Senior Researcher on Minorities and Ethnic Groups / Education Sector

The Lebanese Foundation for Permanent Civil Peace (LFPCP) is seeking for a Senior Researcher with rich experience on the Education field to work and conduct data collection and data analysis.

The Researcher will develop the Questionnaire and data collection and other tools of the research in collaboration with LFPCP team.

The principle objective of the assignment is to conduct research through collecting data and information on Religious Pluralism, Racial and Ethnic Equity. This task will be conducted by a senior researcher assessing pluralism and diversity in one sector in particular: the sector of Education in Lebanon. The research process includes several tasks – listed in Section V - that will lead to a study identifying the existing resources and efforts in the areas of Education regarding specific ethnic groups:  Druze, Assyrians, Syriac, and Kurds; and/or how these groups manifest their existence and presence through Education.

Mainly the researcher shall:

• Provides an overview of existing publications and courses taught on race and ethnicity in public or private universities. If there is insufficient activity at the university level, primary and secondary education curricula will be reviewed.
• Provide an overview of existing schools, universities, and educational institutions of the selected ethnic groups. And if there is any specifications related to these educational institutions.
• Provide a tailored action plan / list of recommendations per ethnic group to suggest the production of publications and courses on race and ethnicity in public or private universities (or at the primary and secondary education levels depending on availability of information).

The details of the job of the researcher including the different tasks are explained in the attached ToR.