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Job Opportunity at IRC to Work as an Early Childhood Development Manager in Bekaa, Lebanon

Job Opportunity at IRC to Work as an Early Childhood Development Manager in Bekaa, Lebanon

Lebanon 21 Jul 2020
International Rescue Committee

International Rescue Committee

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OPPORTUNITY DETAILS

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Area
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Deadline
21 Jul 2020
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Opportunity funding
Full funding
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Eligible Region
All Regions

IRC offers a full time job opportunity in Lebanon to work as an early childhood development manager. The ECD manager will supervise the ongoing implementation of safe and appropriate ECD activities in the Bekaa region, ensuring effectiveness, quality and monitoring and evaluation of these activities.

Eligibility:

You must have:

  • Bachelor degree in social sciences, social work, public health, development, or any relevant related field.
  • At least 3 years of professional experience in the field of ECD and/or community-level humanitarian work overseeing community-level programming (awareness sessions, parenting).
  • At least 2 years of professional experience at management level.
  • Adhere program implementation to IRC policies at all times, including confidentiality and safe identification/referrals.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of monitoring, evaluation and planning.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of developing new community-level awareness raising and assessment tools.
  • Demonstrated experience in overseeing data collection and M&E activities.
  • Demonstrated capacity to lead a team (organize, plan and oversee).
  • Demonstrated capacity to write clear reports.
  • Experience in working with communities (monitoring, training, needs assessment, and overseeing activities).
  • Outstanding interpersonal skills, and capacity to maintain excellent working relationships with relevant stakeholders.
  • Demonstrated capacity to perform well under pressure with overlapping deadlines in a challenging environment.
  • Fluency in written and spoken Arabic and English.
  • Working experience with an NGO/INGO.
  • Master degree in social sciences, development, public health, or any relevant related field.

Your Responsibilities:

You will be responsible of:

  1. Directly supervise ECD staff in Bekaa.
  2. Ongoing supervision, leadership, training and technical support and guidance to all program staff.
  3. Effectively manage the ECD team in the governorate, including ongoing technical and operational support.
  4. Ensure staff adhere to best-practice principles when working with children, youth, and community members.
  5. Maintain accessible and professional support with team members, promoting a strong team spirit and providing oversight and guidance to enable staff to successfully perform in their position.
  6. Ensure timely completion and submission of monthly timesheets, probations reviews and annual performance reviews.
  7. Plan/coordinate and oversee staff work plans, work and vacation schedules, and staff training/development activities.
  8. Mentor and support staff’s professional development and foster a positive team spirit to encourage innovative and quality programming.
  9. Prepare and maintain/update detailed work plan(s) that support and achieve the overall grant timeline and completion date.
  10. Design and develop new methodology to support community level outreach and work.
  11. Make sure that all program implementation reports and data are up to date, and accurate.
  12. Undertake regular field monitoring visits to assess progress and identify technical quality issues and/or other implementation issues, provide solutions and implement modifications as required.
  13. Produce/contribute to internal and donor reports as per set schedules (monthly, quarterly and annually) on grant activities, indicators and achievements.
  14. Ensure that the program is implemented according to schedule and budget and that project objectives are met.
  15. Write regular field reports including progress against targets, all implementation details and challenges.
  16. Work closely with other IRC programming sectors to ensure information sharing about geographic targets, cases to be referred or supported by other sectors, and holistic integrated support to communities.
  17. Undertake/participate in liaison, coordination, and information sharing activities with national NGOs, international organizations, donors and government at the governorate level.
  18. Develop and maintain effective working relationships with relevant stakeholders including community leaders and other implementing partners at the governorate level.
  19. Support the collection, analysis and dissemination of project data and information for problem analysis, planning and evaluation with all stakeholders.
  20. Ensure all monitoring activities are fully documented, including systematic and timely data collection as required under the grant and for internal M&E purposes.
  21. Support and participate in research activities when needed.
  22. Act as key focal point for data quality and data screening with Beirut-based RMEAL team.

About IRC:

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries, it restores safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.

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