Job Opportunity in Lebanon as a Senior Technical Livelihoods Manager at IRC

IRC announces a job opportunity in Lebanon as a senior technical livelihoods manager. The ERD senior technical manager for livelihoods is the technical leader (with oversight and support from the ERD coordinator) for all programmatic aspects related to IRC's livelihoods programs in Lebanon. Programs include conditional cash transfer, employment support services (job counseling and jobseekers’ capacity building), life skills and vocational training, on-the-job training and microenterprise support - all coordinated through IRC's livelihoods centers in Akkar, Mount Lebanon, Tripoli and Wadi Khaled, as well as private sector engagement efforts such as SME support, access to finance and coordination with Lebanese employers.

You will be responsible for:

• Provide technical and management leadership to IRC Lebanon's livelihoods activities in accordance with best practices and IRC standards, including insight on conditional cash transfer, employment services, vocational training, apprenticeship / on-the-job training, microenterprise support and SME development.
• Advance the IRC's broader economic engagement by conceptualizing and implementing strategies to further engage the private sector and economic stakeholders, including businesses, business support entities, local and national level government, and NGOs.
• Through technical and management oversight, ensure a high quality of programming is being conducted on a day-to-day basis at IRC's Livelihoods centers.
• Ensure that the IRC’s training aligns with the market’s needs to ensure the transition to employability.
• Work with the M&E team to ensure safeguards are in place and proper measurement tools are developed to capture progress.
• Provide technical oversight to employment services and outreach to ensure they are being implemented within the international best practices.
• Work closely with the IRC’s women protection and empowerment program to ensure that services between ERD and WPE are sequenced in such a way as to avoid harm induced as a result of livelihoods.
• Coordinate with IRC Protection and Rule of Law to continue mainstreaming protection principles into livelihoods activities
• Work closely with the Feedback, Accountability, and Response Mechanism department to ensure that complaints from clients are addressed, on time, and to develop a system to mitigate complaints.
• Support development of research agenda for livelihoods works along with ERD coordinator.
• Work with the ERD coordinator to support business development efforts; narrative development, log frame drafting, budgeting in such a way to ensure that IRC is competitive in its offerings.
• Program planning & implementation.
• Maintain a program implementation progress plan aligning targets with timeline implementation.
• Ensures regular field monitoring and modification to ongoing programming as required.
• Together with the M&E team, support in the implementation of a full monitoring and evaluation framework of all livelihoods activities (aligned with ERD's Livelihoods Information Management System and other M&E tools), as well as learning strategies, and adapt them to the different program methodologies.
• Lead on regular donor and internal reporting.
• Human Resources management
• Directly supervise ERD’s 4 center supervisors and the deputy M&E Manager.
• Set specific goals and expectations and provides regular, positive, and constructive feedback to staff.
• Build capacity of the team under your supervision in livelihoods support methodologies, as well as management.
• Maintain open and professional relations with team members, promoting a strong team spirit and providing oversight and guidance to enable staff to successfully perform in their positions.
• Ensure timely completion and submission of interim and annual performance reviews.
• If/as required, identify staff performance issues and works with Human Resources to document and address these in accordance with the National Staff Employment Policies.
• Adhering to IRC's Global HR Operating Policies and Procedures.
• Partner management.
• Work with the partnership's unit to think of ways to take forward the ERD partnerships strategy, including reaching out to stakeholders and drafting MoUs when needed.
• Other duties as assigned by the supervisor to enable and develop IRC programs.
• The position is unaccompanied and is based in Beirut with frequent travel to field sites in Akkar, Mount Lebanon, and Tripoli.

You must have:

1. BA/BS degree in international development, economics, food security or related field, and/or related certification; MA/MS is a plus.
2. Minimum of four years of professional experience in project management, with specific experience in livelihoods programming, cash programs or enterprise development.
3. Strong program technical skills.
4. Strong writing (donor reports) and oral communication skills, effective in representation and liaison with external parties.  
5. Prior M&E experience is preferred.
6. Budget management skills are welcomed.
7. Capable of applying your skills and knowledge in a range of capacities, including direct implementation, advisory functions, training and the transfer of technical capacity.
8. Works well in and promotes teamwork, comfortable in a multi-cultural environment and able to handle pressure well.
9. Fluency in English is required, Arabic is a distinct advantage.

About IRC:

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries, it restores safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.

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