Field Worker

Islamic Relief believes everyone has the right to be safe, respected and valued regardless of who they are or what their circumstances.  A key tenant of our values is to ensure staff, volunteers, our operations and programmes ‘do no harm’ to children, young people and vulnerable adults including risk of discrimination.

Project’s context:

Composed of seven International organizations in Syria region, including four in Lebanon, the YOUTH RESOLVE YOUTH RESOLVE aims to strengthen youth resilience and empower youth as leading actors in post-conflict reconstruction in Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Turkey. 

In Lebanon, Islamic Relief Lebanon is working in four different aspects (Cash/Food for Work, Psychosocial Support, Active Learning, Social Stability and Rehabilitation of CBC) in Saida City – South Lebanon. 

Overall Responsibility

The project assistant will work on a daily basis with the project team and will manage the following mission:

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Daily administrative and logistic support to the project team such as:

1. Management of all the administrative and operational documentation generated in the framework of the project
2. Support for the management of the local office and deal with office logistics
3. Support for the preparation and formatting of all the project documentation
4. Support in the logistics & management for all the events related to the Youth Resolve.
5. Support in gathering & Archiving the different reporting documents provided by the team
6. Support in Writing the minutes of meeting conducted with the team
7. Support in all the PSS activities taking part in the field.
8. Willingness to dedicate 100% of his/her working hours to the YOUTH RESOLVE consortium and providing accurate time-sheet and performance report to MADAD Project Supervisor on weekly and monthly bases as per donor requirements.

Person Specification                                                                                                              

Experience / Education/Skills- Essential

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology Child Development or other related field
• Minimum 1-2 years of relative experience, preferred with international NGOs.
• knowledge of psychosocial support basic principles and PSS key messages to vulnerable children and caregivers
• Strong communication, interpersonal & technical skills.

Ability To

• Work independently with minimal supervision.
• Read, comprehend and interpret written materials of moderate to complex difficulty.
• Records management systems (both automated and paper files) to ensure accurate maintenance of files and ease of retrieval.
• Word-processing, spreadsheet and database software programs related to job functions.
• Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.

Language                                                                            

• Fluency in English & Arabic (written and spoken).

IT skills                                                                                 

• Proficiency in MS office and the ability to use software necessary for project management and reporting.

General Skills                                                    

• Analytical skills
• Flexibility
• Communication
• Teamwork skills
• Stress management
• Professionalism
• Staff development
•  Conflict management  
• Report writing skills.

Islamic Relief considers the welfare and protection of children, young people and people at risk to be paramount to the organization. With a zero tolerance approach Islamic Relief have is committed to safeguarding people within our programs and projects from Exploitation and Abuse which also describe standards in behavior expected from the organization, its staff and representatives towards each other and those we serve. Any candidate offered a job with Islamic relief will be expected to sign Islamic Relief Safeguarding Policies and code of conduct alongside to their contract of employment

This job description may change based on the situation in the field. All staff are expected to show high level of flexibility in order to respond to the ever-evolving situation. Furthermore, he/she can be required to perform other related duties as identified by his/her supervisors.