Managing Director - LOYAC - Lebanon

Position type: Full time (Monday to Friday from 9:00AM to 5:00PM + 2 evenings + 2 Saturdays/month)
Duration: 1-year contract (3 months probation period)
Starting date: ASAP

Office Location: Beirut (Sanayeh, Tawfic Tabbara Center)

Job Summary
The Managing Director reports to and is supervised by the Executive Board and responsible for independently conducting the day-to-day operational management and implementation of all activities pertaining to programs. The Managing Director will also research and contact potential funders/donors and will help obtain funding by drafting, editing, and preparing grants for submission. This also includes compiling program related reports and submitting them in a timely manner.
Key Duties/Responsibilities

Strategic Planning
- Participate in the discussion on the global strategy of LOYAC Lebanon, and assist in developing the Operational Plans (OP) according to the overall country strategy.
- Offer recommendations to the Executive Board on types of activities to be organized, based on needs assessment of youth at universities in Lebanon (through visits to schools, focus groups, interactions at LOYAC, etc.)
- Develop strategies to reach out for youth at various universities and in varies areas in Lebanon and to involve and motivate youth to take part in LOYAC programs.

Program Implementation
- Lead and supervise staff activities, tasks, and meetings, by developing a detailed action plan and following up meticulously on it.
- Conduct participatory meetings with youth and identify needs? for internships, workshops and community service activities.
- Select based on identified need and Offer professional workshops to previous and new youth participants at LOYAC.
- Design educational and community service program for the current youth.
- Supervise the work of Project Coordinators in identify suitable companies for the Internship Program and suitable NGOs for the Community Service Program].
- Attend meetings with companies HRs and NGOs leaders to develop partnerships.

Evaluation and Reporting
- Evaluate the program activities periodically and identify with the Program committee at the Executive Board the possible re-orientation of the program activities based on new identified needs.
- Monitor the quality of the activities and of the animators’/volunteers practices.
- Identify trainers
- Get the feedback from the companies about Internship program in order to find any area of improvement
- Prepare monthly reports to the Executive Board on the development of the program’s implementations and challenges faced.
- Write the news items for the regional newsletter.
- Issue a monthly newsletter for LOYAC Lebanon.
- Design, compile and write the annual report.

Fundraising
- Identify potential donors and foundations and evaluate potential funding sources.
- Take initiative to build relationships with potential funders including individual community donors.
- Prepare grants/ project proposals and progress reports as required.
- Develop revenue and expense reports for all fundraiser events.
- Submits documents and reports to the Executive Board in a timely manner to meet stated deadlines.

General Duties
- Track problems faced by the center (HR, capacities challenges) and find solutions
- Hire, Supervise, train , guide and evaluate Project Coordinators and Admin Interns.
- Identify any hiring need etc..
- Compile and communicate guidelines for the center based on lessons learned and successes
- Ensure that rules and discipline at LOYAC is setup and followed in a very positive way
- Provide general support to staff with filing, correspondence and errands.
- Organize and implement events increasing the visibility of the center and promoting the impact of the center’s work including media coverage
- Draft success stories for the visibility of the center
- Make sure LOYAC facebook page and group, twitter account, youtube account, and instagram are regularly updated, follow up with the responsible staff member.
- Generate purchase orders for office supplies and equipment.
- Prepare bi-weekly planning and updates to share with the Executive Board.
- Other duties as required by the board.
- To evaluate and monitor the participation rate of the LOYACers in the activities.

Selection Criteria and Qualifications
- A Master’s Degree in Project Management, Psychology, Social Work, Public Administration, Social Sciences, Marketing, Economics, Business or any other related field/experience with interest in non-profit work
- A minimum of 6-7 years of professional experience in leadership and coordination positions, preferably in an NGO-related field
- Fluency in English and Arabic, both verbally and in writing. Knowledge of French is an asset
- Training skills
- Writing Skills: writing effective emails and clear and organized reports in English and Arabic
- Computer Skills: word processing and database creation/maintenance
- Soft Skills: Excellent communication, negotiation, persuasion, leadership skills. Effective use of social media (facebook, twitter, youtube, blogs, etc.). Effective email writing and competent telephone skills. Influencer and Charismatic
- Good client interactions skills.
- Ability to work independently and as a leader of a team.
- Knowledge and maintenance of budget control, expenses, and allocations.
- Knowledge of developing a fundraising plan
- Sensitive to needs of youth and ability to exercise judgment and meet deadlines
- Dedication, motivation, drive, ambition, and commitment to the job at hand.

