Entrepreneurship Project Officer

Organization:

CARE International in Lebanon

Department/Division:

Program

Unit:

LED & Livelihood Program

Last Update:

April 10, 2019

Category:

Officer – National           

Work Location:

Tripoli

Supervisor:

Resilience Projects Manager

Posting Restrictions

None

Job Summary:

This position is responsible for supporting with the implementation of a livelihoods, protection and local economic development project based in Tripoli. The main job focus of the project officer is to maintain effective, timely and transparent communication with the partners in the project, for the most effective implementation. The officer will also be responsible to coordinate and building the capacity of partners mainly regarding Social Entrepreneurship, event management and start up entrepreneurship plus covering Life skills, PSS, vocational trainings. This position is also responsible for ensuring the youth mobilizers are working in accordance to their set workplans and are spreading the intended messages to the communities.

Supervisees:

None

Working Travel:

This position will be in Tripoli, with frequent movement to other CIL offices and partners. Travel will also include monitoring and capacity building visits to the field when required. Working area is in North Lebanon.

Salary:

Based on CIL salary scale  

Employment Start Date:

ASAP  

Duration of Contract:

One Year Renewable Depending on Fund and performance

Contract Type:

Contractual

Other contract elements:

Benefits: Social Security/Health Insurance & Transport allowance.

The direct supervisor reserves the right to adapt this job description at any time during employment according to needs.

Any extension of this contract is dependent on performance review and funding availability.

Education & Certification:

Bachelor degree in a social sciences field (business administration, socio-economics, political science, or equivalent).

Minimum Education Level:

Bachelor degree

Proven Experience:

3 years minimum experience in a similar role working in partnership building focusing on entrepreneurship, community mobilization and communication functions, preferably in an International NGO.

Experience in working in donor-funded projects with International NGO’s particularly those addressing livelihoods and economic development.

Experience in building capacity of partners for Entrepreneurship, startups, social entrepreneurship, community engagement, planning, quality assurance and other matters related to the project.

Demonstrated ability to work under pressure, excellent planning skills and provide timely quality information and reports.

Ability to work well with a team and partners and establish relationships with other teams/offices/partners.

Cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures with highly developed interpersonal skills and fluency in English

IT / Software / Technical Skills:

Good command of Excel, Word, and Outlook

Language Skills:

Language                Speaking                                Reading                  Writing

Arabic                     Fluent/Mother tongue             Professional           Professional

English                   Fluent                                     Professional           Professional          

Competencies

• Adapt to changing environment
• Good interpersonal skills
• Decision-making skills
• Demonstrate fairness, integrity and impartiality
• Diplomacy, problem-solving and mediation
• Strong capacities in communicating with various partners and stakeholders (public and private institutions)
• Ability to work with youth communities
• Knowledge of setting workplans and following up on activities and timelines

Detailed Responsibilities & Tasks

Responsibility # 1:  Partner Relationships and Capacity Building

• Follow up on partners narrative reports and support them whenever necessary on the startup entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship
• Follow up on partner capacity building plans to ensure that they are effective, relevant, and timely
• Follow up with partners on effective implementation and set work plans with partners, follow up on activities, needs, and timeliness

Responsibility # 3:  Communications

• Support with planning conferences, Forums and awareness events on entrepreneurship related topics
• Ensure that project visibility activities and key messages are aligned with the project’s communication strategy, CARE’s guidelines, and partners’ requirements
• Manage the visibility of events and conferences for local NGOs, INGOs, and local communities
• Coordinate with CIL Communication Manager on preparing material.

Responsibility # 4:  M&E

• Contribute to the development of database and M&E tools for entrepreneurship component
• Monitoring and evaluation with partners on all activities focusing on social enterprises, start-up component, coaching and other activities
• Implementing FGD for research purposes and participating in other related activities

Responsibility # 5:  Reporting & Information sharing

• Support with drafting narrative and quantitative reports as per CARE internal requirements and donor requirements.
• Ensure internal communication and information sharing on project with relevant staff (Socio-economic development Coordinator, Project Manager, M&E team etc.).

Responsibility # 6: Representation and Coordination

• Support the Project Manager in ensuring CARE representation in the relevant technical coordination meetings at field level and all relevant forums at the field level and vis-à-vis relevant actors and partners as relevant to the project (MSME/Private Sector, municipalities, UN agencies, INGOs, local NGOs, community focal points, etc.).
• Support in the organization of field visits by donors, peer agencies, CARE Members, Media, etc.

Perform other duties as assigned by the Project Manager.