Project Officer

Reports to

Programme Manager

Functions/Key Results Expected

• To follow up and coordinate activities; support the follow up on MADAD project and reports with members of consortium; maintain relations with partners; program administration and archiving, supporting the reporting and monitoring and evaluation (M&E).
• To contribute to elaborating LA’s project activities and identifying opportunities that would support the achievement of LA’s goals and vision and particularly MADAD’s objectives.

Duties:

• Ensures organized schedule and proper preparation for capacity building activities such as trainings, FGDs and awareness sessions; initiates and follows up necessary actions.
• Oversees and monitors the delivery and distribution of visibility materials or capacity support such as tool kits in order to reach targeted audience; works in collaboration with Program Team within region.
• Identifies best practice with partners and other Program Team within the region and shares relevant information with them.
• Takes part of regular local and global staff meetings and contributes to data and records collection for the audit process.
• Site visits and proactive follow up by accompanying the Program Manager and Head of Office to field visits to the SDCs, CBOs and LA’s centers in regions, recording minutes of meetings, taking down action points and checking in with all parties to ensure action points are implemented.
• Creative problem solving and troubleshooting and able to identify potential challenges and opportunities for improving day to day functionality of the project, and to oversee the implementation of the identified solutions;
• Forging and maintaining relationships with partners and actors in the field by attending meetings of different consortiums and including EU MADAD Consortium partners, UN agencies, humanitarian organisations, local and international NGOs and legal and justice actors.
• Being a positive member of the LA team and the EU MADAD Consortium, including by constructively addressing challenges and resolving disputes.
• Supports in tracking legal and political developments in local, national and reginal law and politics to identify those which will have implications for the project. He or she will keep updated on the news and politics from the region, send written updates weekly and discuss pertinent developments during weekly meetings.
• Assist in coordination with the Finance Manager and Logistics Officer to procure items and equipment where necessary;
• Assists in organizing legal trainings, roundtables and workshops: Including organizing training materials, writing agendas, printing, translation and facilitation of workshop sessions in Lebanon or regionally.
• Assists in tracks fundraising opportunities for LA in the region by conducting researches for available funding opportunities within the region on a weekly basis, update LA’s proposal tracker, ensure senior staff are aware of available opportunities and send reminders when fundraising applications are due.
• Assists the Program Manager and Head of Office in writing proposals and concept notes.
• Ensures the preparation, consultation, visibility materials are well defined prior to launching of project with specified time lines and action points.
• Manages LA’s Twitter, Instagram and Facebook pages.
• Represents LA at seminars, conferences, meeting and other events.
• Other project or programme-related duties as specified by the Program Manager or Head of Office.

Skills and Qualifications Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in law, social work, business administration or any relevant field.
• Proven experience in project design, implementation and evaluation.
• Awareness of, and sensitive to working in multiple socio-economic settings and with multi-cultural groups.
• Ability to work closely with, and establish positive relationships with local structure and to engage with various stakeholders.
• Capacity to carry out successful outreach and use M&E tools.
• Knowledge of women’s rights, international law, including human rights, humanitarian law, criminal law and regional and international human rights mechanisms is an asset.

Competencies:

• Ability to take initiative, work with minimum supervision and think creatively.
• Energetic and positive attitude with strong interpersonal and intrapersonal skills.
• Flexibility and team approach to programmatic work.
• Analytical and problem-solving approach.
• Ability to multi-task effectively, including having excellent planning, organizational skills, and the ability to work under pressure.
• Communicates in a clear, precise and structured way, presents effectively.

Language requirements:

• Fluency in writing, speaking and listening in Arabic;
• Proficiency in writing, speaking and listening in English, including ability to write basic reports in English.
• Any fluency in French will be considered an asset.