Outreach Officer (Wadi Khaled & Surrounding)

RET Liban is looking to hire two (2) Outreach Officers who will be responsible for the Outreach activities:

• Reach out to host communities and Syrian refugees’ youth in Wadi Khaled & surroundings
• Reach out to associations and institutions in Wadi Khaled & surroundings that are influential in dealing with youth.
• Outreach and register youth to participate in activities
• Conduct interviews for data collection and outreach
• Conduct field visits to understand the individual’s situation and community needs assessment.
• Promote and ensure beneficiaries’ attendance to the sessions/trainings held.
• Identify challenges and limitations and suggest lessons learned and best practices at the areas of implementations
• Ensure proper coordination with local authorities and community leaders
• Plan and implement activities and training sessions
• Plan, design community support projects and events
• Conduct working groups with youth.
• Accompany beneficiaries during activities.
• Refer cases to the Psychosocial Counselor and Conflict Resolution specialist for counseling and assistance if and when needed.
• Responsible for the visibility of RET Liban and Donor.
• Monitor all field activities and monitor progress on Wadi Khaled & surroundings
• Data Entry

RET Liban is going to implement a project entitled “Strengthening social cohesion, promoting youth peace and leadership agency conducive of social stability” in Wadi Khaled and surrounding areas in Akkar Governorate.  The Project is funded by the Federal Republic of German Foreign Office.

Geographical target area: As a cluster, Wadi Khaled includes the following localities: Dayret Nahr El-Kabir, Machta Hammoud, Aamayer, Chadra, Machta Hassan, Machta Hammoud, Moqaybleh, Al Rameh, Al Hicheh, Bani Sakher, Karem Zebdine, Wadi Khaled, Jernaya, Rojom Khalaf, Rojom Issa, Rojom Hussein, Kharab Al Hayat, Kalkha, Oueichat, Jisr Kemar, Hnei-der, Knisset Akkar, Mounseh, Al Sahleh, and Mazareaa Jabal Akroum.

The project will focus on Lebanese and Syrian youth and adolescents aged 12-25 years including males and females equally.

RET will establish a Peace Building & Social Stability Center to cater villages in Wadi Khaled to facilitate and ensure daily positive interaction between the Syrian and Lebanese communities. RET will deliver Awareness Raising Sessions on Peace Building, Social Cohesion and Community Stability to 2’400 participants. RET will provide 1’200 beneficiaries with legal aid/assistance sessions. RET will outreach 400 beneficiaries in community dialogue that aim at addressing the challenges and issues that threaten peaceful coexistence between Syrian refugee and host community members (sessions led by Psychosocial Counselor and Conflict Resolution specialist). RET will hold Youth Peace Camps targeting 400 beneficiaries attending three (3) workshops covering the following topics: (a) youth leadership & civic engagement; (b) conflict mitigation and resolution; and (c) building resilience and social stability.  RET will select 25 high-flyers who will be trained to act as mentors for the youth in their communities providing Peer-to-Peer trainings to 1’500 peers. RET will design and develop Knowledge Information Kits in Arabic on the issues of interest to youth.

RET will conduct peace-tech activities by training 200 beneficiaries on Responsible use of Social Media, RET will select 50 Responsible Social Media trainees for further training on the tracking, monitoring and reporting on anti-refugee rhetoric and messaging on social media platforms that fuels social instability.

RET with youth will organize Peace Events and Community Support Projects (CSPs) targeting 1’500 beneficiaries.