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Middle Management: Project Coordinator

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Job title: Project Coordinator, PC, with intensive capacity training activities

Project title:   Empowering local Palestinian NGOs in Lebanon working with children and youth through capacity building in institutional development and supporting their service provision programs. – EU 21-02-03 NGO Co-financing project in partnership with Save the Children Sweden, 2006-2008

Organization: National Association for Vocational Training and Social Services

Organization description: NAVTSS is an NGO that has been working in the field of vocational training since 1983 in various Lebanese territories. Youth empowering projects and activities are a new approach for NAVTSS since it was clear the need for such activities.

Job location; Ein el Helweh (Saida) and El Buss (Tyre) camps

Closing date for application: February 1, 2006 (by 12:00 a.m.)

Job description: The position of the project coordinator is part of the middle management of the local organization. The EU project of Save the Children Sweden targets through regular capacity building activities the middle management. Through regular and active attendance of monthly workshops and on the job training within the organization the PC should become a reliable support for the director for planning, monitoring and administration of the projects.

Besides these capacity building activities and the project coordinator’s active involvement in this trainee program, the PC will be in charge of coordination the service provision activities of the NGO. Besides planning, monitoring and administration of the projects the PC should coordinate the activities. The requirements of the service provision activities will be used to train the PC.

Responsibilities (service provision):

-         Assist the director in daily duties related to the project,

-         Plan, supervise and follow up of the project developments with the project team,

-         Preparation of reports, and other project related documents.

-         Regular and active participation in the capacity building activities,

Qualifications and skills

-         Academic background or equivalent experience or skills,

-         Interest in development issues,

-         General potentials to conduct and prepare fundraising efforts, project planning and development tasks,

-         Good writing skills in English, and to be able to write project documents,

-         Advanced computer skills or the will and the potentials to develop these within the project (knowledge in EXCEL, Word, e-mail programs)

-         Dynamic, innovative, and willing to take and lead initiatives,

-         Ability to evolve within a time frame.

-         Ability and willingness to work in a team. 

-         Good communication and interpersonal skills.

-         Plan & cope with his/her own workload

-         Living or be aware of the live and work with NGOs in the camps,

-         Willing to commit him/herself for three years,

Commencement: Immediately after selection

Contract period: At least three years, three months trial period

Further information: For more information please contact Miss Lara Semaan on 01 317614

 Also for some information on the Save the Children Sweden (SCS) EU project on the SCS web site  http://www.scsmena.org/

Application: Applications for this position, including: a one page letter about the motivation and the qualification of the candidate, and a CV in English, to be submitted to NAVTSS@yahoo.com

Only short listed candidates will be contacted for an interview.