Call for Lead Education Expert in Lebanon at Adyan Foundation

About Adyan

Adyan is a foundation for diversity, solidarity, and human dignity. It works locally, regionally, and globally to promote inclusive citizenship, education on living together, religious social responsibility, spiritual solidarity, and peaceful coexistence through homegrown solutions in education, research, policymaking, media, and community engagement. ToR-KZE-Nayla

Background

Adyan Foundation is implementing the project “Strengthening Children’s Education on Diversity, Solidarity, and Human Dignity in Lebanon,” which aims to strengthen social cohesion and peaceful coexistence by empowering children and young people to engage constructively across religious and cultural differences and participate inclusively in society.

The project will develop and introduce an age-appropriate curriculum for Grades 4–11 focusing on diversity, solidarity, human dignity, inclusive citizenship, and peaceful coexistence. The curriculum will be implemented in public and private schools across Lebanon using participatory, values-based, inclusive, learner-centered, and conflict-sensitive educational approaches.

Consultancy Overview

Adyan Foundation is seeking a Lead Education Expert to provide overall educational and pedagogical leadership for the development, consolidation, piloting, review, and finalization of the project curriculum.

The Lead Expert will work closely with Adyan Foundation’s Education Programs team and will coordinate and guide the work of educational cycle experts and thematic experts. The assignment will focus on ensuring coherence, progression, quality, and consistency across the different grades and educational cycles, while maintaining alignment with Adyan Foundation’s educational approach and relevant national education frameworks.

Main Responsibilities

The Lead Education Expert will provide overall pedagogical direction for the curriculum development process and contribute to the development and validation of the educational framework, curriculum structure, competencies, learning objectives, methodologies, and learning progression across Grades 4–11.

The expert will lead the consolidation of Adyan Foundation’s existing educational content and methodologies into a coherent and age-appropriate curriculum and coordinate the contributions of educational cycle and thematic experts.

The assignment will also include reviewing and validating educational content and activities; ensuring progression and coherence across grades; identifying gaps, overlaps, and unnecessary repetitions; and ensuring the meaningful integration of diversity, solidarity, human dignity, inclusive citizenship, and peaceful coexistence throughout the curriculum.

The expert will provide technical guidance during the piloting and revision processes, contribute to teacher training and capacity-building activities, participate in expert and validation meetings, and support technical dialogue with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEHE), the Center for Educational Research and Development (CERD), and other relevant stakeholders.

The Lead Expert will also conduct the final pedagogical review and validation of the consolidated curriculum and provide ongoing technical advice throughout the project period. ToR-KZE-Nayla

Expected Deliverables and Level of Effort

The consultancy is expected to require approximately 24 working days distributed across the project period.

The assignment will include educational framework and curriculum development leadership; contribution to pilot implementation, teacher capacity building, and evaluation; curriculum expansion and consolidation across subsequent grades; final curriculum review and validation; and final technical follow-up and completion.

The assignment extends through August 2029, with the workload distributed according to the different curriculum development, piloting, expansion, and validation phases.

Expert Profile

The selected expert is expected to demonstrate:

Advanced expertise in education, curriculum development, pedagogy, or a closely related field;
Strong experience in designing, reviewing, or leading the development of educational curricula and pedagogical materials;
Demonstrated experience in coordinating multidisciplinary educational experts and ensuring coherence across educational content;
Strong knowledge of learner-centered, participatory, inclusive, values-based, and conflict-sensitive educational approaches;
Familiarity with the Lebanese education system and national curriculum frameworks, including current education reform processes;
Experience in teacher training, curriculum piloting, evaluation, and educational quality assurance;
Strong analytical, facilitation, coordination, and communication skills;
Ability to engage effectively with ministries, educational institutions, schools, experts, and other relevant stakeholders;
Excellent command of Arabic, with strong professional proficiency in English. French would be considered an asset.

Duration

The consultancy will extend through the curriculum development and implementation cycle until August 2029, with approximately 24 working days distributed according to the agreed deliverables and project timeline.