Youth mobilizer

Job Title:

Youth mobilizer

Department

Humanitarian Program

Unit

Grade:

Contract Type

18 months

Location:

1 position in Baalback and one position Jib Janin - Lebanon

Reports to:

Country programs coordinator- Lebanon 

Direct Reports:

Youth volunteers

Job Role

Role Overview:

Ensuring coordination with schools, volunteers and related stakeholders, and quality implementation of the project’s activities

Areas of Responsibilities

Key Activities

Enhaching youth leadership  

• Ensure Program operation in the targeted location is operationalized strategically as planned and agreed with line manager. Regular communication with line manager is a must.
• Ensuring coordinating with school adminstaration and updating them on the planned activities
• Mobilizing youth volunteers for summer schools and the promoting rights in schools tool.
• Ensuring good relation with and among the volunteers.  
• Following up with the volunteers and providing technical support and coaching when needed.
• Ensuring all needed logistics for the summer schools and activities implementation.
• Management of the summer schools
• Participating in the ToTs and ensuring learning objectives are met.
• Following up on the school initiatives implementation in collaboration with related stakeholders.
• Ensuring coordination with the Democratic Women Gathering in the advocacy campaign in Bekaa and the implementation of the related outcomes.
• Ensuring coordination between all the partners when needed.
• Create strong network with the local actors in the field.
• Prepare and submit regular reports as required from the line manager.
• Ensure all programme information is transparent so all internal and external stakeholders possess mutual understanding.
• Track the progress of the programme and intervene when necessary to ensure speed and quality.
• Assure AA values, principles and HRBA is mainstreamed in the programme.
• Provide required information to communication and other units of AA ARI as mutually agreed in advance.

Networking and participation in external platforms & Forums

• Represent ActionAid and program partners in meetings with local Government agencies and local stakeholders (as appropriate and agreed with management)
• Ensure effective coordination with other agencies working in the program location.

Line Management

• Directly line manages young volunteers working in the program location.
• Ensure the above mentioned individual’s capacity, knowledge and skills is in place to deliver their assigned role and responsibilities
• Manage basic HR requirements in accordance with ActionAid-ARI HROD policies;
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Policy Advocacy & Campaigns

• Provide evidence from the ground for policy work at national levels.
• Ensure local level policy advocacy & campaigns work is community women and youth driven.
• For wider solidarity at local level encourage linking of youth groups / communities to work together on common issues.

Other

• Other responsibilities as requested by Line Manager

Key Relationships to reach solutions

Internal (to ActionAid or team)

External

Lebanon programs coordinator

External suppliers, local agencies and relevant local government stakeholders.

Volunteers

Schools administrations

Person Specification

Education & Certifications

• Relevant academic degree, preferably Bachelors in development, management or social studies.

Essential  Experience Knowledge and Skills

• At least 2 years experience working on youth programs
• Have grounded understanding of the educational system in Lebanon for Lebanese and Syrian refugees .
• Have grounded understanding of the refugee crisis in the Lebanon.
• Able to communicate effectively with communities and local authorities.

Desirable Knowledge, Experience and Skills

• Team building and coordination experience
• Youth animation experience
• Excellent coordination/facilitation and communication skills with strong sense of team spirit
• Good interpersonal communication/negotiation skills both in written/oral Arabic and English
• Result oriented person; ability to manage multiple tasks, work under pressure and meeting of deadlines

Personal Qualities

Mutual respect, Equity and justice, Honesty and transparency, Dynamic, and Creative, Solidarity with the poor, Courage of conviction, Independence, Humility