Community Liaison Manager

LOST is seeking to recruit a Community Liaison Manager in Baalbeck

Position Summary:

The Community Liaison Manager will coordinate closely with the Community Liaison and Referral Officer (C.L.R.O.) to ensure the effective delivery of education program activities. This role involves overseeing day-to-day community engagement operations, managing referral processes to educational services, organizing community-based events, and ensuring that out-of-school children are identified and supported into appropriate learning pathways.

Key Responsibilities:

• Supervise and support the work of the C.L.R.O., ensuring seamless coordination and implementation of field activities.
• Receive and review weekly and monthly progress reports, assessing alignment with project objectives and outcomes.
• Plan, facilitate, and document meetings, workshops, and community outreach events—occasionally outside regular working hours and without additional compensation.
• Manage the referral process for children into formal and non-formal education, maintaining accurate and confidential documentation.
• Collaborate with project staff to recruit and enroll eligible students into literacy and learning programs based on established criteria.
• Monitor school dropout cases and work directly with families to promote awareness on the importance of sustained education.
• Maintain and update a comprehensive record of out-of-school children, ensuring effective data organization and accessibility for reporting and planning.
• Support the integration of community input into program delivery to ensure culturally appropriate and responsive services.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in education, community development, social work, or related field.
• Minimum of 3 years' experience in education-focused community engagement .
• Strong organizational and leadership skills, with the ability to manage multiple responsibilities and field-based teams.
• Familiarity with educational referral systems and enrollment processes in low-resource or crisis-affected contexts.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and report-writing skills.
• Ability to work flexibly, including outside regular hours, and in culturally diverse environments.
• Fluency in English is a must .

NB: LOST has zero tolerance for Sexual Exploitation and Abuse of beneficiaries. Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) is everyone’s responsibility and all staff are required to adhere to the code of conduct, that enshrines the principles of PSEA, always (Both during work hours and outside work hours). Familiarization with, and adherence to, the code of conduct is an essential requirement of all staff, in addition to related mandatory training. All staff must ensure that they understand and act in accordance with this clause.