Basic Literacy and Numeracy Assistant - Bekaa

Major Responsibilities:

• Support the implementation of the BLN curriculum for out of school girls.
• Regularly monitor the work of facilitators and volunteers and liaise with the BLN Project Officer.
• Participate in assessment exercises to identify vulnerable adolescent girls that the team should target.
• Support in outreach activities, providing information to adolescent girls on activities and services available.
• Support staff in the identification of hard to reach girls and vulnerability criteria.
• Participate in and lead GBV risk assessments with the community mobilizers to ensure risks faced by adolescent girls are adequately captured.
• Conduct FGDs with gatekeepers and parents around challenges/issues related to adolescent girls participation of girls in the BLN sessions.  
• Provide regular updates to Adolescent Girls Officer, WPE Sr. Officer, and WPE Manager on common threats and needs of adolescent girls to inform program design and advocacy initiatives.
• Use agreed-upon reporting formats to ensure risk mitigation activities and their findings are well documented and utilized for program adaptation, advocacy and referrals.
• Closely work with staff on mobilizing AGs in order to respond to the AGs’ needs and closely coordinate the referral of AGs to the BLN cycles as needed. Use agreed-upon monitoring and evaluation tools to track adolescent girls’ participation i in the BNL related activities, and collect their feedback.
• Enter the observation tools filled by the teachers on the laptop and sends them to the BLN Project Officer.
• Draft and contribute to regular weekly and monthly quantitative and qualitative reports.
• Make sure Teacher Learning Circles are planned in coordination with the BLN Project Officer and on a regular basis.
• Be present in the monthly learning circles with the BLN Project Officer and other BLN Assistants in the locations.
• Provide the needed technical support to the teachers through filling appreciation tools and providing on-the-job coaching and feedback.
• Other duties as assigned by the supervisor to enable and develop IRC programs.
• All IRC staff is required to adhere to THE IRC Way Standards for Professional Conduct and the IRC country employment policies.

Key Working Relationships:

Position Reports to:  Bekaa Senior WPE Officer   

Position directly supervises:  None

Indirect Reporting: Adolescent Girls Officer, WPE Manager, AGO based in Beirut

Job Requirements:

• Minimum one year professional experience in community-based Protection or GBV or education programming, preferably in an emergency context,
• Clear understanding of gender, human rights, and issues surrounding violence against women and girls,
• Demonstrated experience working with adolescent girls, including facilitating trainings and/or activities targeting adolescent girls,
• Experience training or coaching other staff within the organization or in a partner organization,
• Fluent in Arabic; working knowledge of English an asset,
• Positive and professional attitude, including ability to work well in a team setting,
• Strong ability to organize work, meet deadlines, maintain composure, prioritize work under pressure, coordinate multiple tasks and maintain attention to detail
• Good computer skills including MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint