Social Worker And Focal Point-Baalbek

POSITION DESCRIPTION
 
Job Title: Social Worker and Focal Point
Reports To: Project Manager
Location: Baalbek
 
About Heartland Alliance: Heartland Alliance (HA) advances the human rights and responds to the human needs of endangered populations—particularly the poor, the isolated, and the displaced—through the provision of comprehensive and respectful services and the promotion of permanent solutions leading to a more just global society. In Lebanon, HA provides holistic services focusing on psychosocial support, violence prevention, livelihoods strengthening and social cohesion to diverse vulnerable populations affected by the Syrian refugee crisis, including women and girls, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) individuals, and survivors of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV), torture and trauma.
 
 
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Focal Point and Social Worker’s primary responsibilities will be to support implementation, monitoring, programmatic and financial reporting, and day-to-day operations of the SECURE WOMEN & GIRLS safe space and community center based in Baalbek. 
                   
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

Co-locate at the local partner office to provide day-to-day programmatic and operational support to the project safe space;
Ensure development of center activity schedules and work plans according to project scope of work and donor requirements;
Provide training and assistance to partner staff as needed in donor-required implementation plans;
Support preparation and delivery of timely programmatic and financial reports, including making purchases or completing monitoring reports as needed;
Support social workers, child care attendants, and partner program staff to provide high-quality services to Syrian refugee women and girls and host community program participants / beneficiaries;
Ensure completion of all monitoring and evaluation paperwork for partner activities to provide accurate and complete data on all program participants or beneficiaries;
Liaise with or visit other partner staff to ensure a standard model for program implementation across partners and locations;
Conduct inventory on purchased supplies and ensure all materials are distributed to program participants/ beneficiaries;
Report to the Project Manager with ongoing communication with the Program and Logistics Officer to support other tasks, as requested.

 
SCHEDULE
Full time with some travel to Beirut or short visits to program sites around Lebanon.
 
QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE

Undergraduate degree in social sciences, psychology, social work, or related field;
Minimum of one year of experience working for a community organization or NGO;
Direct experience working with refugees in Lebanon;
Extremely detail-oriented;
Demonstrated experience conducting trainings in social work, community-based approaches, child care, or other social services;
Strong mediation and communication skills;
Strong MS Office skills; and
Written and Oral fluency in both Arabic and English.

 
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. 
The employee is regularly required to sit, stand and walk.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

 
Work Environment:  The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The employee may be required to remain on Organization premises during breaks and/or meal periods and may be required to stay on Organization premises until their replacement arrives.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions.
The noise in the work environment is moderate.

 
Heartland Alliance makes all hiring and employment decisions without regard to race, creed, color, age, gender, gender identity, marital or parental status, religion, ancestry, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, sexual identity, immigrant status, political affiliation or belief, ex-offender status (depending on the offense and position to be filled), unfavorable military discharge, membership in an organization whose primary purpose is the protection of civil rights or improvement of living conditions and human relations, height, weight, or HIV infection, in accord with the Organization's AIDS Policy Statement of September, 1987. Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodation should contact the Employee Services Office at (312) 660-1431.
 
To apply please send Cover Letter and CV to [email protected].