وظيفة: Program Associate – Entrepreneurship and Professional Development – مشارك في برنامج – ريادة الأعمال والتطوير المهني للعمل مع Amideast

Position Description

The Program Associate would be part of the program team responsible for ensuring Amideast’s successful implementation of all current programs for the Entrepreneurship and Professional Development department, implemented in Beirut and around Lebanon. The Program Associate will handle various responsibilities, which include:
Coordination

• Assist the department director to ensure that all programs are managed according to the project timelines, deadlines, quality assurance standards, and budgets
• Assist the department director in creating a public training calendar and scheduling of these trainings including opening and launching of trainings during the week.
• Communicate and coordinate with trainers and partners to follow up on payments, workshop schedules, attendance sheets, and other logistics and administrative tasks
• Marketing and Outreach
• Support in the recruitment of beneficiaries, trainers, clients, and partners
• Promote and market the various departmental programs to reach target audience in all areas in Lebanon through various means and tools including outreach visits, social media, meetings and conferences, and other
• Represent the department in conferences, public fairs, and other department activities
• Assist in managing and creating content for the various Amideast social media platforms, newsletters, and other media platforms
• Handle communication with the department’s current program participants, potential new beneficiaries, and alumni and ensure updated records and capturing of success stories
• Handle all the department related customer service issues and respond to all inquiries received via email, phone calls, or visits, providing accurate and proper information to ensure customer satisfaction and awareness of services and programs that they can benefit from
• Assist in creating meaningful follow-up activities for the departments alumni and help with building the Amideast community
• Administrative and Logistics
• Manage and coordinate all logistics needed for training workshops and department activities
• Manage and further develop the online learning system and work with facilitators and workshop participants in navigating and using the system
• Handle all administrative tasks needed to ensure the proper implementation of the various departmental programs
• Plan, schedule, and ensure the smooth running of all department activities
• Assist with interview preparations, orientation sessions, events, and travel arrangements
• Perform administrative duties including data-entry, filing, paperwork, etc.

Monitoring

• Conduct various monitoring and evaluation tasks related to ensuring the quality standards set by the department
• Handle the verification, data entry, and filing of applications received

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Public Administration, Education, or related field
• 3 years of experience in an administrative role in entrepreneurship and/or training and capacity building
• Excellent organizational, interpersonal, time management, and communication skills
• Ability to perform all work assignments with meticulous attention to detail
• Ability to take initiative, multitask, and prioritize responsibilities
• Excellent computer skills including MS Office; high proficiency in Excel is required
• Willingness to travel to workshop sites all over Lebanon
• Willingness to work on weekends and evenings, as needed

Interested candidates should send a resume and cover letter to lebanon@amideast.org [1] with the following in the subject line: Program Associate – Entrepreneurship and Professional Development. The deadline to apply is Monday, February 13, 2023.
Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis as resumes are received in order to fill the position vacancy as soon as possible. The vacancy might be filled before the above-mentioned deadline