Local Economic Development Coordinator

Organization: CARE International in Lebanon
Department/Division: Program

Unit: Economic Empowerment

Last Update: 22 Dec 2017

Category: Head of Department

Work Location: Beirut

Supervisor: DCD Program

Posting Restrictions None

Job Summary:

CARE is a leading relief and development non-governmental organization fighting global poverty. Established in 1946, it is now a confederation composed of 14 members. In 2016, CARE worked in 84 countries around the world, supporting development and humanitarian aid projects to reach more than 83 million people. While CARE is a large international organization with more than 11,000 employees worldwide, we have a strong local presence: 95% of our staff are nationals of the countries where our programs are run.

Care international in Lebanon (CiL) is implementing a regional response to the Syrian Crisis to meet the immediate and most urgent needs of the women, men, boys and girls who have fled Syria. CARE International in Lebanon (CIL) is supporting local communities with their longer-term needs and basic rights through WASH, Shelter, basic assistance, protection, and longer term economic development solutions and activities in collaboration with local partner organizations in the North, South, Beirut, and Mount Lebanon Governorates.

The local economic development coordinator will be based in the Beirut office and will support CARE’s field offices, currently in Mount Lebanon, Beirut, and North Lebanon. The LED coordinator will lead on youth and women’s economic empowerment, market systems, value chain support, and engaging the private sector program design, implementation, and technical monitoring. As a senior staff member and part of the program team, the coordinator will manage the economic empowerment portfolio and supervise a team project managers.

Supervises: None

Working Conditions:

This position will be based in Tripoli office, with extensive fieldwork.

Salary: As per CIL salary scale

Employment Start Date: Immediately

Duration of Contract: 1 year

Contract Type: 1 year

Other contract elements:

Benefits: Social security/Health Insurance & Transport allowance.

The direct supervisor reserves the right to adapt this job description at any time during employment according to needs.

Any extension of this contract is dependent on performance review and funding availability.

Education & Certification:

Bachelor

Minimum Education Level:

Master’s degree

Proven Experience:

• Operational experience in urban economic development programming in middle income countries

• Excellent skills and experience working in a range of economic empowerment and/or local economic development programs including public-private partnerships; women’s economic empowerment opportunities; micro and small business start-ups; microfinance;

•At least 6 years’ experience working within the NGO, UN, local organizations and/or donor community at a senior level in the area of livelihoods and economic opportunities

IT / Software / Technical Skills:

Familiarity with MS Office software, such as Excel

Desirable:

Language Skills:

Language: Speaking - Reading - Writing

Arabic, Fluent/Mother tongue - Professional - Professional

English, Working Knowledge - Professional - Professional

French: Optional - Optional - Optional

Competencies

· Fluency/working proficiency in both English and Arabic (written and verbal).

· Strong analytical skills, and ability to design and direct research, needs assessments, and evaluations

· Excellent interpersonal and communications skills

· Demonstrated experience in staff training and coaching

· Outstanding organizer

· Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and writing)

· Strong team player and experienced collaborator

· Effective in negotiation and representation

Detailed Responsibilities & Tasks

Responsibility #1: Project Implementation

· Oversee the overall implementation of CARE Lebanon’s economic empowerment programs supporting support project manager in overall successful project delivery as per national standards, donor agreement and CARE guidelines and agreed implementation strategy.

· Participate in grant review meetings ensuring partner NGOs are compliant with donor regulations and are on track with implementation

· Make sure partner NGOs (or in direct implementation case) carry out works in accordance with CARE’s economic empowerment guidelines and standards

· Conduct regular field monitoring visits to provide support to partners and to ensure quality implementation.

Responsibility #2: Support in technical expertise to programs

· Provide technical support and training to CARE and partners staff on relevant topics such as youth and women’s economic empowerment, market systems, value chain support, and engaging the private sector

· Design technical guidelines that outline processes, procedures, or strategies for program implementation

· Work closely with CARE’s regional and global technical advisors in exchanging sound practices

· In close collaboration with the Gender Advisor, ensure that programs and interventions reflect and further gender issues

Responsibility #3: Program and strategy development

· Coordinate the necessary market assessments, needs assessment, gap analysis and scoping exercises to redefine CARE’s priority interventions and strategic planning in the Lebanese context.

· Lead on the development of new programs and partnerships, in line with identified needs and within CARE’s strategy in Lebanon, including the elaboration of donor proposals, in close collaboration with program and program support teams.

· Actively participate in the reviews of the mission’s strategic documents and planning.

· Elaborate Concept notes and Proposals for related new projects

· Submit regular technical reports as required

· Provide timely technical support to project managers in writing reports to donors

· Support program strategy development as needed

Responsibility #4: Research and Learning

· Develop and implement research together with the MEAL team and field staff which contributes to a deepened understanding of women’s empowerment and gender issues in Lebanon, around youth and women’s economic empowerment, market systems, value chain support, and engaging the private sector

· Ensure that lessons learned from the local economic development interventions are well disseminated and understood by all staff of CARE Lebanon and integrated into current and planned programs.

· Support project research, evaluations, and baseline studies on gender/women’s empowerment with technical advice and guidance

· Keep up-to-date of relevant existing and new research in Lebanon by other institutions that is related to women’s empowerment/gender issues; and disseminate key outcomes with field teams in appropriate and effective way

Responsibility # 5 External Representation

· Establish positive relations and close collaboration with other agencies involved economic development & livelihood programs in Lebanon

· Ensures information is efficiently communicated between the field and the national coordination.

· Represent CIL in sectoral coordination at regional, national and sub-national levels and with the technical authorities

· In close collaboration with interagency sector coordination units, ensure CARE representation in the relevant technical coordination and forums at the field level and vis-à-vis relevant actors as relevant to the project.