Vocational Coordinator

CESVI IN LEBANON

Cesvi is working in Lebanon since 2001 in different areas: North, South and Mount Lebanon, Nabatieh and Beirut.
All the Cesvi projects – funded by institutional donors and private foundations – in the livelihood sector, food security and emergency assistance have a crosscutting component in protection.
Since 2013 Cesvi has been responding to the spill over of the Syrian Crisis working in Livelihood and Protection sectors in close collaboration with local partners, CSOs, local authorities and other stakeholders.

PROJECT

The project lasts 9 months and it is implemented in partnership with AVSI and four local NGOs

The scope of the project is to increase access of Lebanese and non-Lebanese youth to technical and vocational training and innovative skills-building programmes to enhance their skills and their employability.
 

Overall responsibility:

The TVET Coordinator, under the supervision of Cesvi’s HoM, will be in charge of supervising and monitoring all TVET and internship activities aimed at improving the technical and soft skills of students and linking them to the job market, in close collaboration with program team and partners.

Assignment and tasks:

• Plan, coordinate, and implement TVET activities according to the Livelihood department approach and methodologies and in compliance with the administrative, logistical and communication procedures;
• Ensure the operational implementation of  work plans, setting clear targets and activity plans for each training;
• Ensure that courses, both theoretical and practical, meet quality standards, working closely with the program team;
• Work closely with TVET trainers to ensure the timely and effective implementation of the activities and the appliance of the highest standards to their pedagogical and technical approaches;
• Develop monitoring plans and ensure that adequate monitoring tools are in place for TVET courses, in close collaboration with the M&E Department. Conduct regular monitoring field visits and draft reports;
•  Follow-up on the youth after the training sessions to track their progress;
•  Coordinate with the project partners to map private companies and identify available internship opportunities for TVET graduates in the areas of implementation;
•  Support the project partners in the preparation of Internship agreements with private companies;
• Plan and supervise the effective implementation of internship schedule, in collaboration with the project team;
• Assist in developing comprehensive evaluation and monitoring tools to measure the impact of internship on the employability of students;
• Write narrative reports, including quantitative data, as per the project annual work plan;
• Keep record of the expenditures and forecast in collaboration with the country administrator
• Collaborate with the M&E department to facilitate data collection and analysis through different M&E tools (Focus Group discussions, surveys, mapping exercises, database, etc.)
• Properly file all means of verification and supporting documents (both in hardcopies and electronically);
• Perform any other relevant duties as required.

Required Competencies:

• Degree in in social science, management, economics, international development, or other relevant field;.
• At least 2 years' post qualification experience in livelihood and vocational training activities
• Very flexible and with a positive attitude.
• Good team player and proactive attitude in problem solving.
• Computer literacy, particularly in Microsoft Office programmes such as Word, Excel.
• Languages: Native Arabic speaker and Excellent knowledge of English (written and spoken)
• Driving license