Sewing and Tailoring Trainer (National Contract)

About the job 

The role of the Sewing Trainer is to provide the trainees with the required sewing basics including knowledge of sewing machine operation, follow up attendance, assess learning effectiveness, and perform daily tasks. 

Your main duties and responsibilities will be:

• Teaching basic sewing as per the developed curriculum. 

• Train applicants on how to operate a sewing machine (basic sewing machine use and basic machine maintenance), and provides instructions on sewing skills. 

• Provide instruction and demonstration of basic stitching, use of clothing items and of different type of fabrics.  

• Teach methods for mending clothes such as loosening or tightening or repairing a tear, working with patterns, how to take accurate measurements, etc…. 

• Relates professional/life/industry experience to learning by the continuation of professional/technical skills development, the introduction of industry perspective into courses, and the active awareness of professional/industry trends and opportunities. 

• Maintain a safe and effective teaching / learning environment during the sessions and report any incident to DRC Livelihood staff. 

• Provide and work on course outline, schemes of work, and lesson plans. 

• Prepare classroom and coursework materials, homework assignments, and handouts and setting up the room before each class. 

• Consistently keep a record of attendance and participation of trainees and track repetitive absence to report it to DRC Livelihood staff.  

• Provide accurate teacher evaluation about each student when needed 

• Provide weekly reports to measure progress, identify barriers to learning and recommend action to overcome barriers;  

Target Audience: 

• Vulnerable beneficiaries selected by DRC,  

• Mixed classes of Youth and Adults (18-50 years old), Lebanese and Syrians, Male and Female.

About you 

• To be successful in this role we expect you to have a Vocational Diploma or higher. 

Moreover, we also expect the following:  

Required: 

• Experience in working with the local environment 

• Minimum of 1-year experience teaching in NGOs. 

• Demonstrate understanding of working with vulnerable trainees, ability to respect the participants’ culture and beliefs and the ability to treat them all equally

In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’ five core competencies:   

• Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process. 
• Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.   
• Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation. 
• Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.   
• Demonstrating integrity: You act in line with DRC’s vision and values. 

We offer 

• Contract length: 2 months, 3 or 4 days a week, for a total period of 80 hours 
• Level: Trainer 
• Salary: 12.5 USD/hour 
• Duty Station: Tripoli 
• Start date: May 2018

Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for Consultants; please refer to drc.ngo under Vacancies. For questions regarding the vacancy please contact dolene.khairallah@drclebanon.dk.

Application process 

Interested? Then apply for this position by clicking on the apply button or go to www.drc.ngo under current vacancies. 

All applicants must send a cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages) in English. Applications sent by email to Dolene Khairallah will not be considered.

Closing date for applications: 10 May 2018 

If you have questions or are facing problems with the online application process, please visit drc.ngo/jobsupport. 

For further information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult our website drc.ngo. 

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