Art worker (4 Positions - 2 Locations: Mount Lebanon & North Beqaa)

Context

The Middle East is currently experiencing a profound crisis. The conflicts in Syria and Iraq are both a reflection and a transmitter of this crisis, with growing potential to further destabilise neighbouring countries and the wider region. These crises have resulted in a humanitarian disaster affecting more than 13.5 million people who were forced to flee their homes from Syria, and more than 17 million people in need of humanitarian aid (12.2 in Syria and 5.2 in Iraq).

Lebanon is now home to the largest number of Syrian refugees per capita relative to its total population, putting a severe strain on the country’s fragile infrastructures, economy, and security. The population of Lebanon was estimated at about 4.8 million (including almost half a million Palestinian refugees[1]) in 2013. Even though Lebanon has not signed the 1951 Refugee Convention, up to date it has taken in about a fourth of its own population. According to UNHCR, in September 2016 about 1,017,433 persons from Syria were registered as refugees in Lebanon.[2] In the Lebanon Crisis Response Plan 2017- 2020 (2018 update) (LCRP), the total number of people living in Lebanon is estimated at 5.9 million, with 3.3 million people in need. Among the Syrian refugee population in Lebanon, which today comprises over 1.5 million people.[3]

Background information on Qudra Specific Objective 3

’Qudra – Resilience for Syrian refugees, IDPs and host communities in response to the Syrian and Iraqi crises’ is a regional action financed by the EU Regional Trust Fund in Response to the Syrian Crisis, the  Madad‘ Fund and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), seeking to strengthen the resilience of Syrian refugees, IDPs and host communities in response to the Syrian and Iraqi crises.  The programme launched in June 2016, is being jointly implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Expertise France (EF) and Spanish Agency for International Development (AECID) in programme partner countries of Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and North Iraq.

In Lebanon, MoSA and Expertise France ensure the consistency and the implementation of the Specific Objective 3 of Qudra. The project seeks to improve social stability between communities in Lebanon through a comprehensive and local approach of protection for children and adults. To do so, activities will revolve around four pillars: (i) support to the Ministry of Social Affairs (MoSA), (ii) focus on child protection activities, (iii) protection activities and (iv) dissemination of information. Expertise France will work within the framework of the National Plan of MoSA for CP and GBV

The programme will be implemented in SDCs of MoSA. Expertise France and MoSA had selected 4 local NGOS: Abaad, Afel, Akkarouna and Mouvement Social as implementing partners to implement activities related to child protection and protection. These NGOs will hire the necessary staff and implement the activities following a precise programme.

Abaad will be working in Chmestar (Norh Bekaa), Ain Al Remmeneh (Beirut) and Ghazir (Mount Lebanon) SDCs, aiming at conducting Primary and Secondary prevention on Child Protection targeting children. It is as well aiming at providing awareness and community based psychosocial support to women and men.

Description of the Tasks under the overall supervision of the Protection Manager and the  SDCS director

Through SDC and Mobile Units when existing/needed

Description of the Tasks:

Specific tasks

• • Responsible for conducting 8 (2 hours) community artistic sessions per cycle (2 months) with each age group.
  • Submit a proposed methodology and roadmap of the activities while detailing the relevant tools, scripts, materials to be used during sessions to ensure these are culturally sensitive to the targeted population.
  • Provide progress & final reports after finalizing activities with each group.
  • Apply the pair work system under the guidelines of the Protection manager and the SDC director when applicable

In-house meetings

• • Participate to 1 monthly meeting with all Staff members
  • Participate to 1 weekly meeting with the Protection manager

External meetings and Capacity Building

• • Participate in all capacity-building trainings relevant to the Art Worker and ensure that proper feedback is provided internally and externally

Requested Profile

• Previous experience in conducting Art based PSS activities for young women and men, while addressing gender issues through interactive actions
• Previous experience in targeting vulnerable population in the area of choice
• Willingness to work with adolescent girls and boys and elderlies
• Experience in SDC or MoSa is a plus
• Excellent skills in time management and stress management
• Excellent knowledge of the Lebanese context and of the relationship between host and refugee communities
• Excellent knowledge of all Microsoft Office tools, as well as data management
• Good writing skills

Location, Duration and Arrangements for performance

Location: Lebanon, Beirut / Mount Lebanon

Starting date: ASAP

Period of implementation:  7 months