Community Coordinator

Our organisation

forumZFD (forum Civil Peace Service) provides training and project support in Germany and abroad. With its members, it advocates the renunciation of violence-based policies, reinforcement of civilian resources in the state and society and democratic participation of all social, ethnic and religious groups.

forumZFD currently has more than 80 employees working in 14 locations in Germany, the Middle East, the Western Balkans, and South-East Asia. forumZFD has been working in Lebanon since 2009.

The Lebanon-team consists of 15 staff members working in the programme areas of Community Mobilising, Dealing with the Past and Capacity Development.

In the area of Community Mobilising, forumZFD works with partner organisations to assist communities in addressing their needs and challenges together and in mobilising their own resources for the common good.

Tasks and responsibilities

Together with our partner organisation Fighters for Peace, forumZFD will start a new project in South-West Beirut in September 2018. We are looking for a multi-talented, self-starter to support this project as a researcher, coordinator and mobiliser. The person will be working at the forumZFD office and in the project location. He/She will be reporting to the programme area manager at forumZFD and collaborate with the respective teams of forumZFD and Fighters for Peace. The first few months, the focus will be on desk-research; designing and conducting a survey and then analysing the collected data. At a later stage (and particularly in case of a contract extension), the focus will be on mobilising and organising communities.

Research

• Support design and execute desk research, mappings, surveys, focus group discussions, interviews in Tariq Jdeide and neighbouring areas on various topics, such as tensions, needs, aspirations, resources, divides, connectors, etc.
• Collect and analyse data to establish community profiles and prepare presentations
• Work closely with the community and the project team to identify potential partners, supporters, influencers, representatives

Coordination & Administration

• Support the project manager(s) in documentation, knowledge management, and administrative/financial tasks,
• Support in Planning, Monitoring, Reporting and Evaluation of the project
• Support analysis and implementation of risk-, do-no-harm- and conflict sensitivity measures
• Support the development of structures and networks to safeguard the project’s sustainability
• Support the administrative/financial/reporting tasks of project implementation
• Translation of project documents and interpretation during meetings if required

Community Organisation

• Coordinate between project partners and community representatives to jointly develop and implement change projects and mobilise resources
• Pro-actively organise, coordinate, conduct, document and follow-up on field-work
• Identify capacity building needs of community representatives and organise trainings or other measures if necessary
• Organise validation processes

Your profile

Essential:

• Experience in community mobilisation/organisation and community-led change processes
• Knowledge of Tariq Jdeide and surrounding areas as well as good and productive relationships with diverse actors in the community
• Experience in the design of (community-led) research, survey design, implementation and data collection and data analysis methods
• Flexible, pro-active working attitude, high tolerance for frustration and different perspectives
• conciliatory personality and multi-partiality
• Strong intercultural and interfaith sensitivity and passion for collaboration
• Very good written and spoken command of English and Arabic
• Familiar with standard IT applications

Desirable:

• Knowledge of methods of non-violent/civil conflict resolution especially in dialogue
• Knowledge and practical experiences with systemic approaches
• Experienced in IT applications for data collection and analysis
• Driving license and driving experience

We offer

An interesting working environment in a growing organisation with a motivated, young team. As a community coordinator working with forumZFD, you will take on exciting tasks within the innovative field of civil conflict transformation and peacebuilding. You will contribute with your ideas and skills to the team-oriented working environment and work closely with local and international employees.