Logistics Coordinator - Chateau Marsyas - Lebanon

- Plan and organize orders of raw materials and equipments
- Organize, ask for quotations and book the transport requirements related to exports
- Clients orders processing

Desired Skills and Experience
- Academic background: Administration & Public Relation
- Experience: Minimum 2 years of experience in a similar position
- Skills: Strong communication skills, Dynamic, Hard worker, Intellectual, Reliable, Attention to details, Meticulous, Sense of follow up, Good reporting skills and able to work under pressure
- Languages: Arabic, French and English

info@chateaumarsyas.com

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Journalist - Lebanese Transparency Association - Lebanon

The primary task of the journalist will be the following:

- Collect and analyze information to write news stories for publication or broadcast.
- Gather and verify factual information for stories through interview, observation, and research.
- Carry out tours in the field to track corrupted practices and report them.
- Hold interviews and meetings with representatives of public administrations.
- Create and upload news content for the newspaper website 'live' online reporting or real-time blogging when covering important events.
- Support the training of youth on journalism, and edit/sharpen the stories subsequently drafted by the youth for the on-line supplement.
- Ensure that the implementation of the program is in accordance with the mission of the overall program.
- In liaison with the Communication Department: select and process materials for the website and Facebook, and develop and implement a media strategy to promote the platform and project.
- In liaison with program team: produce constant feedback on the operation of the website and the overall work of the program team, and produce articles diagnosing the areas of corruption in the public administration system and recommendations with respect to elimination/reduction of corruption spots.

Requirements
- BA or Masters Degree in Journalism, Public Administration or equivalent.
- A minimum of 2 years of experience in a similar position.
- Excellent command of spoken and written English and Arabic; French is a plus.
- Experience in writing articles with high and professional standards
- Ability to work on the field and conduct investigative journalism.
- 1 to 2 years experience required

nmerhi@transparency-lebanon.org

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Program Manager - ANERA - Lebanon

Deadline: May-06-13

ANERA is seeking a highly motivated Program Manager to work with ANERA's Lebanon team in Beirut. The incumbent should have a combination of program design, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation and reporting experience. The incumbent must be able to manage multiple deadlines simultaneously and work well within a team.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITES
Programs implementation
- Prepares and manages work plans and budgets and revisions as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements.
- Identifies resources needed and assigns individual responsibilities whether sub-grantees, independent consultants and/ or partners in collaboration with Country Director and team involved.
- Supervises staff and consultants working on the program.
- Manages grants and if needed day-to-day operational aspects of a project.
- Monitoring, evaluation and reporting of assigned programs:
- Develops monitoring and evaluation plans.
- Visits project sites and regularly monitor and inspect relevant records of counterpart institutions.
- Prepares reports on site visits and meetings, on project status, on project output and impact indicators, and on special issues as needed.
- Ensures deliverables are achieved and suggests areas for improvement in the program implementation processes.
Reviews the status reports of partners and consultants and holds regular status meetings with partners.
- Monitors activities of other local and international NGOs and coordinates as appropriate to achieve synergy and avoid duplication.
- Developing and participating in designing of new programs:
- Identifies opportunities to develop and expand ANERA's projects and programs, while improving community relationships and benefit, as well as donor's satisfaction.
- Explores community needs in dialogue with staff and community members and corresponding new project ideas in the sector, gathering data as appropriate.
- Participates in concept notes development, proposal writing and project design efforts.

SUPERVISION AND GUIDANCE
The incumbent reports to the Country Director in Lebanon. The incumbent is expected to carry out most assignments independently, including resolving most problems, coordinating work with others, and determining approaches and techniques to be employed.

COMPETENCIES AND PROFILE REQUIRED
- Master's Degree in Economics, Business/ Public Administration, Community Development, or a Masters degree in relevant field;
- Minimum of five years of relevant working experience, preferably with NGOs;
- Knowledge and experience in the fields of project monitoring and evaluation;
- Knowledge and experience in program design following logical framework, and proposal writing;
- Excellent computer skills (including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint);
- Excellent interpersonal and communications skills in English and Arabic, French is an asset;
- Good reporting skills;
- Good organizational and time management skills;
- Team player and ability to manage a team;
- Ability to travel in the field to supervise projects;
- Ability to work under pressure and commitment to operate in challenging environment;
- Valid driving license.

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
Interested applicants are requested to send their resume, their letter of intent, to anera@aneralebanon.org by May 6, 2013 latest. Please include in email subject - Applying for Program Manager Job Opening – [Name of candidate]

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview.

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Journalist - Lebanese Transparency Association - Lebanon

LTA is launching a new project, Corruption Investig@tor, that aims to facilitate and publish investigative journalism on corruption as well as to empower and train 240 young activists on topics related to journalism and social media. LTA will partner with a major news site to create a weekly online supplement focused on stories relevant to corruption in Lebanon. Corruption Investig@tor is a platform to encourage citizens to report corruption and raise awareness on anti-corruption efforts, and to alert citizens and officials in power towards about practices occurring in public administrations and institutions. The journalists will provide the public with reliable, objective news with the view to becoming a trustworthy and independent resource and reference for citizens.

- Collect and analyze information to write news stories for publication or broadcast.
- Gather and verify factual information for stories through interview, observation, and research.
- Carry out tours in the field to track corrupted practices and report them.
- Hold interviews and meetings with representatives of public administrations.
- Create and upload news content for the newspaper website 'live' online reporting or real-time blogging when covering important events.
- Support the training of youth on journalism, and edit/sharpen the stories subsequently drafted by the youth for the on-line supplement.
- Ensure that the implementation of the program is in accordance with the mission of the overall program.
- In liaison with the Communication Department: select and process materials for the website and Facebook, and develop and implement a media strategy to promote the platform and project.
- In liaison with program team: produce constant feedback on the operation of the website and the overall work of the program team, and produce articles diagnosing the areas of corruption in the public administration system and recommendations with respect to elimination/reduction of corruption spots.

Requirements
- BA or Masters Degree in Journalism, Public Administration or equivalent.
- A minimum of 2 years of experience in a similar position.
- Excellent command of spoken and written English and Arabic; French is a plus.
- Experience in writing articles with high and professional standards
- Ability to work on the field and conduct investigative journalism
- Ability to meet tight deadlines and work under pressure.
- Good knowledge of public administrations’ policies
- Advanced computer literacy with a focus on Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint)
- Excellent knowledge and familiarity with the internet and the use of social media Qualifications
- Personal belief in and support of LTA’s mission and core values.
- Ability to work as part of a team, to take initiative, and to be flexible and adaptable in a changing environment.
- Ability to quickly learn and understand an issue and to handle unexpected issues.

Submit cover letter and resume detailing your qualifications and work experience to Ms. Nadine Merhi on the following link: nmerhi@transparency-lebanon.org by Apr-20-13

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