Applications should include:
- A curriculum vitae summarizing qualifications and experiences (please include community involvement and workshops attended and given)
- A motivation letter that reflects your qualifications and interest in the position (no more than one page)
- Three (3) work/academic referee and contact details

Application should be emailed to s.assaf@loyac.org

LOYAC at a glance:
- LOYAC is a nonprofit organization working towards the overall development of the youth in Kuwait, Lebanon and Jordan (and soon in Yemen and Ramalla). We design and develop programs to facilitate the professional development and personal growth of the youth. All our programs are either offered for free or are heavily subsidized by us. LOYAC is supported by organizations and businesses that believe in its mission.
- LOYAC Lebanon is currently running 1 major program, the Personal and Professional Development Program, which has three sub-programs (1) Capacity Building program that provide youth with various professional workshops to develop their soft skills and increase their chances to get internships and job offers, (2) Community Service program to encourage youth to be involved and engaged in their communities, and (3) Internship program that aims at connecting current students and fresh graduates with internship opportunities at prestigious companies in their fields. More: www.loyac.org/lebanon

Logistics Coordinator - Chateau Marsyas - Lebanon

- Plan and organize orders of raw materials and equipments
- Organize, ask for quotations and book the transport requirements related to exports
- Clients orders processing

Desired Skills and Experience
- Academic background: Administration & Public Relation
- Experience: Minimum 2 years of experience in a similar position
- Skills: Strong communication skills, Dynamic, Hard worker, Intellectual, Reliable, Attention to details, Meticulous, Sense of follow up, Good reporting skills and able to work under pressure
- Languages: Arabic, French and English

info@chateaumarsyas.com

Journalist - Lebanese Transparency Association - Lebanon

The primary task of the journalist will be the following:

- Collect and analyze information to write news stories for publication or broadcast.
- Gather and verify factual information for stories through interview, observation, and research.
- Carry out tours in the field to track corrupted practices and report them.
- Hold interviews and meetings with representatives of public administrations.
- Create and upload news content for the newspaper website 'live' online reporting or real-time blogging when covering important events.
- Support the training of youth on journalism, and edit/sharpen the stories subsequently drafted by the youth for the on-line supplement.
- Ensure that the implementation of the program is in accordance with the mission of the overall program.
- In liaison with the Communication Department: select and process materials for the website and Facebook, and develop and implement a media strategy to promote the platform and project.
- In liaison with program team: produce constant feedback on the operation of the website and the overall work of the program team, and produce articles diagnosing the areas of corruption in the public administration system and recommendations with respect to elimination/reduction of corruption spots.

Requirements
- BA or Masters Degree in Journalism, Public Administration or equivalent.
- A minimum of 2 years of experience in a similar position.
- Excellent command of spoken and written English and Arabic; French is a plus.
- Experience in writing articles with high and professional standards
- Ability to work on the field and conduct investigative journalism.
- 1 to 2 years experience required

nmerhi@transparency-lebanon.org

Program Manager - ANERA - Lebanon

Deadline: May-06-13

ANERA is seeking a highly motivated Program Manager to work with ANERA's Lebanon team in Beirut. The incumbent should have a combination of program design, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation and reporting experience. The incumbent must be able to manage multiple deadlines simultaneously and work well within a team.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITES
Programs implementation
- Prepares and manages work plans and budgets and revisions as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements.
- Identifies resources needed and assigns individual responsibilities whether sub-grantees, independent consultants and/ or partners in collaboration with Country Director and team involved.
- Supervises staff and consultants working on the program.
- Manages grants and if needed day-to-day operational aspects of a project.
- Monitoring, evaluation and reporting of assigned programs:
- Develops monitoring and evaluation plans.
- Visits project sites and regularly monitor and inspect relevant records of counterpart institutions.
- Prepares reports on site visits and meetings, on project status, on project output and impact indicators, and on special issues as needed.
- Ensures deliverables are achieved and suggests areas for improvement in the program implementation processes.
Reviews the status reports of partners and consultants and holds regular status meetings with partners.
- Monitors activities of other local and international NGOs and coordinates as appropriate to achieve synergy and avoid duplication.
- Developing and participating in designing of new programs:
- Identifies opportunities to develop and expand ANERA's projects and programs, while improving community relationships and benefit, as well as donor's satisfaction.
- Explores community needs in dialogue with staff and community members and corresponding new project ideas in the sector, gathering data as appropriate.
- Participates in concept notes development, proposal writing and project design efforts.

