Project Coordinator

Background:

Fe-Male is a civil feminist collective working with women and girls to eliminate injustice through building a young feminist movement, empowering agents of change, and campaigning together against discriminatory norms and policies.

Fe-Male is currently looking for a “Project Coordinator” for a project supported by the Regional Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Middle East and North Africa Region, and funded by the European Union.  The new project titled: “Making UPR process an effective mechanism to break barriers for ratifying the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Lebanon” is lobbying for the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with disabilities law, and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The project aims for the increase of Lebanon's commitments to UPR and other international human rights mechanisms regarding rights of persons with disabilities and other elements of the UPR process in public discourse.

Major Responsibilities:

• Oversee all project activities and be the main contact point for the donor and the field staff;
• To maintain a calendar of project activities including training and events schedules, staff and other meetings;
• Ensure project activities comply with the policies and regulations of Fe-Male, and partners;
• Ensure the work quality of the consultants through regular follow-up;
• Monitor project activities and coordinate work with consultants in the project;
• Responsible for overseeing the development and execution of project deliverables;
• Responsible for submitting activity reports, meeting minutes, and any other reports to the project management;
• Ensure close collaboration and coordination with cooperating partners and donor to guarantee smooth; implementation of activities and achievement of results;
• Act as the point of contact and communicate project status adequately to all participants;
• Maintain comprehensive project documentation, plans, and reports;
• Set priorities, develop a work schedule, monitor progress towards goals, and track details/data/information/activities;
• Implement project activities in a timely manner ensuring good quality action and credible outcomes;
• The position holder may be required to undertake other duties that are broadly in line with the above key duties.

Qualifications:

• Relevant university degree in BA in Law, political science or any other related field;
• Gender-sensitive and familiarity with the human rights approach;
• Experience in working in the field;
• Knowledge of the situation of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Lebanon;
• Proficiency in MS Office skills;
• Knowledge of local laws and regulations;
• Good organizational and managerial skills;
• Good training/facilitation skills;
• Fluency in written and spoken Arabic and English;
• Strong communication skills – written and verbal;
• Able to work under pressure and in emergency situations;
• Ability to work in a team and flexibility to take on new tasks;
• Excellent interpersonal and networking skills;
• Team player;
• Motivated.