Program Coordinator Early Childhood Education Development (ECED)
Responsibilities & Duties, in accordance with established WA policies & regulations:
- Program Inception and Development
- Prepare detailed action plan of "ECED" Program and its projects.
- Organize meetings, workshops for the coordination committee of "ECED" program.
- Participate in preparing strategies & policies of the "ECED" program.
- Establish relations and network with coordination committee members, and partners including donors and beneficiaries.
Management responsibilities
- Coordinate with the Project Manager &/or Lebanon Country Manager to ensure meeting the objectives of the program.
- Lead the budget plans preparation and control expenditures.
- Organize and attend the coordination committee meetings and document outputs.
- Supervise and facilitate the implementation of needed logistics for visits, travel, etc... .
- Maintain excellent relations with stakeholders internally and with partners.
- Support the fundraising efforts.
Technical Responsibilities
- Prepare the Request For Applications (RFAs) in coordination with the Consultant(s), if/when required.
- Lead the screening process of applications.
- Provide recommendations on grantees and draft relevant reports.
- Prepare grant implementation agreements (GIAs) and negotiate relevant action plans with the beneficiaries.
- Supervise program and projects implementation through:
- Maintaining regular contact with beneficiary organizations and conduct regular field visits to program sites in Lebanon.
- Soliciting and reviewing technical and financial reports from beneficiaries and following up on issues needing further clarifications or additional supporting documents.
- Monitoring the implementation process to ensure the achievement of program / project deliverables in terms of both time and quality.
- Ensuring proper program and project closure including the design and implementation of internal and external program evaluations.
- Participate in conducting periodic formative and summative evaluations of the program. .
- Document success stories.
- Prepare and submit periodic reports on "ECED" program and contribute to WA publications of relevance.
- Organize needed workshops.
- Participate actively in "ECED" at the internal and communal level through meetings, workshops, seminars, and conferences.
Managerial and Professional Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Education, preferable in Early Childhood education
- At least (2) Years of experience in related field
- Strong project management skills and experience including planning, budgeting, monitoring, evaluation, and time management.
- Excellent command of languages (Arabic and English, spoken and written)
- Good communication skills
- Good leadership skills i.e., team leader, team player, decision maker, and conflict resolution.
- Excellent computer skills (MS-Office, MS-Project, and Internet Applications).
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