Project Manager

The Lebanese Medical Association for Sexual Health (LebMASH) is recruiting a highly organized, hardworking, reliable, and responsible project manager to work closely with the executive director and board members in developing a training manual in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Health. As part of its mission to advance sexual and mental health for marginalized communities, LebMASH is launching a mental health training project for a period of one year starting October 2016 and ending in October 2017.   Job Description The project manager oversees technical and operational implementation of the project and is responsible for meeting the project goals, within the set deadlines, and reporting to LebMASH Board and funders. The project manager will be responsible for tailoring the training material by working closely with the executive director and the board. The developed training material will become a printed manual that will be later distributed to all relative mental health professionals and associations and institutions.  The project manager will work closely with the executive director and the board member responsible for the project. S/he will be in charge of recruiting and managing a team of people, including recruiting and managing trainers.   Responsibilities: -       Finalize a training module for mental health professionals  -       Manage the logistics of the training taking place in the whole period of the project. -       Ensure effective and productive communication among the team working on the project -       Ensure that the funders reporting deadlines are met 1 week in advance of the report deadline.  -       Work closely with the accountant, admin and executive director in order to manage the         project budget and stay within the limits of the assigned budget. -       Ensure the proper expenditure of the budget line.  -       Design the training manual in collaboration with LebMASH board -       Organize focus groups for assessment prior to writing the training manual. -       Organize a Training of Trainers prior to the launch of the 20 trainings.  Qualifications: -       A Bacherlor/ Master's in Psychology– or a Masters in public health. -       The project manager has to be familiar with LGBTI related studies. -       Experience and knowledge in medical research and writing evidence based medicine articles/training material -       Background in mental health or health sciences and familiarity with medical scientific referencing is highly desirable. -       Two years’ experience in project management.   Preferred Skills: -       Strong communication skills -       Detail oriented -       Ability to work and produce within very strict deadlines -       Fluent in Arabic & English. French is a plus -       Time flexibility -       Very strong follow up skills -       Demonstrated people and financial management skills -       Certified trainer   LebMASH is an equal opportunity employer. People interested in this position need to send a CV and a motivation letter tailored specifically for this position to chady.ibrahim@gmail.com AND to admin@lebmash.org with the title “Mental Health Training Project”. All applications that do not include a CV and a motivation letter will be disregarded.   Experience required:  2 to 3 years   Education degree: Master’s Degree Field of education: BA and OR Master’s Degree in Psychology or Public Health LANGUAGES Arabic: Fluent English: Fluent French: Very Good Period: 1 Year Salary: negotiable according to experience and degree Submission guidelines: People interested in this position need to send a CV and a motivation letter tailored specifically for this position to nfo@lebmash.org with the title “Mental Health Training Project”. All applications that do not include a CV and a motivation letter will be disregarded. Cover letter required? Yes CONTACT INFORMATION Email: info@lebmash.org Phone Number: 00961 – 76 - 023860