The Community Mobilizer will be responsible for working at community level to support formal school enrollment, access and retention for Syrian refugee children throughout the Bekaa area. The Community Mobilizer will be primarily field based and will work in a team with Education officers for each region of the Bekaa. The Community Mobilizer will work closely with parents and key community members to support peer-learning and homework clubs, parent engagement with schools, and information/awareness raising at the community level.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Perform outreach activities all over the Bekaa areas covered by the project , including community-based awareness raising sessions on the importance of education, students with special needs, and access to formalschools
• Participate in needs assessments, focus group discussions, awareness raising and information activities, and liaise with M&E team for feedback on M&Eassessments
• Support with the identification of children with special needs (visual, hearing aids and wheelchairs) and oversee the distribution process in parallel with procurement and field staff (reaching out to beneficiaries, organizing distribution process, etc.)
• Identify community members who can work as homework tutors for refugee children, and support the homework tutors with necessary stationary andmonitoring
• Collect data and fill assessmentforms
• Ensure proper documentation of data collected (hard and soft copies onONA)
• Attend regular coordination meetings with Education Officers and Education Manager in IRC Zahle Field Office
• Share information on successes and challenges withteam