Project Support Volunteer

About Us

The British Council is the UK’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. We create friendly knowledge and understanding between the people of the UK and other countries. We do this by making a positive contribution to the UK and the countries we work with – changing lives by creating opportunities, building connections and engendering trust.

Background

The British Council is implementing a two-year European Union funded project entitled DAWRIC: Direct Action for Women: Reform, Inclusion and Confidence, aiming to improve women’s political and economic participation at a National level.

Project Overall Objective

DAWRIC overall objective is to build the capacity of women and broad-based support for their active involvement in public life to:

• Combat poverty among Lebanese women
• Ensure gender equality in political life and decision-making processes

Description of Responsibilities

To revise and finalize the submitted Social Action Projects in coordination with the local organizations and project team and conduct data entry and phone calls.

Timeline

The project support is required to be available for 20 working days

Daily rates to be agreed upon

Technical Competencies and Experience Requirements

Only candidates with the following competencies and experience will be considered and should be available to start immediately:

• University degree/fresh graduate
• Previous experience in proposal writing/ Application to donors
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Word  
• Good analytical skills
• Strong communication in Arabic and English, writing and speaking

Equality Statement

Valuing diversity is essential to the British Council’s work. We aim to abide by and promote equality legislation by following both the letter and the spirit of it to try and avoid unjustified discrimination, recognising discrimination as a barrier to equality of opportunity, inclusion and human rights.

All staff worldwide are required to ensure their behaviour is consistent with our policies.

Child Protection

The British Council is a full member of Keeping Children Safe (KCS) and has achieved level 1 child safe certification. We believe that all children have the right to be protected from all forms of abuse as set out in article 19, UNCRC, 1989 and that every child matters - everywhere in the world. In line with the British Council's Child Protection policy, any appointment is contingent on thorough checks including criminal record checks, in line with legal requirements.