Retreat Facilitator, Individual Consultant

The consultant will design and facilitate a one-day, in-person team retreat for approximately 18–20 staff members to strengthen leadership capabilities, enhance self-awareness, and foster effective collaboration. The retreat includes leadership insights, personality assessments, and public speaking skills development to build confidence and communication effectiveness.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with the Section Chief to understand the team's context, objectives, and expected outcomes of the retreat.
• Design a tailored, interactive one day or half day agenda integrating leadership development, self-awareness, team effectiveness, and public speaking.
• Utilize an appropriate personality or leadership assessment framework (e.g., MBTI or equivalent) to help participants understand leadership styles and communication preferences.
• Design and facilitate practical exercises, group discussions, reflection activities, and experiential learning sessions.
• Deliver a dedicated session on public speaking focusing on confidence, presentation skills, audience engagement, and communication techniques.
• Facilitate discussions promoting collaboration, trust, and mutual understanding among team members.
• Adapt facilitation approach to respond to participants' needs and maximize engagement.
• Provide all training materials, facilitation resources, and participant handouts.
• Conduct a short end-of-session evaluation to gather participant feedback and assess learning objectives.
• Submit a brief post-retreat report summarizing activities, feedback, observations, and recommendations.

Requirements

• Advanced University Degree in Organizational psychology, human resources, leadership development, business or another relevant field. A university degree with additional 2 years of relevant experience may be accepted.
• At least 7 years of relevant work experience in designing and facilitating leadership development programmes, team retreats, workshops, or organizational development interventions.
• Demonstrated experience facilitating interactive workshops for diverse teams, preferably within the UN system, international organizations, NGOs, or the private sector.
• Proven experience delivering leadership development and public speaking training.
• Fluency in English is required.
• Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts is desirable.

Skills

• Organizational Psychology
• Human Resources Management
• Leadership Development
• Workshop Facilitation
• Team Retreat Facilitation
• Organisational Development
• Public Speaking Training
• Leadership Training
• Personality Assessments
• Interactive Workshop Facilitation

Languages

English