Livelihood Case Officer
Interested candidate are encouraged to apply online on arcenciel's careers website: http://www.arcenciel.org/careers/
General Objectives & Tasks:
1- Participate in the mission of facilitating the professional inclusion of people with disabilities:
- Welcome targeted beneficiaries within the employment office, seeking job opportunities.
- Create an application for every candidate on the used software, listen actively and record all the necessary information.
- Conduct physical and psychological assessments of the employment office’s beneficiaries.
- Create assessment tools to use before, during and after the interviews.
- Implement the job carving process.
- Assess the candidate file and provide the adequate service for the professional integration; i.e. training, coaching or placement.
- Develop physical rehabilitation programs to help beneficiaries regain lost skills.
- Identify free vocational and soft skills trainings that build the capacities of candidates.
- Prepare job seekers for return to employment by consulting with employers; determine potential employee difficulties; retrain employees; and help employers understand necessary physical and job accommodations.
- Provide candidates with professional guidance and job readiness (job interview, life skills, cv writing, etc.).
- Assist in CV and cover letter writing, as well as coaching sessions.
- Assist in preparing content for professional guidance and job readiness sessions.
- Train and educate caregivers and family members of clients on parental guidance.
- Evaluate results and progress on beneficiaries.
- Follow up monthly, quarterly and yearly with each candidate and update information accordingly.
- Assess work environment of clients and deciding what adjustments are needed, using ergonomics.
- Advising on adaptive equipment reasonable accommodation to help clients and company with daily activities.
- Issue different types of reports as requested, through the used software.
- Implement projects of the employment office, as needed.
2- Assist in the promotion of corporate social responsibility:
- Gather information about companies, specialized NGOs and potential partners.
- Promote the mission and objectives of the employment unit among companies and NGOs.
- Assist, facilitate and participate in raising awareness and promoting the inclusion training provided to companies on the recruitment of people with disabilities.
- Encourage the social and professional inclusion concept.
- Acknowledge and promote the application of the law 220/2000 and CRPD.
- Increase the circle of connections of the employment office and enhance current relationships.
3- Assist in other required tasks as needed.
Position Requirements:
Skill set and competencies:
- Proven working experience as occupational therapist
- Valid licence to practice occupational therapy
- Excellent knowledge of principles and practices of occupational therapy
- Ability to assess physical and mental disabilities
- Capable of designing and implementing functional rehabilitation and rehabilitation activities
- Knowledge of ergonomics
- Understanding of the recruitment processes.
- Previous experience in recruitment agency.
- Previous experience in NGOs.
- Previous experience in the livelihood sector.
- Ability to work on Excel and understanding the logic of recruitment software.
- Understanding of the disability frameworks in Lebanon.
- Understanding of the Lebanese Labor law and Social Security law.
- Acknowledgement of law 220/2000 and Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities.
- Proficiency in dealing with different types of impairments.
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to relate to people at all levels.
- Strong interpersonal, mediation and negotiation skills.
- Empathetic person with high emotional resilience.
- High sense of reasoning and objectivity.
- High level of confidentiality and respect of work secrecy.
- Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize.
- Highly responsible person and initiative taker.
- Flexible and committed.
- Tactful and diplomatic.
- Ability to work accurately, with attention to detail.
- Ability to take care of job seekers with different personalities.
- Drive to continually learn and grow in the profession
- Professional behavior
- Beneficiaries-centeredness
- Dedication to compliance and best practices
- Listening and collaboration
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
Working schedule: Monday till Friday from 9:00 am till 5:00 pm
Contract Type: 1 year
Work Location: Jisr el Bacha, may require commuting to Taanayel and Halba
NOTE:
Daleel Madani, the civil society network, serves as a platform for organisations to post their professional opportunities, but is not involved in the recruitment process. The hiring organisation is solely responsible for the job and candidate selection.
- Lebanon
- Mount Lebanon
- Matn
- Sinn El Fil