Access Program Assistant - English Access Microscholarship Program

About Teach for Lebanon

Teach For Lebanon (TFL) is an NGO working to ensure that all children in Lebanon, regardless of socioeconomic background, have access to quality education. The model of Teach For Lebanon is an education innovation that focuses on youth capacity building to provide quality intervention and systemic support for students. TFL employs and trains Lebanon’s most promising graduates, “TFL Fellows”, and places them in schools serving underprivileged refugee and Lebanese children. These Fellows receive on-going training and support to address educational disadvantages by providing transformational teaching that places their students on a path of academic success. Along the way, they become leaders and advocates for a better Lebanon.

Learn More: www.teachforlebanon.org

About Access Microscholarship Program

English Access Microscholaship Program (Access) is a two-year global scholarship program supported by the U.S. Department of State that provides a foundation of English language skills to bright, economically disadvantaged students, primarily aged 13 to 20 through After-School classes with Enhancement Activities, and Intensive Sessions. The goal of the Access Program is to prepare students who have a minimal knowledge of English, with effective communication and critical thinking skills through meaningful interaction, cooperative learning strategies, and real-life contexts. The English Access Microscholarship Program in Lebanon is implemented by Teach For Lebanon and it offers 500 teenagers (25 classes of 20 public high school students each across 5 regions in Lebanon), the opportunity to increase their English language proficiency by receiving 360 hours of English as a second Language along with enhancement and leadership activities. The English Access Microscholarship Program also includes capacity building and mentoring for 100 teachers across 5 regions in Lebanon.

Role Summary

 The Access Program Assistant is responsible for collecting data related to teachers and students, ensuring the organization of the program’s needed logistics and supporting the Access Program Director in certain tasks.

Main Accountabilities

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Work in coordination with the Access Program team on the below tasks, basically and not exclusively, as follows, and as instructed by the Access Program Director:

1. With the ACCESS PROGRAM COORDINATOR

• Collect relevant data concerning teachers and students’ hour count at the end of each month in the form of following up, updating and reporting on the number of teaching hours, and the attendance rates;
• Follow through on the entry of the said data into the system of monetizing those hours, processing payment, and documenting receipt confirmations, which TFL has in place;
• Organize and execute needed logistics for the Access program’s activities and events (Quotation sourcing, material and stationery storage, and distribution, coordination with courier services, events reservation…);
• Support the Access Program’s education mentors in tasks of a non-educational nature, as would be deemed necessary, such as following up on attendance and sharing relevant material and resources.

1. Post: ACCESS EDUCATIONAL ADVISOR

• Execute tasks relative to the process of outreach to participants for Teachers Training, such as database forming/updating, deploying outreach communication, compiling participation confirmations, generating links and addressing calendar invites to training, following up on actual attendance, and compiling training reports.’

1. Post: ACCESS ALUMNI COORDINATOR

• Assist this post as would be deemed necessary and instructed by the Program Director, such as in the case of Alumni training, and that along the tasks described in the case of Teachers training above.

1. Post: ACCESS MONITORING & EVALUATION (MEAL) COORDINATOR

• Collect M&E related data, whether as desktop work or while on field visits together with the M&E Coordinator;
• Take notes during M&E focus groups or interviews (in person or virtual/phone) and compile reports for review by the M&E Coordinator.

1. Post: ACCESS PROGRAM DIRECTOR

• Assist the Program Director in other tasks including but not limited to helping in the preparation of certain aspects of the periodic reports required to be filed by TFL/Access through to the Program’s Donor, drafting minutes of meetings and certain messages or notes, and archiving the documentation from all of the Access Program’s posts;
• Liaise with other TFL departments as will be tasked by the Program Director;
• Liaise with additions to the Program Staff, as will be instructed by the Program Director.
• Follow up on Access Team staff office attendance and leaves in coordination with the HR Manager.

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or any other relevant field
• 1-2 years of experience in a similar role.
• Previous experience in local NGO is preferred.
• Proficiency in English and Arabic.
• Strong command of Microsoft Office applications.
• Proven skills in professional email writing.
• Ability to communicate effectively
• Good teamwork and collaboration skills

Working Conditions

Location: The chosen candidate will be based in Hamra Office.  

Package: Competitive salary based on experience, with NSSF and Medical-Life Insurance benefits.

Duration: From 1 April 2022 till 31 August 2022.

Other: Willingness to work some weekends and evenings to facilitate project objectives.