Job Vacancy Programme Assistant (50%), Lebanon Programme in Beirut, Lebanon

Who we are

forumZFD supports people involved in violent conflicts on the path to peace and strives to help overcome war and violence. forumZFD is currently working with peace consultants in Germany as well as ten other countries in Europe, the Middle East and South East Asia. Its Academy for Conflict Transformation offers a learning space for professional, international peace work. Through dialogue events, educational work and campaigns, forumZFD actively advocates civil peace policy. forumZFD is recognised by the German federal government as a member of the Civil Peace Service (CPS) consortium. It finances its work through public and private grants, donations and membership fees.

In Lebanon, forumZFD has been working since 2009. The 16 local and international staff members are working in three different program areas: Capacity Development, Community Mobilising and Dealing with the Past. Together with its partners, forumZFD jointly develops local capacities within civil society and supports their projects for non-violent conflict transformation.

Our offer

We offer an attractive part-time position (20h per week) with responsibilities for a minimum of one years in a growing organization. We also offer participation in qualification and professional development courses (among others, at forumZFD’s Academy for Conflict Transformation), a project-based preparation, regular coaching and, where appropriate, participation in a language course. Working for forumZFD, you will be engaged within the innovative field of conflict transformation and peacebuilding through contributing your ideas and skills, in a friendly working atmosphere and a great team spirit.

Your tasks and responsibilities

As Programme Assistant in part-time you will support the Country Director of the forumZFD Lebanon team and the project managers in their respective work. This includes working on social media content and its publication on the forumZFD LBN website, facebook etc. Supporting the development of the media strategy and its implementation and adjustment are also part of your work assignments. Where requested and feasible you support the design and the implementation of project activities in coordination with the responsible project staff. Networking and coordinating with forumZFD partner organisations forms also part of your cooperation with project staff. The core of this newly established position is to support the work of the overall programme and to assist the management by taking over tasks and responsibilities as assigned by the Country Director.

The main tasks include:

• Support the Country Director and the project staff in tasks related to management, implementation of activities and office management;
• Support the team and the partners in networking and coordinating with each other and with forumZFD
• Regular participation in calls, meetings and exchange of forumZFD;
• Support the development of a knowledge management system for the programme, and filing and up-dating documents in the knowledge management system;
• And other tasks as agreed with the Country Director.

Your profile:

• University degree in a relevant field;
• Experience in the field of conflict transformation, conflict resolution or peace building;
• Experience in carrying out managerial and coordinating tasks;
• Demonstrated experiences in activism or organizing of any kind (i.e. community, youth groups, other groups);
• Strong inter-cultural sensitivity and ability to work in a team and under time pressure;
• Work experience in and with INGOs;
• Ability distinct ability to think strategically and conceptually, and to support the development of projects and adaptation of the programme;
• Very good written/ spoken command of English, and fluent in written and spoken Arabic;
• Competent in the use of IT applications,
• Driving licence and experience;

   

Start of assignment

Ideally, you are available to start working from October 2021.