ROLLING CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: DCAF LEBANON ROSTER FOR NATIONAL LEBANESE CONSULTANTS

DCAF Lebanon is establishing a roster of Lebanese national experts and trainers to connect with a diverse range of knowledgeable and experienced Lebanese experts and trainers who possess expertise in the areas of work covered by DCAF in Lebanon. This roster will facilitate the recruitment, hiring and evaluation of consultants from several thematic areas. This call is for Lebanese nationals only, and is exclusively related to eventual assignments under DCAF’s Lebanon programme .

In this context, DCAF Lebanon is inviting experienced experts and trainers (individuals, not firms) to apply to be considered for registration in the DCAF Lebanon expert and trainer roster in the below listed thematic areas. Kindly note this is not an employment or engagement offer. Rostered experts who meet the requirements established in this call will be called upon to confirm availability and interest in each possible assignment and will be required to sign a specific consultancy contract for each such assignment that may be agreed upon.

Consultants will provide a range of advisory services specified at the time of contracting for a concrete assignment. When a demand occurs in a particular thematic area, consultants will be selected and called upon to provide demand-driven services. The range of assignments for the consultant may include policy and behavioral analysis, desk research, provision of strategic and operational advice, training and capacity building activities, development of policy papers and strategic frameworks, on-site support to projects, debate and conference facilitation, project evaluation, among others.

Thematic areas of relevance of substantive experts AND/OR trainers:

• Security sector governance - analysis of internal regulatory and institutional framework, and implementation of institutional reforms.
• Communication – external strategy development, social media campaign execution and analysis, content writing and storytelling.
• Gender - in the security sector, Lebanese NAP1325, and the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda.
• Civil-Military Cooperation, outreach, community engagement.
• Mediation.
• MEL, RBM, project cycle - sector specific expertise, MEL frameworks, data collection, performance measurement, impact assessment, stakeholder engagement, continuous improvement, quality assurance and risk analysis.
• Legal research and analysis national and international contexts - legal review, legal writing, comparative legal research, and policy analysis.
• Parliament - parliamentary system, procedure and national action plans, including legislative processes, constitutional knowledge, committee work, policy development, advisory role, legislative research, parliamentary reform, and public relations.
• Justice - legal research and legal analysis, policy development and judicial reforms.
• Human rights – oversight mechanism, legal analysis, monitoring and reporting, torture prevention, policy development, and human rights impact assessment.
• Migration - migration management, research

Interested and qualified applicants should identify thematic area that best fits their range of experience and expertise and whether they would like to be considered as an expert, trainer, or both. If applicable, it is possible to select more than one thematic area.

Required Competencies

• Core Competencies:
  • Demonstrates commitment to DCAF mission and vision.
  • Demonstrates integrity by complying with DCAF values and ethical standards.
  • Sensitivity and adaptability to culture, gender, religion, nationality, and age.

• Functional Competencies:
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills, resourcefulness, initiative, maturity of judgment, tact, and negotiating skills, and the ability to cope with situations that may pose conflict.
  • Strong analytical, reporting and writing abilities skills.
  • Ability to work in a team, develop synergies and establish effective working relations with security and defence forces, government, civil society, and other stakeholders.
  • Ability to plan, organize, implement and report on work.
  • Proficiency in the use of office IT applications and internet.
  • Openness to change and ability to receive/integrate feedback.
  • Ability to accommodate additional demands on short notice.
  • Ability to work under pressure and in stressful situations.
  • Ability to manage heavy workloads and solve complex problems with minimum supervision.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• Advanced university degree (Master, PhD), preferably of relevance to the chosen thematic area.

Experience:

• At least 10 years of proven working experience relevant to the selected thematic area
• Extensive technical knowledge relevant to the thematic area
• Excellent oral and written skills
• Excellent drafting and formulation skills, and proven record of official reports or papers/studies in the selected area
• Preferably experience on working with the security and defence sector

Languages:

Native Arabic speaker.

Excellent English