Program Coordinator

Red Oak is a Lebanese NGO. It promotes innovative approaches to existing social, educational and cultural structures through education, art, art therapy and mental health, for the protection of children, the empowerment of women and girls, and the inclusion of persons with disabilities.

TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Oversee overall implementation of the programs and sectors projects in accordance with the cycle management objectives, actions plans, MEAL plans, allocated resources, risks and challenges faced.
• Manage a team with a diverse array of talents and responsibilities
• Ensure proper internal coordination with project teams and support teams
• Develop and implement programs, including program design, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation
• Ensure goals are met in areas including stakeholders’ satisfaction, safety, quality, and team member performance
• Assess program strengths, analyze program risks and identify areas for improvement
• Responsible for submitting activity reports, meeting minutes, and any other reports and final narrative reports as per donors’ requirements to the management
• Meet with stakeholders to make communication easy and transparent regarding project issues and decisions on services
• Ensure close collaboration and coordination with cooperating partners and donor to guarantee smooth implementation of activities and achievement of results
• Lead on partner mapping exercises and support the Executive Director to identify, analyse, and respond to new partnership and funding opportunities
• Assist in designing and developing new funding proposals
• Organize programs and activities in accordance with Red Oak’s mission and goals
• The position holder may be required to undertake other duties that are broadly in line with the above key duties.
• Reporting directly to the Executive Director 

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• Minimum 3 years in of professional experience in Projects coordination.
• Respect and ensure confidentiality and professional boundaries and avoid conflicts of interest
• Strong supervisory abilities, and demonstrated capacity of teamwork and of coordination with the relevant actors
• Excellent written and oral English and French communication skills and proficiency in Arabic.
• Excellent planning and organizational skills
• Excellent time management skills
• Attention to detail with strong follow up
• Ability to train, coach, mobilize, and manage teams
• Flexibility and ability to multi-task under pressure
• Strong analytical and practical problem-solving skills
• Ability to work well in unstable and frequently changing security environments
• Proven ability to work creatively and independently
• Humanitarian motivation and commitment to Red Oak code of conduct, values, policies and procedures

Red Oak believes in diversity and invites candidates to apply regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, disability, marital or civil partnership status, or ethnic and national origins, etc.