Project Coordinator

  In November 2011, the Centre for Lebanese Studies and the Guerrand-Hermès Foundation for Peace, organised the conference ‘Healing the Wounds of History: addressing the roots of violence’ which took place from November 11 to 13, 2011 in partnership with the Institute of Diplomacy at the Lebanese American University, Byblos The conference aimed to help people understand the need for alternative approaches to conflict transformation and peace-building from a psycho-social perspective. It provided a space for the participants to explore the complexities of personal and collective identities. Following the great success of the conference, the organisers and participants have decided to conduct follow up activities. The Centre for Lebanese Studies is looking to recruit a part-time project co-ordinator for the follow up program and to help raise funds for this. Main responsibilities:   •          Write proposals for post-conference projects •          Coordinate follow-up activities including planning and overseeing    implementation •          Deal with general enquiries about post conference activities •          Organise meetings and write minutes •          Recruit student/youth participants •          Recruit other participants •          Liaise with participants •          Liaise with NGOs •          Maintain communication with CLS and GHFP and update all partners on progress of activities •          Prepare seminars evaluation form in three languages, distribute and collect evaluation •          Prepare seminars’ attendance certificates, when necessary. Qualifications: •          Previous work experience in peace education or civil society is helpful. •          Applicants should be fluent in in Arabic and English (French is a plus) •          Applicants should have basic IT skills (word, power point, emails, etc…) and should be able to communicate through social networks (facebook, twitter, etc…) Job Details: Duration of post provisionally 6 months, with possibility of extension and a full-time post.  Successful applicant will be offered a desk at the CLS office (Domtex Bldg, Hamra, Beirut, Lebanon)