Sewing Trainer - Reyfoun / Antelias

Job Summary

The Sewing Trainer will provide specific sewing training for participants registered in Caritas Lebanon centers located in Mount Lebanon and Beirut.

Tasks and responsibilities

• Teach sewing along with other arts & crafts activities
• Provide instruction on basic stitching
• Use of basic patterns for bags, cushion covers, and clothing items
• Repairing damaged clothing and other alterations
• Use of basic machine and its maintenance
• Prepare course material and activities
• Helping beneficiaries improve their production skills via individual and group sessions.
• Checking and assessing beneficiaries’' work
• Identify students with special requirements and create individualized plans
• Determine exam and assignment grades
• Provide feedback based on workload and classroom behavior
• Keep a record of students’ attendance and grades
• Evaluate the progress of the participants

Experience required

• At least 1 year of teaching experience in the relevant job description
• Experience and high-level skills in the sewing machine and overlocker use, mending clothing, and use of patterns for making new clothing items
• Minimum understanding of human rights, particularly the rights of refugees, migrant workers, and gender-based violence
• Be a resident of Lebanon, with the ability to work inside Lebanon

Skills and Qualifications

• Proven experience working as a tailor
• Sound knowledge of fabrics as well as clothing design and construction
• The ability to use a sewing machine
• Excellent organizational, problem-solving, and time-management skills
• Outstanding sewing skills
• Effective communication skills
• Able to prioritize and meet deadlines
• Ability to lead a classroom

Languages and Computer skills

• Spoken Arabic is required. Spoken and written English is strongly preferred. Spoken French is a plus