Reporting, Fundraising, and Grant Management Training Consultant

• Conduct desk review of existing relevant training materials (including DRC resources) that can support a contextualized curriculum for DRC in Lebanon
• Meet with DRC and partner staff to analyze existing capacities, gaps, priorities, and needs regarding reporting, grants management, fundraising, contributing to proposal development, etc.
• Work with DRC’s Program Development and Grants Specialist, Partnerships  Specialist, and  field staff to develop a comprehensive training curriculum (in English) covering three key modules: donor reporting, grants management, and fundraising. Reporting will cover basic writing tips and strategies, how to structure and present information, how to analyze information and impact of programs, and how to produce complete donor reports that meet international donor standards. The grants management module should cover how to review grant agreements, understanding the project management cycle (PMC) and the role of grants within it, compliance with donor requirements, managing donor relations, grant tracking, and use of grant management tools. The fundraising module should cover how to research relevant opportunities, concept note and proposal development, basic fundraising strategy development, and funding gaps contingency planning.
• Either directly translate materials to Arabic or work with a translator to ensure that materials are effectively translated to Arabic.
• Ensure that the training curriculum is practical, creative, engaging, versatile and sufficiently contextualized to non-native English speakers and relative to the Lebanese context and stakeholder dynamics. The curriculum should be contextualized to the core sectors of intervention by DRC and its partners, including protection, livelihoods, shelter and basic assistance. The curriculum should consist of a diverse set of presentations, interactive exercises/activities, writing tips, training tools and links to external resources that will help develop and reinforce the skills of participants.
• Ensure that the final product is designed to train key senior DRC staff to carry out future trainings to frontline staff (officers, assistants, etc.). In addition to a table of contents, the curriculum should be accompanied by a guide outlining each of the various components of the curriculum and how to utilize the various tools to support delivery of trainings to frontline staff.
• Ensure that the curriculum is designed to comprehensively build the skills of participants around each module (reporting, fundraising and grants management) and ensure that multiple training sessions are designed, if necessary, to achieve this. Ensure that the curriculum can meet the needs of both frontline DRC staff and partner organizations.
• Apply DRC’s training assessment system for each training session (pre-post tests- impact analysis-  training report- course evaluation form)
• Collect feedback from staff attendees regarding training content developed and incorporate this feedback to produce a final version of the product.
• Carry out reporting, fundraising and grant management trainings to DRC partner staff and train DRC senior staff and PD and Grants Specialist on training curriculum and how to carry out trainings to frontline staff using the materials developed
• Report regularly to the Programme Development and Grants Specialist on the progress of work and collaborate with the grants department and relevant field staff to ensure satisfactory completion of all tasks.  
• Produce a final one to two-page report summarizing the work completed under the consultancy and the outcomes of the training curriculum/trainings delivered.
• Work in line and in adherence to DRC’s code of conduct
• The developed curriculum will be the property of DRC and cannot be shared with an external entity without a written approval from DRC Lebanon.

Tentative timeline of activities:

Expected Outputs:

• Grants training curriculum (in both English and Arabic). This should include a manual inclusive of training exercises, activities and tools (20 - 30 pages), and a Powerpoint presentation (or similar presentation format) for each module.
• Develop a pre and posttest and scoring for the training.
• 10 days of training to DRC and partner staff
•  Training report (in Word of no more than 2 pages), summarizing training

• Experience developing reporting, grants management and fundraising tools
• Experience in building capacities of staff in reporting, project cycle management, grants management and fundraising
• Experience working or relevant consultancy for an international non-profit organization, U.N. agency or other relevant institution.
• Bachelors degree in a relevant field of expertise (e.g. humanitarian programming, grants management, communication, journalism, marketing, political science, international relations, business, etc.)
• Fluency in English is compulsory. Proficiency in Arabic is also essential, otherwise the consultant must work with a translator to ensure that all materials are effectively translated into Arabic. 

• Experience working in the humanitarian context and with national organizations is a plus
• An understanding of the humanitarian values and a commitment to assist the most vulnerable