Sewing and Tailoring Trainer

About the job

The Sewing and Tailoring Trainer will be responsible to provide the trainees with the required sewing basics including knowledge of sewing machine operation, follow up attendance, assess learning effectiveness, and perform daily tasks, therefore, Vulnerable beneficiaries will be selected by DRC, and the classes will be mixed of Youth and Adults (18-50 years old), Lebanese and Syrians, Male and Female.

Your main duties and responsibilities will be:

• Teaching basic sewing as per the developed curriculum and train applicants on how to operate a sewing machine (basic sewing machine use and basic machine maintenance), and provides instructions on sewing skills. 
• Provide instruction and demonstration of basic stitching, use of clothing items and of different type of fabrics. 
• Teach methods for mending clothes such as loosening or tightening or repairing a tear, working with patterns, how to take accurate measurements, etc…. 
• Relates professional/life/industry experience to learning by the continuation of professional/technical skills development, the introduction of industry perspective into courses, and the active awareness of professional/industry trends and opportunities. 
• Maintain a safe and effective teaching / learning environment during the sessions and report any incident to DRC Livelihood staff. 
• Consistently keep a record of attendance and participation of trainees and track repetitive absence to report it to DRC Livelihood staff.  
• Develop a midterm and a final exam to evaluate the learning effectiveness.  
• Support DRC staff in developing the pre and post-tests. 
• Provide weekly reports to measure progress, identify barriers to learning and recommend action to overcome barriers and a weekly work plan to the Livelihood staff.

About you

To be successful in this role we expect you to have a Vocational Diploma. 

Moreover, we also expect the following:

Required

• Experience in working with the local environment, Minimum of 1-year experience teaching in NGOs. 
• Demonstrate understanding of working with vulnerable trainees, ability to respect the participants’ culture and beliefs and the ability to treat them all equally 
• Personal capabilities: Team work, flexibility, integrity, conflict resolution capabilities. 

•  Arabic (Native)

Desirable

• Ability to handle pressure well and work in cross-cultural setting.

In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’ five core competencies:   

• Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process. 
• Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.   
• Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation. 
• Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.   
• Demonstrating integrity: You act in line with DRC’s vision and values. 

We offer

• Contract length: till the end of May 2018 
• Level: 3 to 4 days/per week, max 80hrs, 12.5$/per hour 
• Duty Station: Akkar 
• Start date: End of March 2018

Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment of Consultancies; please refer to drc.ngo under Vacancies. For questions regarding the vacancy please contact dolene.khairallah@drclebanon.dk.

Application process 

Interested? Then apply for this position by clicking on the apply button or go to www.drc.ngo under current vacancies. 

All applicants must send a cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages) in English. Applications sent by email to Dolene Khairallah will not be considered.

Closing date for applications: 20th of March 2018 

If you have questions or are facing problems with the online application process, please visit drc.ngo/jobsupport. 

For further information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult our website drc.ngo