Community Development Centre Officer

We are looking for a highly qualified candidate who can fit the position of Community Development Center Officer in WCL Halba funded by Danish Refugee Council DRC. Who are we?“The Women Charity League (WCL) is a social non-governmental, non-political organization established in 1945 to serve orphans and the deprived aiming for social humanitarian and non-sectarian development.  WCL is a member in several local NGOs and CSOs, and distributes its social, educational and development activities all over Akkar. WCL established the first school for girls’ education in Bebnine in 1946, the first orphanage in Halba in 1956, the first vocational training school in Halba in 1960 and the first mixed school in Halba in 1968. DRC has been operating in the Middle East and North Africa for over a decade, running a combination of livelihood, protection, advocacy and relief projects. DRC has six project offices throughout Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Tunisia/Libya, Turkey, and both a country and regional office in Jordan.DRC Lebanon has been assisting the Syrian displaced, fleeing Syria into northern Lebanon, since May 2011. This assistance has come through the provision of food and non-food items, various outreach activities (registration, follow-up and awareness sessions) rehabilitation of collective shelters and the implementation of quick impact projects. For further information about DRC, please refer to our website: www.drc.ngo About the jobCoordinate and supervise the Community Development Centre activities in Halba. Duties• Plan and supervise outreach activities: need analysis, focus group discussions, and any other outreach or field activities• Work cooperatively with the beneficiaries to strengthen the program through direct and constant communication with community representatives.• Responsible of building the capacity of the CDC committee upon an agreed plan.• Responsible for information to and cooperation with community representatives and relevant  authorities.• Responsible of designing the needed forms, questionnaires and other templates.• Contribute to the development of referral mechanisms in collaboration with other NGOs and DRC Managers.• Responsible for security and logistic issues at the centre with close coordination with the finance and administrator assistant.• Follow up on all payments and Ensure timely and supervise payments in his/her sector of responsibility;• Identify HR needs and propose trainings in collaboration with the community development manager• Organize and ensure a timely, proper written weekly reporting and report daily if needed on problems faced;• Identify, select, recruit and evaluate the human resources (community centre staff and volunteers) in collaboration with the Community Development Centre Officer; About youTo be successful in this role you must have University degree; preferably related to social work and minimum 2 years of relevant work experience, experience in development projects or community mobilization. Ideally you will also have Experience in emergency work, experience with INGO (advantage you also need to be able to lead groups, have good communcation skills, good interpersonal skills, self motivation and strong team spirit ability to work under pressure, ability to speak/read/write Arabic and English proficiently. We offerAn interesting job. WCL will offer the successful applicant a 6 months contract, renewable dependent on both funding and performance. You must be available to start work from 28 March 2016 and be willing and able to work in Halba.Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Women Charity League’s Terms of Employment for National staff. The basic salary for this position is 1100 USD per month. Application processInterested? Then apply by sending your CV and Cover Letter to wcl_north@yahoo.com All applicants should send a cover letter and an updated CV no longer than four pages, both in the same language as the vacancy note. Your CV should also include contact details of three professional referees. Applications close 18 March 2016. The interviews are expected to take place within one week after the deadline