ECE Coordinator - Bekaa

Basmeh & Zeitooneh is a registered Lebanese organization, committed to serving refugees and vulnerable communities in Lebanon, through four community centers across the country. The organization runs educational, relief, livelihoods, and protection programs, and aims to serve as an inclusive and supportive focal point for the entire community.

Basmeh & Zeitooneh has a zero-tolerance policy for sexual exploitation, abuse, and child abuse. Also, fraud, bribery, and corrupt activities.

Basmeh & Zeitooneh (B&Z) is committed to maintaining the security, confidentiality, and privacy of your personal information.

Basmeh & Zeitooneh is committed to safeguarding the well-being of children and upholding the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Basmeh & Zeitooneh maintains a zero-tolerance policy on child abuse.

Job Purpose:  Providing technical support and following up on the educational process.

Major Activities:

• Develop the annual curriculum plan.
• Ensuring that the Lessons are being created updated and uploaded on the Education Platform Tabshoura.
• Supervise and collect monthly lesson plans for all the Subjects and provide a monthly report on the ECE department in the Learning Center Bekaa.
• Follow-up preparation of daily lessons with the ECE team.
• Coordinating with the Academic Supervisor to create new teaching aids relevant to the plan.
• Coordinating with the Academic Supervisor to create worksheets for materials as needed.
• Conducting periodic meetings with the teachers to discuss the educational process, and informing the Academic Supervisor and Education Program Manager of the meeting outcomes and action points.
• Archiving all educational documents (lesson plans, worksheets, pre-posttest, etc.) with soft and hard copies, organizing them, and submitting them to the learning center project manager.
• Follow up with partners regarding the educational aspect only and inform the Academic Supervisor and Education Program Manager of the correspondence and updates.
• Ability to communicate effectively with external partners
• Develop a capacity-building plan for the team member
• Flag challenges/issues/timely alerts to line manager to ensure smooth implementation.
• Provide adequate direction to ensure the smooth functioning of the teachers.
• Be a proactive and innovative thinker who achieves results and creates positive change
• Have a very high level of personal and professional integrity and trustworthiness 
• Embrace diversity and a commitment to collaboration
• Good interpersonal skills
• Good understanding of the word and excel for reporting purposes.
• Strong organizational and planning skills including the ability to monitor the progress of program implementation.
• Ability to juggle multiple priorities simultaneously and take initiative.
• Participate in the recruitment of teaching staff

Responsibilities with the Protection team:

• Ensure that all the staff recruited are familiar with B&Z’s Code of Conduct and protection standards;
• Ensure quality and minimum child protection standards are implemented and respected in all activities, including the child safeguarding policy;
• Ensure that all the staff can identify at-risk cases and refer them to the social workers in the learning center.
• Responsibilities with the Monitoring and Evaluation team:
• Ensure that all data related to the project is documented, available, and organized upon the request of the program or M&E team.
• Ensure that students' attendance is documented on daily bases.

Responsibilities with the Academic Supervisor:

• Ensure that the work plan meets the objectives, targets, and timeline of the project through coordinating with operation teams;
• Ensure that all communications with the team are in line with B&Z values;
• Ensure that all communications with beneficiaries, partners, and donors are in line with B&Z values;
• Ensure and sustain positive relationships with the parents.
• Attend and active participation in the meetings on the administration level in the learning center as needed
• Ensure that all the classes are scheduled based on a clear schedule and suitable timing in coordination with the Academic Supervisor and Administration Officer.
• Any other related tasks as per request of the Academic Supervisor.
• Monitor and manage teacher’s workflow and tasks such as attendance, and behavior with students.
• Monitor and evaluate the given curriculums and make necessary adjustments when it is needed.
• Responsible for all admission approvals and consensus when needed.
• Coordinate with the logistics and Administration Officer regarding all the stationary and related equipment.
• Coordinate with other educational coordinators to share best practices, lessons learned, and possible challenges
• Looking for staff development and capabilities.

Key Performance Indicators:

• The percentage of completion of the designated educational plan.
• Participate in producing teachers’ performance charts and evaluation forms.
• Produce the final table for students’ grades, status (passed/failed), and the percentage of passing students

Delegation of Authority:

Delegate necessary tasks to the teachers ensuring that they are managing to complete necessary tasks in the center

Education & Experience:

• 5-10 years of Teaching Experience.
• 1-3 years experience with curriculum dev and revision.
• BA in Education

Competencies:

• High-Level English and Arabic
• Ability and comfort to work with Tech and Platforms
• Ability to produce Quality Reports.