Registration Assistant

Position Overview The IRC will start-up and manage a stand-alone Livelihoods Centre (LC) in Akkar to serve as venue for the IRC’s ERD activities (e.g., ATM card trainings and distributions, candidate assessments, financial management and vocational trainings, etc). It will also serve as space to provide advice to both job-seekers and employers on legal matters pertaining to Lebanese labour regulations. Job-seekers will be advised on their rights as workers and on working conditions they should expect. The LC will advocate for employers to offer decent working conditions to their employees, including equal wages for women and men, minimum wages, working hours, and safety and health at work The Livelihoods Promotion Assistant (registration) will work in the Livelihoods Center and frequently travel to locations in the project catchment area (Akkar) to register jobseekers and vacancies, and to find appropriate matches.   Responsbilites: Provide front-desk coverage during working hours of the Livelihoods Center, and offer; Answer phone calls, offer general information on the Livelihoods Center and its services and respond to inquiries, directing jobseekers and employers to the relevant Livelihoods center staff for specific matters/queries; Interview job seekers and register them for employment using appropriate forms or the computer data base to record individual profiles, occupational codes and client group categories; Provide information to jobseekers on employment options, including self-employment, training courses and business start-up opportunities; Assist with data collection on the local labour market and enter information on the database; Be responsible for the logistical arrangements of meetings, workshops and other events of the Livelihoods Center; Prepare meetings and workshops materials at the Livelihoods Center; Draft agendas, take minutes at meetings and workshops and maintain attendance sheets; Work as a mem ber of the Livelihoods Center team and assist in other areas of work when required.