Education and Youth Officer - Lebanon Mountain Trail - Lebanon

The LMT Association (LMTA) is seeking a full-time Education and Youth Officerto assume lead responsibility for all education and outreach activities implemented by the organization. The LMTA has in recent years worked with several schools (Antonine School, Ghazir; Rafic Hariri High School, Saida; Melkart School, Hazmieh) to promote place-based education. It has started designing a comprehensive, LMT-based education program called “Trail To Every Classroom” that combines classroom and extra-curricular activities to effect behavior change. The program is not mature yet and will need the energy and commitment of an education officer with pedagogical skills.

In particular, he/she will implement the following tasks:
- Coordinate the implementation of the “Trail To Every Classroom” program in participating schools (up to 10 schools per year)
- Coordinate the preparation and production of the “LMT Teachers’ Guide” with input from relevant subject-matter specialists and organizations
- Coordinate other youth and fun-based learning activities on the trail such as shell cleanup, art competition, photo competition, rally papers, etc.
- Report on LMT Association’s education activities by producing short narratives for the semi-annual LMT magazine and website, and by preparing PowerPoint presentation for potential donors and contributors
- Identify opportunities and lead the preparation of short proposals to raise funds for additional youth and educational activities on the LMT
- Promote the LMT Association projects and activities among Lebanese Universities and mobilize students to participate in different events.

The Education and Youth Officer will report to the LMT Board, represented by its President or his designee. He/she will work in full coordination with other LMT staff including the Field Officer and the Administrative Officer.

Requirements
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, team worker
- Language proficiency in spoken and written Arabic and English required; French is a plus
- University degree (education and/or social sciences, behavior change, etc.)
- Ability to meet work under pressure
- Prior school related experience
- Familiar with Lebanese public school curriculum and text books
- Computer literacy (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)

info@lebanontrail.org