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Life Skills Assistant - Qobayat

Lebanon

  • Organization: IRC - International Rescue Committee
  • Location: Lebanon
  • Grade: Level not specified - Level not specified
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Administrative support
    • Labour Market Policy
    • Food Security, Livestock and Livelihoods
    • Women Protection & Empowerment
  • Closing Date: Closed

Requisition ID: req3825

Job Title: Life Skills Assistant - Qobayat

Sector: Women Protection & Empowerment

Employment Category: Regular

Employment Type: Full-Time

Location: Qobayat, Lebanon

Job Description

Under the supervision of the WPE Senior Officer, the Life skills Assistant will work as part of a Women’s Protection and Empowerment Team. She will be in charge of mobilizing and responding to the needs of beneficiaries in the communities identified by the teams, in order to mitigate their exposure to GBV and strengthen their positive coping skills.

SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Community Outreach and Mobilization

  • Participate in assessment exercises to identify vulnerable women
  • Participate in and lead safety assessments and community mapping exercises to ensure risks faced by older women (60+) are adequately captured.
  • Provide regular updates to WPE Senior Officer, WPE Manager on common threats and needs of women to inform program design and advocacy initiatives.
  • Follow up with Outreach Volunteers and build their capacity on disseminating information in communities.

Psychosocial support & life-skills development

  • Mobilize beneficiaries in target locations to participate in curriculums provided by the IRC, including emotional support groups, Arab Women Speak out, parenting skills and one off sessions etc.…
  • Collaborate and refer to caseworkers and other WPE team members to ensure GBV responses are taking into account specific needs and vulnerabilities of beneficiaries
  • Use agreed-upon monitoring and evaluation tools to track beneficiaries participation in activities and collect their feedback.

Monitoring & Reporting.

  • Support tracking of all activities’ beneficiaries using agreed M&E tools
  • Participate in weekly reporting and planning meetings to ensure reporting requirements are followed

Other

  • Draft and contribute to regular weekly, monthly reports and gather with Senior officer the data course tracker
  • Other duties as assigned by the supervisor to enable and develop IRC programs

Professional Standards

All IRC staff are required to adhere to THE IRC Way Standards for Professional Conduct and the IRC country employment policies.

Qualifications

  • Minimum 1-2 years professional experience in community-based Protection or GBV programming, preferably in an emergency context
  • Clear understanding of gender, human rights, and issues surrounding violence against women and elderlies.
  • Demonstrated experience working with women, including facilitating trainings and/or activities targeting older women
  • Experience training or coaching other staff within the organization or in a partner organization
  • Fluent in Arabic; working knowledge of English an asset
  • Positive and professional attitude, including ability to work well in a team setting
  • Strong ability to organize work, meet deadlines, maintain composure, prioritize work under pressure, coordinate multiple tasks and maintain attention to detail.
  • Good computer skills including MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Key Working Relationships:

Position Reports to: Senior officer

Position directly supervises: None

Position works with: Case Workers, Community Mobilizers, Adolescent Girls Assistants, Program Manager, Senior Officer

Working Environment: 

Travel and other requirements: Staff will be based in Akkar

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