Life Skills Facilitator - North Lebanon

The René Moawad Foundation has a zero tolerance to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse of beneficiaries. Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) is everyone’s responsibility and all staff are required to adhere to the Code of Conduct, that enshrines principles of PSEA, always (both during work hours and outside work hours). Familiarization with, and adherence to, the Code of Conduct is an essential requirement of all staff, in addition to related mandatory training. All staff must ensure that they understand and act in accordance with this clause.

The René Moawad Foundation (RMF) is seeking a “life skills facilitator” for its GIZ funded project. The project aims to improve employability and ability to increase income generation for youth and women in T5. This action aims to focus both on the needs of Lebanese population.

Position summary

The life skills facilitator will be responsible of conducting life skills sessions focusing on positive leadership, employability skills and / or career guidance, which will be implemented in North Lebanon.

Major Responsibilities 

• Facilitate life skills sessions with youth and women in North Lebanon.
• Attend training and capacity building opportunities.
• Plan and prepare logistics for life skills activities.
• Coordinate with the project officer to ensure proper implementation of the project. Plan, organize and run activities with youth and women while facilitating and encouraging their participation.
• Ensure activities run in a timely manner to ensure the successful implementation of the project.
• Ensure that youth and women are all involved in the activity.
• Deal with difficult behaviors (conflict, aggressiveness, introversion) and understand the reason behind the behavior to positively communicate with the situation.
• Ensure that youth and women under her/his responsibility are not exposed to any form of Harm or stress during the activities.
• Collect data on the activities organized and ensure that all the relevant forms are duly filled.
• Identify key protection issues or threats affecting children and adolescents and raise them to the project officer.
• Ensure all project means of verifications (MOV) including attendance sheets, pre posttests, evaluation documents etc are in place.
• Fill and archive specific forms for referrals and weekly reporting, ensuring confidentiality, accuracy, and timeliness.

Professional Standards

• All RMF staff and consultants are required to adhere to the RMF policies and practices with respect to child protection minimum standards, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.

Knowledge and abilities

• Candidates must have skills in working with youth and women.
• High integrity in social interactions.
• Previous experience in implementing life skills activities with special focus on positive leadership, employability skills and career guidance.

Modules

Employability: 

• Mindset growth
• Strengths
• Skills
• Biases
• Inquiries
• How to introduce yourself
• Negotiation
• Time Management
• Searching
• Preparation

Positive Leadership:

• Self-discover: The I
• Me & others : Creating the we
• Self & others: Living the we

Career Guidance:

• Multiple intelligences
• Evaluation of the self
• Market yourself
• Training on internship/reporting
• Interview to prepare for internship

RMF is an Equal Opportunity Employer

• RMF considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.