Dairy Processing Trainer

Basmeh and Zeitooneh is a registered Lebanese organization, committed to serving refugees and vulnerable communities in Lebanon, through four community centers across the country. The organization runs educational, relief, livelihoods, and protection programs, and aims to serve as an inclusive and supportive focal point for the entire community.

Job Purpose: 

• The dairy processing trainer will deliver the capacity building to Syrian refugees and vulnerable Lebanese women for the objective of helping them establish dairy producer groups. The training will be providing the technical skills needed that qualify Women groups of Syrian refugees and host communities residing in urban areas affected by the Beirut Port Blast to generate income by starting their own dairy processing business.
• The project will create jobs that generate income for 30 (15 Syrian, 15 Lebanese) women, will link them to the market, and will increase their marketable skills through training on food preservation and food processing.
• The trainer is expected to provide a two-hour session two to three times per week for the duration of 2 months.
• Moreover, the trainer should identify women that have better processing skills and recommend them to specific roles in their dairy producer group business.

General Responsibilities:

• Introduce participants to artisanal traditional food preservation and processing techniques
• Extensive Training on Processing of dairy products Labneh, Baladi cheese, halloumi cheese
• Training on traditional preserved food produced from milk like Kishek and Labneh Balls preserved in olive oil
• Necessary Hygiene training
• Proper packaging training
• Develop two training manuals: the first one is dedicated participants who can read and write and the second simplified manual to be provided to participants who cannot read
• Provide detailed processing procedures for the dairy products, from raw material reception to end product sales.
• Monitor the progress of participants
• Deliver the training in Arabic
• Deliver the training via an online platform
• A Pre and Post-Test shall be conducted to verify the acquisition of the new set of skills
• Provide technical help in the establishing of creameries for the women producer groups