GET Coordination Officer

 GET Coordination Officer

Guidance, Employment and Training (GET)

Beirut, Lebanon

CONTEXT

IECD (Institut Européen de Coopération et de Développement) is a French non-governmental organization founded in 1988 and operating in the field of social and economic development in partnership with local institutions. IECD’s main sectors of action are vocational training and professional integration, assistance to micro and small enterprises and access to education and health for the most vulnerable. In Lebanon, IECD has been operating in the country since 1994 and opened a regional office in Beirut in 2007.

Semeurs d’Avenir (SDA) is a Lebanese association, created in 2010, registered under the number 1905. It is the operational partner of IECD in vocational and professional training.

Since 2012, IECD has launched the guidance, employment, and training (GET) project throughout Lebanon to promote youth’s access to employment and to set a network of guidance and employment offices (GEO) in technical partnering schools in order to promote technical education and to integrate technical graduates into the labor market. The main objectives of this project are to bridge the gap between students’ qualifications and companies’ expectations, to offer soft and business skills development sessions and individual scholar orientation, to concretize efficient recruiting strategies for fresh graduates through a strong companies’ network and an alumni network, to develop a winning internship strategy for all interested parties with job forums and job and internship placement, and to explore potential activities and events for a better collaboration between technical schools and companies, and finally promote technical education

IECD and its partner SDA plan to further develop its activities in Lebanon in new regions. To succeed in these developments while guaranteeing the quality of the projects, IECD is recruiting a coordinator for the GET project.

MISSION

As a GET coordination officer, you will work directly with GET Project Manager and in collaboration with the team members. The objective of the coordination officer is to ensure that the daily activities of the project are smoothly undergoing, and it is meeting its objectives. The person in charge has a support role for the GET team members and GEO officers so that they can carry out the various activities. The GET coordination officer will be responsible for the following functions:

1/ Help in the deployment and establishment of Guidance and Employment Offices

- Help in the organization of GEO training sessions and creating the necessary tools for these courses.

- Insure throughout the year the implementation of the requested activities per GEO

- Write a report after each visit to the partner schools, mentioning the positive points, points for improvement and actions proposed to help the BOEs improve their activities.

- To regularly collect information about the activities of the GEOs and to analyze this information. Based on the data collected, prepare a synthesis of the activity indicators of each GEO.

- Propose improvements to the activities and solutions to the problems faced by the GEOs.

- Prepare a monthly planning of its monitoring activities of the GEOs and ensure its implementation and execution.

2/ Assessment and studies

- Realize tracer studies and surveys to identify trends and student needs

- Together with the members of the GET team, construct the questionnaire for the annual impact study, carry out the study and the collection of information through telephone calls or face-to-face meetings and participate in the drafting of the impact study report.

3/ Follow-up on the online tools created

- Review online tools survey data and conduct focus groups with online students as needed to develop material that best serves their needs.

- Regularly assess the effectiveness, student satisfaction, and sustainability of resources developed.

- Provide recommendations regarding online student support strategies to intervene based on review of performance data and develop online student support strategies to target students who struggle in online classes.

4/ Orientation and Promotion Events

Forum:

- Assist in preparing and organizing the forum relying on the various in-house expertise

- Assist in soliciting the most relevant partners Identify and solicit the most relevant partners

Others:

- Assist in multiple orientation and guidance events in/outside schools (ex. Career week, orientation day, forums…) while monitoring, measuring and reporting on progress to ensure created tools are delivered with the highest level of quality and innovation and response to the students’ needs.

- Assist in the Mehnati.org launching and promoting

- Assist the GEOs in increasing their visibility inside and outside their schools

5/ Transversal tasks

- Coordinate with the online orientation experience developer to conduct trainings of trainers and supervise the quality of the trainings

- Participate in the GET team meetings.

- Assume additional responsibilities as required.

PROFILE

Education: Higher education (bachelor or master)

Experience: 0 to 2 years, whether in the private, public or in a civil society organization

- Demonstrated success working with instructors and students from a wide range of academic cultures and disciplines whether in the private, public schools

- background in Human Resources is preferable

Skills:

- Proficiency in the Arabic language (oral / written) mandatory

- Very good writing skills in English and / or in French

- Experience in conducting trainings

- Excellent computer (Microsoft office) and presentation skills.

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to resolve issues and determine effective business and alternative solutions.

- Strong communication and empowerment skills

Qualities:

- Autonomy, dynamism, force of proposition, proactivity; Responsiveness and flexibility

- Good interpersonal skills, ability to manage intercultural relations

- Sense of organization, human relations and teamwork

- Ability to collaborate with other team members and lead through strong influencing skills

- Ability to interact with all levels within the organization and work in a fast-paced environment with many initiatives

- Ability to work effectively and productively in a remote situation

- Curiosity; drive for continuous improvement and development of new skills.

- Adherence to IECD values: respect to the human person, the spirit of service, a professional commitment