Capacity Building and Measurement Assistant - Beirut - FOR NATIONAL CANDIDATES ONLY
The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.
Please submit your application before February 6, 2020 on https://rescue.csod.com/ats/careersite/jobdetails.aspx?site=1&c=rescue&i...
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Background/IRC Summary:
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.
Since November 2012, the IRC Women’s Protection and Empowerment (WPE) program established Women and Girls Community Centres and mobile teams in North Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley to respond to and prevent Gender Based Violence (GBV). The WPE Program aims at increasing access of women and girls to psychosocial and case management services and enables communities to identify and mitigate safety and security risks faced by women and girls. All programming is implemented using survivor-centred approaches that prioritize confidentiality, dignity, safety, and respect.
Job Overview/Summary:
The Capacity Building and Measurement Assistant will be logistically and technically supporting the capacity building team in providing trainings and coaching for governmental and non-governmental GBV and non GBV actors in various locations in Lebanon. This support will be provided through:
- Organizing and preparing for trainings and coaching sessions;
- Managing and updating databases
- Supporting the team in liaising with external actors and partners and managing correspondence.
- Contributing to development of WPE materials, training manuals, tools, and other resources as needed,
- Co-facilitating trainings and sessions when relevant.
Additionally, the Capacity Building and Measurement Assistant will be expected to support other WPE staff in M&E to contribute toward the relevance, effectiveness and efficiency of the M&E unit as well as the overall WPE programming.
SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Material consolidation and development
- Assist in the development of the yearly Capacity Building plan for WPE/IRC
- Assist in the review and update of the WPE training guides and coaching sessions;
- Assist in the development and creation of new activities that can be added to the trainings provided by the capacity building team
- Support the team on researching and storing relevant materials and files
Coaching and capacity building for humanitarian workers
- Support the delivery of the case management coaching programme and other coaching sessions.
- Prepare and co-facilitate trainings and learning sessions from the WPE trainings package.
Administrative Support
- Provide administrative support to the capacity building team;
- Act as focal point for all participants in trainings and coaching program;
- Update the participants database/waiting list on regular basis;
- Coordinate with the WPE program officer for venue booking, printing materials, movements coordination;
- Act as focal point for all documentation and archiving
Reporting and Coordination
- Support in the submission of trainings and learning sessions reports to the capacity building officers and managers when relevant;
- Attend and actively participate in the capacity building monthly meeting
- Work closely and coordinate with the capacity building team
- Consolidate the capacity building databases and reports that should be sent to the M&E team on a monthly basis.
Monitoring and Evaluation
- Collect, enter, clean, and analyze M&E data
- Conduct observations, surveys, Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) and Key Informant Interviews (KIIs) when necessary
- Enter, compile and analyze data from FGDs, surveys, observations and KIIs
- Participate in the baseline studies of programs
- Support learning processes as needed
Other
- 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.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Degree/diploma in Social Work, Counseling, Women’s Studies or other related field, preferable
- Clear understanding of gender and Gender based violence related concepts
- Previous experience in training and coaching
- Previous experience on M&E related work
- Positive and professional attitude, able to organize, maintain composure and prioritize work under pressure and be able to coordinate multiple tasks and maintain attention to detail.
- Must be computer literate, including Microsoft Word and Excel.
- Ability to communicate in English and write clear and concise reports in English strongly preferred
- Works well with a team and promotes teamwork, comfortable in a multi-cultural environment, flexible and able to handle pressure well
- Note: The Capacity Building and Measurement Assistant might spend time in different locations across Lebanon based on the plan set with the line manager.
Key Working Relationships:
- Position Reports to: Capacity building and Coaching Deputy Manager
- Position directly supervises: None
- Position works with: Measurement and Quality Manager, Capacity Building and Partnership Officers, WPE Senior Manager, WPE Coordinator and WPE field staff.
Working Environment:
Travel and other requirements: Staff will be based in Beirut with travels to field locations as needed.
NOTE:
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- Lebanon
- Beirut