Placement & Follow-up Officer

The objective of the Short Vocational Training Program is to support socio-professional integration of vulnerable youth. In this regard, vulnerable youth are selected and trained on technical competencies that are needed in the job market.

1. Follow-up of beneficiaries

1.1. Prepare beneficiaries for professional integration

• Get to know the trainees, their past experience and profile
• Facilitate a career session for each training

1.2. Collect feedback and evaluation during internship

• Visit the trainees in their internship
• Report on the internship evaluation

1.3. Follow up beneficiaries and fill in the database to assess impact in terms of employment

• Doing the follow up calls on specific dates and filling the database accordingly
• Being available for trainees to call if they need support for employment
• Fill in the database with quantitative and qualitative data
• Analyse impact, report on main difficulties and suggest solutions for improvement

1.4. Reporting

• Report weekly on activities to the team meeting
• Fill regularly the database (including qualitative comments), make sure the data is up to date before monthly reports
• Report monthly on the monthly report on success and difficulties in placement
• Record any noticeable trends, identify difficulties and potential solutions to them to improve the placement rate
• Participate in trainings on the monitoring tools and report in any possible improvement of tools

2. Find employment opportunities

2.1. Maintain and develop network of employers

• Meeting with existing partners and maintaining good relations
• Extend the network through meetings with new partners
• Maintain an up-to-date database with potential employers contacted

2.2. Identify internship and employment opportunities

• Know the trainings and competencies associated
• Ask employers about opportunities for internship or jobs:
  • Conditions: salary, working hours, transport and social security;
  • Expectations: nationality, gender, age.
• Put trainees and employers in contact

2.3. Stay aware of market needs to adapt curricula and/or suggest new training

• Stay alert to the needs of the employers in terms of skills and new job opportunities
• Analyse market needs for new trainings

Education: Bachelor’s in Social Studies or Business Administration

Experience: up to 5 years work experience in sales, administration or in development.

       Knowledge on local enterprises in the region of Beirut & Mount Lebanon.

Interests: Strong interest in career management, private sector HR challenges and youth employability

Skills and qualities expected:

• Great knowledge about Beirut & Mount Lebanon region
• Good organizational skills
• Good interpersonal communication, good representation with public and private partners
• Ability to work in a multicultural environment
• Good command in Excel
• Teamwork and pedagogy
• Sense of initiative, flexibility and autonomy
• Fluency in English and Arabic is a must, spoken & written; French is a plus.