Training Facilitator in Agro Tourism

1. Background

Under the “Food security and Livelihood” (FSL) project in Dennieh, Tripoli and El Mina area Project, Secours Islamique France and Safadi Foundation are collaborating to achieve the following objectives: 1) Offering technical and financial assistance to farmers and food processing groups that would help them to develop and added value of their products in quality and in quantity, 2) Support farmers and food processing group with access to markets. The Project is part of a longer-term strategy aiming at supporting and reinforcing capacities of local stakeholders, mainly farmers, local rural women.

1. Purpose

Safadi Foundation is seeking to recruit a highly motivated and experienced Consultant in Agro-Tourism to join its Training Team. The successful national candidate will be expected to:

• Provide training content / curricula / field manuals /and information database.
• Deliver technical trainings for training providers.
• Provide advice on best practice in the relevant sector in Lebanon to maximize support for participants to market linkages.

Participants in the training are foreseen as men and women, living in the areas of Donnie, Tripoli, and Mina. The general objective of the consultancy is to train around 15 potential trainee how to be able to identify, implement and monitor of appropriate agro tourism standards.

1. Overall Responsibility

• Introduce the basic know how of agro-tourism as a business, including rural social systems norms awareness, and safety that isn’t always a top priority.  
• Identify with the trainees the key actors in agro-tourism in the areas.
• Highlighting of the sound agricultural environmental projects (not to promote farms that use excess chemicals and pesticides...)
• Prepare a manual that includes written information as well as graphics, to be distributed at the end of the training including all the explanation of the cheese making and the leather preparation procedure.
• Tentative schedule for training.
• List of additional materials or logistics needed

1. Tasks and Responsibilities

1. Conduct brain storming sessions with the Food technology officer and/or the FSL Officer to have a project objective context and get a brief about the project.
2. To use power Point Presentations, videos and case studies in training sessions as well provide participants with brochure and manuals.
3. Final report of findings and recommendations: The Consultant shall report directly to SF’s Tripoli Office, in particular, to the Food Security and Livelihood Officer. S/he will submit the following reports at the end of the training sessions:

• Presentation of training outcomes to the SF field team and technical advisors;
• Narrative Report draft which includes: i) number of beneficiaries (disaggregated by gender and nationality), ii) providing technical guidance for future steps.
• Present a final report including recommendations (template available)

1. Contract Information

• Availability: November-December
• Duty station: Donnieh Area
• Contract Length: 3 days

1. Qualifications Required

1. Person Qualifications:

• Expert in agro-tourism.
• Selected candidate should have an advanced experience in technical trainings; at least 3 years of experience.
• Strong experience in delivering trainings to multicultural attendees
• Knowledge and experience in working with NGOs/ local authorities for at least 3 years.
• Experience in development, design, and facilitations of training programs
• Capacity to think creatively in dealing with vulnerable audiences
• Strong interpersonal skills and a supportive technical and communication style
• Strong written and oral communication skills, demonstrated ability of making effective presentations to Strong command of Arabic (the training language)
• Diverse attendees.
• High reporting experience