Project Manager - Improving access to justice for LGBTQI+ people by strengthening legal advocates and defenders networks
All interested candidates must send their application including the following:
- A CV outlining all the experience obtained and relevant for the project
- Cover letter
Our Work represents a wide range of nationalities and cultures. We promote a balanced, diverse workforce — respecting human rights values and our organization’s ethics.
A strength that helps us better understand and addresses our partners’ needs, and continually strives to improve our gender balance through initiatives and policies that encourage recruitment of qualified female candidates.
Please submit the above requested documents (as mentioned above) addressed to: [email protected] quoting “CLDH – Project Manager” in the subject line.
BACKGROUND:
The Lebanese Center for Human Rights (CLDH) is a local non-profit, non-partisan Lebanese human rights organization based in Beirut. CLDH was created in 2006 by the Franco-Lebanese Movement SOLIDA (Support for Lebanese Detained Arbitrarily), which has been active since 1996 in the struggle against arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance and the impunity of those perpetrating gross human rights violations.
CLDH monitors the human rights situation in Lebanon, fights enforced disappearance, impunity, arbitrary detention and racism and rehabilitates the victims of torture. CLDH regularly organizes press conferences, workshops and advocacy meetings on human rights issues in Lebanon and collects, records and documents human rights abuses in reports and press releases.
CLDH team on the ground supports initiatives aimed at determining the fate of all missing persons in Lebanon.
CLDH regularly follows up on numerous cases of arbitrary detention and torture in Lebanon in coordination with Lebanese and international organizations, and with the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention WGAD and the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture. As of August 2020, the Lebanese Center for Human Rights is involved in a one-year emergency response plan. CLDH aims to assist those who have been affected by the Beirut blast on several aspects by providing the following pro-bono services: legal aid and consultations, medical assistance, psycho-social support and cash assistance.
Job Profile:
The overall goal of the project is to improve access to justice for LGBTIQ+ people in Lebanon in courts and through public advocacy. This project will be implemented with the help of CLDH and other partnering organizations.
The Project Manager directly reports to the Program Manager and is responsible of the planning and implementation of the project.
Duties and Responsibilities:
●Create a detailed work plan which identifies the sequence of the activities needed to successfully complete and reach project’s outcomes
●Document state and societal violence against LGBTIQ+ people in order to hold the authorities accountable to their international obligations, and national constitutional provisions
●Understand state homophobia tactics
●Use the documentation of violations of criminal justice rules as a legal tool for defense and public advocacy
●Coordinate with CLDH staff on their tasks related to the project
●Execute the project according to the set action plan
●Develop forms and records to document project activities outputs and outcomes
●Set up files to ensure that all project information is appropriately documented and secured
●Monitor the progress of the project and make adjustments as necessary to ensure the successful completion of the project
●Establish a communication schedule to update Program Manager and appropriate staff in the organization on the progress of the project
●Review the quality of the work completed with the project team on a regular basis to ensure that it meets the project standards
●Manage staff and properly delegate tasks
●Ensure that the project deliverables are on time, within budget and at the required level of quality
●Evaluate the outcomes of the project as established during the planning phase with the Program Manager
●Coordinate the project activities with the remaining partners.
Qualifications:
●A minimum of 2 years in a similar position
●Great communication skills and team player
●Proficiency in Microsoft Office
●Advanced organization and time management skills
●Strong problem-solving skills
●Fluency in English, French and Arabic languages
Qualifications:
Minimum of Bachelor degree in Social Sciences, Law, Political Science, Management or other related fields.
Location and Date:
The Project Manager is based in CLDH main office in Dora with occasional visits to other CLDH Offices in Beqaa and Achrafieh, when and if needed.
CLDH is waiting for final approval of project by February 2021. The project ends on November 30, 2021 (renewable, depending on funds and needs).
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