“Finance Management Review Policies & Procedures” Consultancy for Mouvement Social Beirut, Lebanon

Mouvement Social (MS) has been working since 1961 towards sustainable development over all the Lebanese soil in a secular and nondiscriminatory approach. It aims to build a fair and humane society, to improve the citizenship and autonomy of the underprivileged through socio-economic development projects and to implicate Lebanese youths in the development and improvement of their society. Mouvement Social works to build social support networks as well as empower individuals to engage in the wider community. MS does not simply intervene on behalf of its beneficiaries to improve their access to their rights; it mainly works to increase societal awareness of social issues and lobbies decision makers (lawmakers) to promote policies that take into consideration the basic rights and needs of the underprivileged.  MS current programs tackle alphabetization and education; youth socioeconomic empowerment; prevention and protection for children, youth and women; as well as support of local develop and citizenship with municipalities. MS action is implemented through 12 centers (Halba, Tripoli, Zahleh, Kfar Zabad, Bourj Hammoud, Sin El Fil, Jnah, Ghobeiry, Nabatiyeh, Saïda, Roumieh prison, Barbar El Khazen prison), working directly with the local communities and local authorities in coordination with the headquarters in Badaro.  For more than 50 years, MS has operated in the most marginalized areas of Lebanon and has constantly adapted to the needs of the population and the unstable country context without ever compromising on its secular and non-discriminatory principles. Evolving in a complex frame like Lebanon leads to many challenges programmatic, managerial and organizational.  At finance management system (FMS) level, MS aims to make a critic (re)thinking of its management system to valorize existing policies and procedures and explore new opportunities. The ecosystem of civil society radically changed and not only in Lebanon. Requesting an external and expert eye to enhance the FMS is part of a major process in order to improve the quality of interventions. This review work will enable to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of MS’s current FMS in the context of rapid growth (staffing, budget, number of projects).

OBJECTIVES
The main objective of this consultancy is to assess and analyze the performance of the FMS of the association Mouvement Social, and  developing finance manual, chart of account, and training of MS staff on the same
The expected outputs are the following:  
- To review MS Finance Management system (relevance, efficiency, quality and coherence). 

- To elaborate a road map that can define the current situation of the FMS and then, to plan for the transit period with its targets and indicators.  

- To design solid FMS as well as to develop the related tools including finance manual
By setting up a framework for improvement of its management system, MS aims to be faithful to its principles and value and to improve its impact at programmatic level as well as strengthen its transparency and good governance practices.