Senior Dialogue Facilitator for the LPDC Project

Contract

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Background

The Lebanese Working Group on Palestinian Refugees, which became later known as the Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee (LPDC), was created in November 2005 by the Council of Ministers, in response to the goal set by the Government of Lebanon (GoL) to improve the living conditions of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. The current project – Support the implementation of LPDC Strategic Plan, phase 1 - seeks to strengthen the capacity of the LPDC (2020-2023) enabling the Government of Lebanon (GoL) to set up a comprehensive policy on the Palestinian refugee issues, with a view to improving their living conditions. Project components include: • Output 1: Strengthen Dialogue facilitation and conflict prevention capacity; • Output 2: Support Legislative Reform agenda; • Output 3: Strengthen strategic Communication and Coordination roles; • Output 4: Increase Policy research capabilities; In 2015, the LPDC, under the Prime Minister patronage, had launched a Dialogue platform among the Lebanese Political Parties to discuss the Governmental policies towards the Palestinian refugees. The “Working Group on the Palestinian refugees” includes representatives of key potential parties in Lebanon. In 2020, the LPDC launched the “Palestinian Working Group” with similar structure and composition of the “Lebanese Working Group”. In this context, the LPDC requires the support of a “Dialogue Facilitator”.

Duties and Responsibilities

LPDC succeeded to support the formation of the Palestinian Working Group, which continued to convene until March 2020, when it was halted due to internal disagreements. Currently, there is a need for individual consultations with all parties to identify key disagreements and the way forward to reconvene the Palestinian Working Group and develop unified policy positions. LPDC requires the services of a Senior Facilitator to: 1. Facilitate the development of a unified Palestinian vision in consultation with key Palestinian stakeholders, political actors, academic & research institutes, religious organizations, NGOs and the media. 2. Manage dialogue co-facilitator and coordination consultant, who will assist in the facilitation of the dialogue sessions 3. Organize series of dialogue sessions (closed round tables, retreats) key stakeholders involved in defining a unified Palestinian vision 4. Develop white papers after dialogue sessions with a particular group of stakeholders 5. Disseminate the white papers among the dialogue participants and coordinate their review and approval 6. Support the implementation of the dialogue strategy for the “Palestinian Working Group” in line with the project document; 7. Liaise with the project team and external Experts to prepare sessions and develop dialogue agenda; 8. Support the Facilitation and participate in dialogue session of the Lebanese Working Group and Palestinian Working Group; 9. Liaise with media, public opinion, academia and political figures to promote LPDC’s policies and agenda; 10. Support the LPDC in drafting strategic communiqué, concept notes and policy papers addressing the National, Regional and International challenges. 11. Develop a report outlining a unified Palestinian vision & next steps in the implementation of the Lebanese-Palestinian dialogue. For additional information, please refer to ANNEX I – Terms of Reference

Competencies

Functional Competencies:

• Excellent interpersonal and communicative skills.
• Fluency in oral and written Arabic and English, good command of French is desirable.

Corporate Competencies:

• Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN’s values and ethical standards;
• Advocates and promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UN;
• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
• Treats all people fairly without favoritism;
• Knowledge of the UN preferable.

Required Skills and Experience

Academic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in political science, economics, or other closely related field.

Years of Experience:

• Minimum 7 years of relevant professional experience in international development, policy advisory services and/or strategic communications.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in leading dialogue processes or similar political processes.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in working with the rights of Palestinian refugees.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in working with Lebanese government institutions.

How to apply: The consultancy is open for all national consultants who meet the selection criteria and propose a competitive fee. Interested consultants are requested to apply only through this UNDP jobs portal. Submissions through any other media will not be considered. The application must include all of the following documents: 1. P11, which can be accessed through this link: http://lb.undp.org/content/dam/lebanon/docs/Proc/P11%20Personal%20History%20Form.doc 2. Annex 3 (Offerors Letter) and Financial proposal All files shall be submitted in one single document and uploaded as word or PDF file to the UNDP job site. It has been observed that bidders don’t submit all requested documents and thus reducing their chance to be selected for a contract with UNDP. before you submit your offer please revise that the application is complete and comprises all documents. Incomplete applications will not be considered.