Trainer Consultant on Fact-checking and Media Monitoring

BACKGROUND:

The Lebanese Center for Human Rights (CLDH) is a local non-profit, non-partisan Lebanese human rights organization based in Beirut. CLDH was created in 2006 by the Franco-Lebanese Movement SOLIDA (Support for Lebanese Detained Arbitrarily), which had been active since 1996 in the struggle against arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, torture, and the impunity of those perpetrating gross human rights violations.

CLDH’s complementary components include advocacy, public mobilization, rehabilitation for victims of torture and families of enforced disappearances, and the provision of pro-bono legal services for vulnerable groups.

CLDH currently has 4 offices: Zalka (Head-Quarter), Dora, Tripoli and Baalbeck.

Project Profile – “Safeguarding Human Rights Amid Crisis in Lebanon”:

Lebanon amid the crisis has witnessed an increase in human rights violations specifically towards the most vulnerable groups and individuals. Through promoting a culture of human rights and increasing knowledge and skills on how to tackle these issues, CLDH is delivering a 24-month project to promote a human rights culture in Lebanon and enable victims of human rights violation to become actively engaged in policy reform and public awareness. This project is funded by the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF).

The expected impact will be achieved through three main outcomes:

1. Monitoring, documentation, and reporting of cases of Human Rights violations in the Lebanese crisis has increased to reach a wider external audience;

2. Support to victims of human rights violations has increased to enable them to become human rights advocates;

3. A culture of human rights amongst young political parties’ members, students and community leaders is increasingly developing.

As part of its ongoing monitoring of human rights violations, CLDH will resort to documenting all data and information on human rights violations in order to build a database that can help analyze data, have a better understanding of patterns, and develop response strategies.

On another level, survivors of violations will go through an empowerment program led by the case workers depending on the case, that will act as a support system to later act as agents of change. CLDH will on one hand engage key groups and individuals through universities, political parties, and other relevant platforms by delivering awareness sessions to increase their knowledge on human rights issues, and on another hand through several trainings to address these violations in technical manners bringing this issue closer to students of relevant topics and professionals who can bring positive changes to this context.

The direct target audience includes donors, embassies, journalists, monitoring bodies, national and international NGOs receiving human rights briefs from CLDH, survivors of Human Rights Violations, Senior Law students, activists, and members of political parties.

By contributing to the promotion of a human rights culture, relevant groups will become more engaged in addressing the violations, and the public will become more aware of its rights, which as a result will enhance the human rights context and the lives of the most vulnerable.

The project is implemented at a national level in Lebanon, with the services delivered in CLDH four centers located in BML, North and Bekaa, as for the south the intervention will be done through the social worker operating at Save the children offices.

Job Profile:

The Trainer Consultant directly reports to the Communications & Advocacy Coordinator.

The Consultancy is intended to last for a duration of 4 months. Extension may be considered based on the availability of funds and performance.

The Trainer Consultant will prepare material and tools, deliver training sessions, report on the latter, and evaluate the outcomes. They will be responsible on developing the manual that will be used at CLDH and other organizations and activists to monitor, document, and report human rights violations in Lebanon.  

Duties and Responsibilities:

Primary responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

●Conduct a training session to CLDH team (and partners) on media monitoring and fact-checking;

●Develop a manual containing guidelines for the identification of Human Rights violations, in coordination with CLDH’s Fact-checker;

●Conduct two 3-day trainings on Human Rights practices, case identification and reporting techniques for members of political parties, civil society, CSOs, NGOs/INGOs.

Deliverables:

• A detailed training outline and schedule, including the topics to be covered in each session.
• Training materials, handouts, and resources for participants.
• Engaging and interactive training sessions, including practical exercises and case studies.
• Post-training assessment and evaluation to measure the effectiveness of the program.
• A comprehensive training report summarizing the outcomes and recommendations for further improvement.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of bachelor's degree in law, Journalism, Social Sciences, Political Sciences or related fields.
• Prior experience in designing and delivering training programs on fact-checking and media literacy.
• Experience in human rights investigation, analysis, and reporting;​ 
• Proven expertise in fact-checking, media monitoring, journalism, or related fields.
• Strong knowledge of digital media platforms and social media dynamics.
• Familiarity with fact-checking tools and resources.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to engage and interact effectively with participants.
• Experience in working with diverse groups and cultures.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office​  
• Advanced organization and time management skills​
• Excellent reporting skills
• Fluent in Arabic and English, both spoken and written

Location:

The Trainer Consultant can alternate between remote work and in-office presence (in Dora or Zalka office) upon the need.