Project Officer (Inclusive education)

OBJECTIVE OF THE POSITION:

Under the supervision of the Education Project Manager and in close collaboration with the Inclusion Field technical specialist, the Project officer accompany project’s staff, partners and relevant actors and stakeholders in the implementation of the project and contributes to the project’s MEAL.               

Responsibilities

Responsibility 1: Contribute to the development of tools for the project implementation and to the capacity building of the project team and partners.

Aim: Ensure the poject team and partners understand and are able to apply the chosen modalities of intervention in compliance with HI technical framework.

Tasks:

Participate to the selection and contextualization of the modalities of intervention in compliance with HI technical framework

Contribute to the development and/or adaptation of methodologies and to the development of high complexity technical tools, including full training packages (training needs assessment tools, training manuals and materials, pre-post training tests), users’ guidelines, etc.;

Develop or adapt low/medium complexity technical tools

Organize and/or participate to the tools testing whenever appropriate and adjust them according to the results dof the test

Provide ad-hoc support to the team during tools use including field coaching

Contribute to assessing HI project team and/or project partner capacity building needs, to define suitable training plan and training package

Train project’s partners and relevant actors and stakeholders on the methodologies and tools

Produce training and coaching reports and coordinate feedbacks with the service providers for srenghtening continuous staff development

Responsibility 2: Support the implementation of project activities.

Aim: Ensure that the project intervention contributes to positive outcomes for the beneficiaries

Tasks:

Provide ad-hoc support, coaching and follow up to the project’s partners, actors and stakeholders during the implementation of the following activities:

Coach the project’s partners for implementing activities in respect of the approved framework & tools.

Collect data and results delivered by the partner.

Support the project’s team to the development and implementation of capacity building response.

Monitor qualitative project implementation, ensuring successful realization and achievement of project’s objectives and indicators.

Monitor & update qualitatively and quantitively the project data bases.

Directly carry out the following activities.

Ensure collection and archiving of sources of verification, especially the contractual ones.

Propose any adjustment of the project whenever needed (change of context, delay in the implementation, adaptation of tools, etc.).

Ensure the quality of work of his/her team through regular field visits, monitoring on data collection, and supervision on implementation of technical guidelines and internal procedures.

Ensure quality, accuracy and confidentiality of data and the serious follow up of available guidelines

Responsibility 3: Contribute to project’s monitoring, lessons learning and reporting 

Aim: Ensure the project intervention remains on the right track and it considers of good/bad/successful/failure practices

Tasks:

Contribute to the development of high complexity data collection tools for documenting indicators, under the lead of RTU and MEAL; develop low/medium complexity data collection tools in collaboration with the Regional Technical Unit (RTU) and MEAL

Collect data in relation with core tasks and contribute to the measurement of the progress made

Support the Project Manager in analysing the data collected and in identifying necessary adjustments in the project implementation framework to improve the quality and impact of the intervention

Contribute to the identification of good practices under the project

Develop case studies and success stories to illustrate changes induced by the project and for communication use

Contribute to planning and produce activity reports

Contribute to the production of the donor report,

Contribute to the preparation and implementation of project quarterly review

Participate to the organization of technical reviews and technical missions

Participate to professional network at national level in the field of expertise of the project

Contribute to the development of lessons learning exercise, data collection and analysis and the production of dissemination document

Facilitate the field implementation of project’s evaluations and of researches

Confidentiality is required in all these responsibilities.

Note : that this job description must remain flexible; to respond to additional tasks or changes as identified by the line manager.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

Advanced degree in the area of expertise

Minimum 3 years’ experience as Project Officer

Skills in developing training and providing coaching for capacity building

Ability to develop information material

Analytical skills

Ability to work with partners, civil society organizations or public authorities

Skills in users centered approach

Knowledge of referrals mechanisms

PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS:

HI workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in HI Code of conduct.  In accordance with these values, HI operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti-fraud, bribery, and corruption.

Handicap International is an equal opportunity employer and particularly welcomes applications from woman and persons with disabilities

Basic salary range for the position : The Project Officer is going to be paid according to the experience and to HI salary Grid.

Basic Salary range between USD 1400 – USD 1800

Closing date:01/01/2023

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Expected Starting date : As soon as possible

Application should include CV and motivation letter. Incomplete motivation letters and applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

Interested candidates send their CV to recruitment@lebanon.hi.org with the subject “Project Officer-2023"