Terms of Reference (ToR) for Social Business Plan Consultant (Lebanon)

Alfanar Venture Philanthropy is an organization dedicated to supporting social enterprises in the Arab world. To amplify our impact, we aim to empower social enterprises with robust and actionable business plans that will enable them to achieve sustainability, scalability, and measurable social impact. This ToR seeks a qualified consultant to work closely with social enterprises in developing 3-year comprehensive social business plans.

Objective:

The primary objective is to engage a consultant who will:

• Collaborate with 6 pre-selected social enterprises to work on their respective 3-year social business plans.
• Ensure alignment with Alfanar’s mission of fostering social impact and financial sustainability.
• Equip social enterprises with strategies for scalability and impact measurement.

Deliverables:

• Present final social business plan for each of the 6 assigned social enterprises ensuring feedback is incorporated.
• Deck summarising the social business plan to be used by the social enterprises in pitches or otherwise.
• One pager Investment Teaser, to include company profile, financial and impact summaries.
• Summary report highlighting key recommendations, challenges, and insights from the consultancy process.

Duration:

The consultancy period to deliver on the 6 social business plans across 2 phases, starting from Feb 1st, 2025 as indicated below:

Phase 1:

• Timeframe: February 1st, 2025 – March 15th, 2025
• Number of social business plans: up to 4

Phase 2:

• Timeframe: Q3 2025 (TBC)
• Number of social business plans: up to 4