Community Outreach Team Leader

  If You Applied before Please don’t Reapply   Kindly send the CV and Cover Letter Saved as with your Name Makhzoumi Foundation is a private Lebanese non-profit organization, established in 1997. Our ultimate mission is to empower Lebanese citizens - through improving their socioeconomic status, healthcare provisions, and environmental awareness, and by encouraging their quest for education - thereby enabling them to independently develop and progress their local communities, and to subsequently enhance the country’s civil society on a national scale.   For the last three years, in response to the on-going refugee crisis in Lebanon, the Makhzoumi Foundation Relief and Humanitarian Services Unit has been working from our Beirut office to deliver emergency and recovery projects in Hygiene, Shelter, Protection, Health and Livelihood Recovery sectors. The Makhzoumi Foundation is now expanding its remit through a new project to offer new services under the Protection Sector Beginning in with development of services in Beirut & Mount Lebanon. Makhzoumi Foundation will be partnering with IRC and Unicef to establish teams that will provide Case Management, Psychosocial Support & Community mobilization activities to children who are at risk, families in need and women and girls who are at risk of Sexual & Gender Based Violence.     Job Overview/Summary: The MF Protection programme is seeking a Community Outreach Team Leader to work in the community to recruit and support volunteers in the organization of psychosocial support activities, committees and community activities. Major Responsibilities: Program: Work with Community Mobilisers, providing support and supervision, to identify and assess communities to be targeted by mobile CP & SGBV services Conduct information and awareness sessions in the community to disseminate information about available services and refugee’s entitlements Identify and engage key “gatekeepers” and community focal points amongst the refugee and host communities and maintain regular contact with them both to ensure access of MF teams and to promote participation of the community in activities Lead the development of capacity building plans for community focal points to provide them with critical skills around safety assessment, advocacy, communication and leadership including through the development of volunteer committees Coordinate and coach volunteers in the organization of psychosocial activities for children and caregivers, women and girls.  Identify beneficiaries requiring case management and ensure safe referral to the case management team Identify and ensure referral of beneficiaries requiring PSS activities Actively monitor the activity run by the volunteers Daily collect data on the activities organized and ensure that all the relevant forms are duly filled Work in close collaboration with case workers and other MF staff Raise any concern or challenge to the Protection Coordinator   Other Promptly report concerns or incidents to MF management and liaise with community leaders and other external parties as required to maintain/enhance the security environment for MF programs Engage with the coaching and training support provided to MF through IRC. Provide supervision and mentoring to Community Mobilisers, including communicating clear expectations, setting performance objectives, providing regular and timely performance feedback, and taking part in documented semi-annual performance reviews. Ensure activities run in a timely manner to ensure the successful implementation of programs Other duties as assigned by the supervisor to enable and develop MF programs     Key Working Relationships:   Position Reports to:  Protection Coordinator Indirect Reporting: CP/SGBV Managers, Project Implementation Coordinator Other Internal and/or external contacts: Internal: Volunteers and other MF programs in the field   External: local partner   Job Requirements: Education: Bachelor’s Degree in social work, social science or pedagogy Work Experience: 3 years work experience minimum Experience in working with children and caregivers, or women and girls, and organizing activities Experience of providing training, mentoring and supervision to staff Experience working in NGO is a plus Experience in working in a cross-cultural environment preferable  Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:  Team player, flexible, network-builder, able to handle pressure, enjoys working in the field Demonstrated understanding of working with children and particularly vulnerable children Good communication and interpersonal skills Language Skills:  Fluency in written and spoken Arabic & English Certificates or Licenses: Proficient in Word and excel     Working Environment:  Office work and field trips The tasks and responsibilities defined in this job description are not exhaustive and can evolve depending on the project needs.