Program Officer

PROJECT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 

The Conflict Sensitivity Unit aims at advancing the Conflict Sensitivity approach among local NGOs, INGOs, Activist, Social Initiatives, and Volunteers. By mainstreaming the CS through trainings, follow ups, and leading the Lebanon Conflict Sensitivity Forum. 

Our Purpose:

Because we believe that in all times, especially in times of turmoil and change, a source of peace exists in every person and every society, and all we need to do is facilitating the process for peace to emerge and blossom.

Our Vision:

Our vision as HOPers, is bringing together uniquely different individuals with shared values, and transforming the notion of peace into a practice of being and living, to inspire social change towards a hopeful and purposeful life.

Our Mission:

In an inclusive and participatory way, we enhance social peace:

through shifting perceptions about reality, peace, self and the other;

through supporting and connecting community-based initiatives and dialogue spaces;

through advancing the principles of conflict sensitivity;

and through voicing grassroots perspectives, stories and aspirations.

Our values:

Egalitarian: Promoting peace as a right for all people, and respecting diversity and gender.

Conflict Sensitive: Understanding and appreciating local specificities, avoiding harm and enhancing positive impact.

Family Oriented: Honouring our partnerships, empowering local ownership, and creating a family environment within our network of partners and peace builders.

Committed to nonviolence: Encouraging personal and collective peace initiatives as a mean for creative, positive and liberating change.

Program Officer:

Job Brief:

The conflict sensitivity program officer is part of the program team and the CS Unit that is entrusted with advancing the principles of conflict sensitivity and mainstreaming it within HOPe and with HOPe’s partners. The officer will be a CS co-trainer and then a trainer delivering and facilitating CS trainings, taking care of the procurement procedures, doing reports, coordinating and networking for new partners, as well as supporting in tools development.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Activity/Field Roles:

Trainer and Co/trainer for CST0, CST1, CST2:

Conflict Sensitivity Training (CST) Trainer online training: There will be no co- trainer in the online trainings and the one trainer can do the trainings.

Conflict Sensitivity Training (CST) Trainer Offline: Facilitate tools that can help organizations’ staff member to have critical thinking and a conflict sensitive approach towards social interventions and take concrete steps regarding their programs and organizations. (Stop, Start, adjust, Continue). The trainer will be responsible for the follow up meetings with organizations. The trainer will add the observations to the training report.

Conflict Sensitivity Training (CST) Co/Trainer Offline: To assist in delivering CST with local NGOs, INGOs, volunteers and preparing logistics, reports, and all required documents (Attendance sheets, Baseline and Endline assessments, Workshop data form…).

Officer

Unit Work plan Organiser: To support the unit coordinator with the Unit plan and participate in applying the activities in the plan as a trainer. And to give feedback to the coordinator about the trainings and the plan when needed.

Unit Archiver: Support the unit coordinator in collecting and documenting CS unit documents, such as trainings reports, M&E tools and procurement documents, etc.

Meeting Note Keeper CS Unit: To document the unit meetings and to share with the general unit members all important points discussed through-out the unit meeting during the general weekly meeting.

Program Developer: Scaling up the impact of HOPe CS project by improving existing tools, trainings and programs, and supporting developing new ones as per the observation, and the needs based on HOPe strategy with the unit and with the content developer person. 

Relationship builder: To build on the existing network circle that HOPe have and to coordinate with targeted organisations, and voluntary groups who will benefit from this program, and to build good relationships with new organisations, and voluntary groups that are interested to benefit from this program.

Support Roles:

Unit Progress Tracker: supporting coordinator in the monitoring progress of work according to project targets as per the logframe in the approved proposal.

Unit Procurement: Responsible to prepare procurement requests for the trainings when needed and close it with the unit coordinator according to the procurement procedures and policy.

Eco Friend: To promote and support eco-friendly practices at HOPe office in particular and the field of work in general.

Requirements and qualifications:

Good spirit.

Bachelor degree in a relative field.

Minimum of 2 years of proven experience in the humanitarian field.

Develop new tools.

Perfect command of spoken and written English and Arabic.

Notable time management and organizational skills.

Ability to work in partnership with local communities and NGOs.

Teamwork and cooperative attitude.

Problem solving, and communication skills.

Good computing skills.

Additional requirement for non-Lebanese nationals: permit of residence in Lebanon is required.