Learning events designer and facilitator-

MedUP! Learning events designer and facilitator

Description

MedUP! is a regional project funded by EU and implemented by Oxfam Italia in six countries. In Lebanon, the project is carried out by Oxfam Lebanon. MedUP! aims to promote an enabling environment in the Southern Mediterranean partner countries for the development of the social entrepreneurship sector as a driver for inclusive growth and job creation. Its specific objective is to increase economic inclusiveness and employment in Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine where adequate policies on social entrepreneurship are in place, public-private dialogue and exchanges of practices are promoted and high-quality services for social enterprises are provided.

In Lebanon, MedUP! aims at (i) promoting country and cross-country policy, advocacy initiatives and public-private dialogue to create an enabling regulatory and policy environment (macro level); (ii) reinforcing social entrepreneurship support organizations through capacity-building and networking activities (meso level); (iii) providing financial and technical support to 10 social enterprises (micro level).

2- Purpose of recruitment:

We are searching for a facilitator specialized in dialogue and facilitation. Ready to learn about MedUP! project objectives, activities, and technical details to formulate a comprehensive methodology that will lead learning events over two days pertaining two subjects, Export and E-commerce as part of sharing the learnings acquired throughout the implementation of the project.

Your contribution

A facilitator’s responsibility is to make the learning sharing experience amongst the Social Entrepreneurs (SEs) and Social Entrepreneurs Support Organizations (SESOs) easier and comprehensive and to  facilitate it through adequate planning and coordination with the subject experts, presenting SEs/SESOs and project team. You will act like a guide to help the learning events participants move through every step of the mentioned learning events’ objectives. You will guide the participants towards an exploratory journey of learning by helping them to share their experiences and learning from the experiences of others in order to achieve a joint understanding of the subjects to be covered in the learning events.

As a facilitator you will achieve this by helping the participants to analyze what they wish to accomplish. You are required to understand the project background and the group of participants and adopt a customized approach while working in the group, you should plan, manage and guide group events effectively ensuring that the learning events objectives are met. As a facilitator you are expected to keep away from the project content and maintain a neutral stance.

3- Job Description

The selected facilitator will:

• Support in the design of the workshop sessions
• Meet and interview project team members, experts (2 experts, Export & E-commerce, one for each event) and presenting SEs/SESOs to prepare for the learning events
• Understand and analyze the upcoming activities with the aim of efficient achievement of the learning events’ objectives
• Lead learning events’ organization and brief
•  Provide materials as needed in various contexts including breakouts, group session and ensure timely completion of activities in the events, planning and allocating time for participants participation, engagement and feedback/survey collection.
• Support in the identification, organization, and preparation of meeting rooms to best accomplish the objectives of the events such as comfort, seating, presentation space, break-out space, etc.
• Continuously gauge and solicit feedback from participants formally and informally.
• Draft the report on the retreat in collaboration with project team, including lesson learnt and outputs as specified below.
• Draft final report consolidating all findings from the different groups and collaboration with project team.

1. Qualifications

• Graduate degree in Economics, Social Science, Business, Law, or any other relevant areas.
• 5 years relevant work experience in events and workshop facilitation with Lebanese NGOs, International NGOs, UN agencies, International Organizations.
• Highly motivated and experienced in facilitation, coordination, planning, training, and capacity buildings.
• Excellent administration, organizational and time management skills.
• Excellent teamwork and participatory process skills.
• Constructive attitude and excellent computer skills.
• Excellent communication and reporting skills in English and Arabic.