(5) Animator - Retention Support - Saida

THE PROJECT

This project aims to provide an integrated multisectoral humanitarian response to conflict-affected and displaced populations in Beirut and Mount Lebanon, South Lebanon, and Bekaa, ensuring access to essential health, protection, and education services through community-based and mobile modalities.

Within the education component, the project seeks to enhance access to safe, inclusive, and quality learning opportunities for vulnerable children affected by conflict and displacement in Saida. Education interventions will include center-based educational support activities, as well as Education in Emergencies (EiE) interventions implemented in shelters and displacement settings. The project will also integrate psychosocial support and inclusive approaches to ensure that children with learning difficulties and disabilities can fully participate in educational activities, while contributing to their learning continuity, wellbeing, and resilience.

ASSIGNMENT

Within this project, the animators will be strongly involved for the implementation of:

- Art and psychosocial support activities for children in both shelters and center

- Outdoor / indoor community event

TASKS

Task #1: Providing high-quality and structured recreational activities:  

- Implement recreational activities designed with the social worker & the psychologist for the children enrolled in the project;

- Work closely with the social worker on the content of the recreational sessions and adapt them according to the needs;

- Use and develop efficient playful methods to keep the children’s attention (ex: active learning, learning by doing, storytelling, puppet theater, etc.);

- Encourage the children’s cooperation and self-learning (peer to peer, tutoring, mutual help, etc.) to develop children’s readiness for learning;

- Establish routines with the children during “activities time”, whether online or face-to-face activities (introduction, warm up activities, revision of previous activities, transition, conclusion, etc.).

Task #2: Protection:

- To be fully aware of Amel’s Code of Conduct and Safeguarding policies and procedures and to ensure its implementation;

- Maintain positive discipline practices ensuring that children feel comfortable, safe and respected;

- To support the social worker / psychologist in engaging the children in the activities (communication skills);

- Be ready to support in the organization of any specific activities to respond to urgent needs;

- To implement continuously the protective measures for health protection.

Task #3: Monitoring & evaluation

- Design relevant tools to assess the activities’ results (pre/posttest, personal observations, focus group discussion, etc.);

- To monitor the attendance of the children on a daily basis (each session);

- To report to the social worker the results on time.

Task #4: Coordination:

- To coordinate on a daily basis with the project’s team members to adapt the collective response to the children’s needs (coherent response with social worker, psychologist, etc.);

- To send clear pictures of the activities on the common WhatsApp group;

- Take initiative to find collective solutions to challenges due to context / situation changes and adapt the project’s activities according to the retention support project goal (coordination meetings);

- To deal properly with disclosers and to ensure smooth referrals with the social worker / psychologist for individual cases (internal referral pathways).

Qualifications, Skills and Requirements: 

• University degree in social work, psychology or any other related field.
• A minimum of 2-3 years of working in the humanitarian sector, preferably in the Social Work or educational fields.
• Good knowledge in the Education and Child Protection core principles.
• Demonstrating professional facilitation skills and experience.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work in collaboration with multiple stakeholders and staff members.
• Experience in data gathering and analyses (Microsoft Office).
• Sharing of key humanitarian values with cross-cultural sensitivity.

Working hours: The animator works 5 days a week, with an average of 15 weekly working hours.