Outreach Worker/ Aakkar District

Major Responsibilities:

• Ensure communities visited understand: the response goal and objectives, Al-Fayhaa identity and role in response, donors’ messages around targeting, selection and purpose of visit, and other basic assistance information such as needed.
• Work as part of a team to design and deliver a range of innovative community outreach and engagement activities around northern areas
• Develop and sustain positive relationships with a range of people, including residents, community leaders, local groups and organizations, and local authorities.
• Work as part of a team to support and sustain community-led action around issues related to the society
• Work in different environments (both office-based and on the ground), at times best suited to the community (including some evenings and weekends).
• Determine type and availability of resources needed to meet the individual needs of members
• Act as a liaison between members, community programs and social services
• Attend meetings and working as part of the Project

Academic Qualification:

• University degree in any relevant doctrine.

Skills

• Spoken and written fluency in  Arabic. (French is a plus)
• Good writing skills.
• Highly organized.
• Capacity to work in team and flexibility to take on new task
• Excellent interpersonal and networking skills.
• Strong oral and written communications skills.
• Share our commitment to tackling inequality and putting people at the heart of social change, particularly in relation to health and wellbeing
• Extensive experience working in community outreach and engagement, particularly with disadvantaged groups
• Extensive experience working in community outreach and engagement, particularly with disadvantaged groups
• Experience of facilitating and leading creative and engaging community-based workshops and activities
• Experience of working with a variety of different stakeholders, including residents, local groups, and organizations across the voluntary and public sectors
• Experience of recruiting, supporting, and mentoring volunteers within a community project
• Experience of organizing creative and successful events which engage and involve people from a range of different backgrounds.
• Strong communication skills including presenting, facilitation, and relationship building.
• Hard-working, reliable and professional, able to manage a varied and challenging workload and work well both as part of a team and alone.
• Willing and able to work in different environments, including being office based and spending a large amount of time on the ground within communities
• Able to establish and maintain effective working relations with people of different cultural backgrounds.
• Knowledge of contextual diversity of various areas of Akkar, Lebanon.