MEAL intern - Lebanon Programme

Legal Action Worldwide (LAW) is a unique non-profit network and think tank of lawyers which provides creative legal assistance in fragile and conflict-affected areas and places national lawyers at the forefront of legal change. LAW uses advocacy, research, legal empowerment and strategies to bring about this change. LAW’s thematic focuses include: Addressing Sexual and Gender based Violence; Accountability; Natural Resource Exploitation/displacement; and Transitional Justice. LAW’s Advisory Council and Board are comprised of senior international lawyers who advise LAW on the development of innovative casework and legal strategies. LAW’s ground-breaking work has received international media coverage, including in the New York Times, the Times of London, the Guardian, Al-Jazeera, France24, Voice of America, Huffington Post and Foreign Policy.

Lebanon Programme

Since September 2018, a consortium led by Euromed Feminist Initiative is implementing a multi-county project “Strengthening access to protection, participation and services for women refugees, IDPs and host communities”, funded by the EU Regional Trust Fund in Response to the Syrian Crisis – MADAD. The overall objective is to improve the livelihood, agency and legal and social protection for Syrian women refugees, IDPs and host communities in the region, with focus on Lebanon, Iraq (Kurdistan Region) and Jordan. 

In Lebanon the project is implemented by a consortium composed of Euromed Feminist Initiative, Care International in Lebanon, Lebanese Democratic Women Gathering and Legal Action Worldwide. The objectives are to enhance security and resilience for Syrian women refugees and women from host communities in Lebanon through supporting and coordinating comprehensive and structured services and referral mechanisms, as well as to support national institutions in their work towards more gender sensitive policy frameworks and legislation.

LAW is focusing on the provision of legal aid, access to justice for survivors of sexual violence and support to the reform of legislation and policy. Legal aid services are provided by lawyers and Legal Information Officers (LIOs). 

LAW seeks an enthusiastic and organized intern to support the program department in collecting, organizing and storing data properly from field centres. The intern is also expected to help in drafting reports reflecting the archived milestones.

POSITION DESCRIPTION

Reports to:                                                                 Duration: 4 months (20 hours per week)

Lebanon Programme Manager                                 

Location: Beirut                                           

Functions/ Key Deliverables

LAW is outreaching a MEAL intern

The MEAL intern will be required to:

• Assist staff members in setting up systems for MEAL department
• Conduct research and advise on legal aid MEAL tools
• Assist with the design and development of forms and questionnaires for data collection and analysis
• Assist with gathering data  and analysis
• Assist with research writing and editing
• Assist with data management and quality control (review and ensure the quality and accuracy of the data collected and stored)
• Assist with the finalization of quarterly, annual and final reports
• Support the team through administrative duties (minutes of meetings, organizing forms and documents, checking reports submission and place on SharePoint... )
• Assist in the closeout phase of the project including archiving and review
• Coordinate with consortium partners.

Experience, Skills and Qualifications Required:

• University degree in Law, Social Sciences, Statistic or related field or currently enrolled in an undergraduate program.
• Proven experience from data collection, processing and analysis skills.
• Good understanding of, and genuine interest humanitarian work and supporting disadvantaged and marginalised people.

• Strong computer skills including in Excel spreadsheets.
• Excellent oral and written English and Arabic.
• Excellent interpersonal, presentation and communications skills.
• Pro-active and independent individual who takes initiative and is an outstanding team player;
• Experience in interacting with people from different cultures and backgrounds.
• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability. 

   

Preferred

Travel within the country will be required

Deadline for applications: 14/8/2020

 Start date: September 2020 ( 6 hours a day , 30 hours per week )