Project Officer/Consultant

The Project Consultant will support the delivery of community-based sessions and capacity-building activities under the organization’s LGBTQI+ crisis response and displacement-prevention initiative. The role focuses on strengthening the resilience, safety, and rights awareness of LGBTQI+ individuals (with particular attention to rural and marginalized communities) through structured sessions on key protection and support topics.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and facilitate interactive sessions/workshops on topics including LGBTQI+ legal rights and protections in Nepal, mental health and trauma-informed support, crisis response and early intervention, community advocacy, and related capacity-building themes.
• Ensure sessions are accessible, culturally sensitive, trauma-informed, and adapted to local contexts (including rural settings).
• Contribute to the development of simple tools, materials, or guidance that support ongoing community responders and peer networks.
• Maintain strict confidentiality, do-no-harm principles, and safeguarding standards in all interactions.
• Coordinate with the project team on session planning, documentation, and feedback.

Requirements:

• Solid knowledge of LGBTIQ+ legal rights and protections in Nepal’s context.
• Experience delivering training, facilitation, or similar community education/support sessions is desirable.
• Understanding of issues affecting LGBTQI+ people in crisis or displacement-risk situations, mental health, or community advocacy is an advantage.
• Ability to work flexibly, respectfully, and securely with diverse and high-risk groups.
• Strong communication and facilitation skills; commitment to confidentiality and ethical practice.
• Fluency in Nepali and English.

If this sounds like you, please send your CV/Resume and Cover Letter to careers@wowef.org with the subject line "Project Consultant".

Compensation:

• Competitive and based on experience and scope of work.

This is a short-term/consultancy opportunity aligned with the project’s grassroots, locally led approach. Interested candidates should highlight relevant knowledge and any prior facilitation or rights-based work in their application.

Nepali, English (preferred)