Communication Officer

About Teach for Lebanon

Teach For Lebanon (TFL) is an NGO working to ensure that all children in Lebanon, regardless of socioeconomic background, have access to quality education. The model of Teach For Lebanon is an education innovation that focuses on youth capacity building to provide quality intervention and systemic support for students. TFL employs and trains Lebanon’s most promising graduates, “TFL Fellows”, and places them in schools serving underprivileged refugees and Lebanese children. These Fellows receive ongoing training and support to address educational disadvantages by providing transformational teaching that places their students on a path of academic success. Along the way, they become leaders and advocates for a better Lebanon.

Learn More: www.teachforlebanon.org

Role Summary

The communications officer works closely with (and under the supervision of) the Communications and Creative manager, in order to ensure timely completion of short- and long-term tasks including production of social media posts and campaigns, web articles, newsletters, etc. The communications officer also works with other members of the Teach For Lebanon executive staff, proactively seeking information from them as well as assisting them with writing and editing tasks. Lastly, the communications officer communicates with various partners and stakeholders outside of the organization whenever the need arises.

Main Accountabilities

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Write and/or edit different content for the organization through applicable and pertinent storytelling; this content includes social media posts/captions, newsletters, annual reports, web articles, mass mails, and more.
• Gather data from other team members in order to produce informative and accurate content.
• Coordinate with the communications and creative manager to develop and implement an effective communications strategy, set deadlines and deliverables, report on progress, and edit work based on provided feedback.
• Aid in the development of relevant content for campaigns, posts, and videos for TFL and its different projects.  
• Provide writing and editing support to the development department for important and critical documents that will be shared with essential stakeholders and/or Teach For All Network.
• Visit the field and document TFL related events (take photographs/videos and record stories) for possible future use in content development*. 
• Edit videos/photographs accordingly*. 

*These responsibilities are applicable if the candidate exhibits photography/videography skills.

Qualifications: Bachelor in a relevant field such as Communications, Journalism, English Literature

Experience: 1-2 years of experience with communications, writing, and editing work.

Technical Skills: 

• Excellent command of spoken and written English.
• Good command of spoken and written Arabic.
• Basic Command of French.
• Strong fundamental computer skills (Google Workspace and Microsoft Office Applications).

Additional knowledge:

• Experience in the humanitarian or education field.
• Demonstrated Photography and Videography skills.
• Knowledge in video editing.

Working Conditions

Location: The chosen candidate will be based in Badaro Office.

Package: Competitive salary based on experience with NSSF and Medical-Life Insurance benefits.

Duration: 1-year contract renewable depending on performance and upon the availability of funds.

Other: Willingness to work some weekends and evenings to cover possible events.