Basic IT Trainer - Tripoli

About ACTED:

ACTED in an international NGO that has been registered in Leba­non since 2006. It has an established country office in Beirut as well as a field office in Akkar. More recently, it has been carrying out activities in the South and in Tripoli.

ACTED works closely with local authorities and civil society stakeholders at the com­munity level to implement priori­ty humanitarian interventions such as emergency multi-purpose cash assis­tance, WASH projects (including disease monitoring and infrastructural and be­havioral response), and Shelter interven­tions incorporating multiple modalities. ACTED is also implementing long-term development projects to rehabilitate infrastructure, improv­e agricultural production, increase livelihood opportunities and support state and non-state ac­tors to improve service deliv­ery and social stability through col­lective development planning.

Project: “Operationalizing Human Security in Tripoli for Women and Girls”

ACTED is implementing a project in Tripoli designed to build the resilience of conflict-affected, displaced and hosting vulnerable women and girls in Tripoli, Lebanon. The targeted beneficiaries will receive a package of trainings and awareness sessions that will empower them, and provide them with basic skills to be in a better position to seek, at the end of the project, improved livelihood opportunities.

Assignment

To this effect, ACTED is seeking a trainer to provide four 30-hours basic IT trainings to four groups of between 12 and 13 women and girls.

The trainer will provide a total of 120 hours of training over the course of two months, between November 15th 2019 and January 30th 2020, to four groups of women and girls. The training will take place in a center located in Beb e Tebbaneh, four days a week, between 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 pm.

3.1-The course will be organized in a series of ten sessions (per group), covering the following topics:

Hardware and software skills

Typing (English/Arabic)

Microsoft office use

Internet Navigation

Internet Search (focus on job search and GVB related information search on the Internet)

Setting up and using an EMAIL address

Specific Tasks and Responsibilities:

-Use/adapt ACTED’s basic IT curriculum

-Develop an outline consisting of a lesson plan and timeline for each session

-Conduct 30 hours of theoretical and practical training in Tripoli based on the developed curriculum for each group

-Provide 4 x 3hr training sessions per week (12 hrs of training a week) to four groups of 12 to 13 beneficiaries based on a pre-defined schedule drafted by the Project Manager, in consultation with the trainer

-Develop, review and evaluate tests/assignments completed by beneficiaries

-Provide a weekly report to the PM on the progress of the training using ACTED template

- Register daily attendance of trainees of the courses taught using ACTED template

-Assist ACTED team in finding public and private sector companies, sensitive to recruiting women, for internships opportunities

Required competencies:

The instructor is expected to have the following skills:

-Certification in internet and computing preferred but not mandatory

-Previous training or teaching experience preferred

-Ability and willingness to develop the existing curriculum

-Patience and positive attitude is highly requested

-Excellent classroom management skills

-Excellent English and Arabic skills, both written and oral

-Strong communication skills

-Good presentation skills

-Good reporting skills