual sharing, and a possibility of building new relationships.
• Provide cooking sessions for 90 minutes per session for at least one session per week for each group.
• Liaising regularly with Child protection project Supervisor to guarantee the smooth operation of the program.
• Attend final focus group discussion for Service providers.
• Attend child protection training provided by SIF technical team.
• Attend and plan a final event for each group

Reporting mechanisms

Report directly to the Child protection project Supervisor. S/he will submit the following reports at the end of the training sessions:

• Provide prior the sessions a lesson plan.
• Submit by the end of each session a report regarding the attendance, lessons delivered challenges faced, solutions found. SIF template should be used.
• Prepare activity sheets and lesson plans for every session beforehand.
• Register daily attendance.
• Submit a monthly progress report according to the template provided by SIF
• Submit at the end of the cycle a report measuring the quality and outputs of the course (SIF template to be provided).
• Report immediately on any identified Protection cases.

​​​​​​​Qualifications of the consultant

• Acquisition of Cooking Trainer Certifications.
• Relevant experience of at least 2 years with national and international NGO.
• Experience in implementing cooking Trainings.
• Awareness of Human Rights and Refugee International Laws.
• Able to establish and maintain effective working relations with people of different cultural backgrounds.
• Strong cross-cultural communication and resilience skills are very important.
• Excellent command of Arabic language (speaking and writing). English is a plus.
• Experience of proactively identifying and addressing issues, proven problem solving and organizational skills.
• Rigorous, and polite.
• Respect of SIF values and mandate.

Ethic and professional practice

• Always respect of beneficiaries’ confidentiality
• Openness to working with refugees as well as with Lebanese beneficiaries.
• Address needs and requests in a professional way.
• Report any incident or act that causes any harm to beneficiary or to others.
• Always interact with children with the presence of their parents or caregivers.
• Always respect a refusal of treatment.
• Always respect a refusal of participation.
• Respect and promote SIF’s Policies and report to your line manager any non-respect of SIF’s policies amongst the teams or partners.
• Respect deadlines for Reports

Work relationships

Line manager: Child protection project Supervisor

Time Frame

Availability: beginning of October,2019

Duty station: Beirut (Burj Barajne…)

Contract Length: 31/12/2019