SUPERVISION AND GUIDANCE
The incumbent reports to the Country Director in Lebanon. The incumbent is expected to carry out most assignments independently, including resolving most problems, coordinating work with others, and determining approaches and techniques to be employed.

COMPETENCIES AND PROFILE REQUIRED
- Master's Degree in Economics, Business/ Public Administration, Community Development, or a Masters degree in relevant field;
- Minimum of five years of relevant working experience, preferably with NGOs;
- Knowledge and experience in the fields of project monitoring and evaluation;
- Knowledge and experience in program design following logical framework, and proposal writing;
- Excellent computer skills (including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint);
- Excellent interpersonal and communications skills in English and Arabic, French is an asset;
- Good reporting skills;
- Good organizational and time management skills;
- Team player and ability to manage a team;
- Ability to travel in the field to supervise projects;
- Ability to work under pressure and commitment to operate in challenging environment;
- Valid driving license.

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
Interested applicants are requested to send their resume, their letter of intent, to anera@aneralebanon.org by May 6, 2013 latest. Please include in email subject - Applying for Program Manager Job Opening – [Name of candidate]

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview.

Journalist - Lebanese Transparency Association - Lebanon

LTA is launching a new project, Corruption Investig@tor, that aims to facilitate and publish investigative journalism on corruption as well as to empower and train 240 young activists on topics related to journalism and social media. LTA will partner with a major news site to create a weekly online supplement focused on stories relevant to corruption in Lebanon. Corruption Investig@tor is a platform to encourage citizens to report corruption and raise awareness on anti-corruption efforts, and to alert citizens and officials in power towards about practices occurring in public administrations and institutions. The journalists will provide the public with reliable, objective news with the view to becoming a trustworthy and independent resource and reference for citizens.

- Collect and analyze information to write news stories for publication or broadcast.
- Gather and verify factual information for stories through interview, observation, and research.
- Carry out tours in the field to track corrupted practices and report them.
- Hold interviews and meetings with representatives of public administrations.
- Create and upload news content for the newspaper website 'live' online reporting or real-time blogging when covering important events.
- Support the training of youth on journalism, and edit/sharpen the stories subsequently drafted by the youth for the on-line supplement.
- Ensure that the implementation of the program is in accordance with the mission of the overall program.
- In liaison with the Communication Department: select and process materials for the website and Facebook, and develop and implement a media strategy to promote the platform and project.
- In liaison with program team: produce constant feedback on the operation of the website and the overall work of the program team, and produce articles diagnosing the areas of corruption in the public administration system and recommendations with respect to elimination/reduction of corruption spots.

Requirements
- BA or Masters Degree in Journalism, Public Administration or equivalent.
- A minimum of 2 years of experience in a similar position.
- Excellent command of spoken and written English and Arabic; French is a plus.
- Experience in writing articles with high and professional standards
- Ability to work on the field and conduct investigative journalism
- Ability to meet tight deadlines and work under pressure.
- Good knowledge of public administrations’ policies
- Advanced computer literacy with a focus on Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint)
- Excellent knowledge and familiarity with the internet and the use of social media Qualifications
- Personal belief in and support of LTA’s mission and core values.
- Ability to work as part of a team, to take initiative, and to be flexible and adaptable in a changing environment.
- Ability to quickly learn and understand an issue and to handle unexpected issues.

Submit cover letter and resume detailing your qualifications and work experience to Ms. Nadine Merhi on the following link: nmerhi@transparency-lebanon.org by Apr-20-13