English Teacher - Lebanon Evangelical School - Lebanon

English Teacher needed for the Academic Year 2013-2014

Lebanon Evangelical School for Boys and Girls

Class 7 [Ages between 12-13 years old]
Full Time [teaching hours: 07:20 till 15:30]
12 Months pay [July - August off]

Location: Loueizeh - Baabda

Salary will be discussed during the interview with the Principal.

Contact
Steve White
steve@lesbg.com
cc. grace@lesbg.com

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Community Manager - Gandour - Lebanon

A Community Manager is the face of the company, managing communications in both directions. He is responsible for all communications, PR, social media, events, and content creation, among other things.
The Community Manager will be responsible for ensuring active and engage communities around a defined topic or topics by managing long-lead editorial calendars, monitoring online conversations and participating in those conversations to build brand visibility and thought leadership. The goal is to establish a presence for our partners as well as to integrate their messaging into the community in a compelling and valuable way for the members.

Accountabilities & Responsibilities:
Community Strategy
- Assist with creation, conception, and presentation of social media strategy and integrated marketing campaigns
- Interpret the direction of strategy/planning and creative leads
- Communicate and coordinate client service, production and strategy/planning teams ensuring that community strategy supports overall brand goals and objectives

Content creation - Publishing
- Create and maintain Content Calendars, including writing Facebook Status Updates
- Post relevant content in accordance with Content Calendar
- Writing blog posts, articles, newsletters, communications materials, and material for social media channels

Moderation
- Review user generated comments and posts in a quick and timely manner
- Respond to comments, when appropriate, in order to foster a positive community and add value to the user’s experience
- Enforce the Social Media Guidelines as defined by the brand
- Escalate User Generated Content, where appropriate, to internal and client stakeholders

Social media marketing
Creating, managing and growing the company’s presence through blogs, Twitter, Facebook, and other strategically relevant online properties

Customer relations
The Community Manager is responsible for customer
support – answering questions however they come in (phone, e-mail, Twitter)

Communications/marketing strategy
The Community Manager is responsible for creating strategic marketing/communications plans to provide direction for the company’s public-facing communications

Analytics: Listening & Reporting
- Utilize social listening tools like Radian6, Buzzlogic,… to generate insights
- Summarize insights and conversations to create actionable, client-facing reports that lead to optimization

Team leadership
Participate constructively in inter-departmental brainstorming and crisis management sessions.

Minimum Knowledge & Experience
- Education: Bachelor degree in Communications, Marketing, Advertising, Public Relations, Media Studies, Business or related fields.
- Languages Written and spoken fluency in English & Arabic languages
- Computer Knowledge Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Social Media monitoring tools
- Experience 2 to 3 years of experience managing social media platforms or communities for brands

Specific Social Media Skills
- High knowledge & usage of Social Media tools such as:
- Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, Blogs, YouTube etc.
- Social media monitoring tools
- Strong content management & editorial experience
- Knowledge of social media monitoring / analysis systems & ability to translate this date into valuable insights to assist business & clients.
- Actively participates in a wide variety of social media activities such as blogging, community development and management, social bookmarking, commenting, etc.
- Understanding of popular social networks – design, functionality, users
- Demonstrated ability to produce community management guidelines and documents that reflects the holistic understanding and implementation of the role of social media and its effects.

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Engineering Manager - Ghandour - Lebanon

Manages:
- General Maintenance Engineer
- General Utility Engineer
- Project & Safety Engineer
- Planning Engineer

Purpose:
To support manufacturing as well as quality control and assurance in day to day process issues and ensure process control procedures are in place and are done according to protocols and take lead role in solving major customer quality issues.

Accountabilities:
1. Effective and Efficient Maintenance Activities in the Affiliate
- Ensure that all maintenance activities are completed, as per required quality and quantity, safely on time, at optimum cost and within the approved budget.
- Ensure all plant machinery is maintained in optimum conditions and that they operate efficiently and safely; in compliance with statutory requirements.
- Ensure that preventive and predictive Maintenance is integrated in the maintenance program to optimize and reduce maintenance costs and machinery down-times.
- Prepare, verify, and validate overall affiliate engineering maintenance and repair budgets; capital expenditures; engineering and project team workforce plans; energy budgets; thereby ensuring conformity and compliance with quality assurance standards as well as sales forecast.
- Oversee the implementation of engineering work flow system to ensure work orders are effectively channeled for processing and that work activities are planned, coordinated, supervised, and checked effectively.
- Direct, integrate, and coordinate engineering projects and activities to ensure engineering goals and plans are accomplished on time.
- Analyze technology and resource needs to plan and assess the feasibility of various types of projects (such as marketing activities; launching and/or re-configuring products, capacity increase, production line extension etc.).
- Plan and direct the installation, testing, operation, maintenance, and repair of facilities and equipment to ensure timely and effective completion of all planned activities.
- Prepare feasible and effective monthly and annual budgets including budgeted maintenance & repair of plant machinery and equipment; preventive and predictive maintenance; capital expenditures for projects; spare parts consumption (local & foreign); and any other engineering activities when and as required.
- Ensure that weighing scales and measuring instruments such as temperature gauges, pressure gauges, RH gauges, flow meters and precision instruments are always calibrated and in good operating conditions.
- Liaise with the Production Manager on all aspects related to day-to-day technical and operational problems; maintenance of plant & equipment; rationalization of operations; upgrading and improvement of equipment; as well as safety of product, personnel & equipment.
- Coordinate the purchase of technical Materials and common spare parts inventory control of assets and procedures review.
- Report to the Manufacturing Manager in a timely and effective manner on investment Expenditure Report; M&R expenditure reports; energy consumption and variance; technical reports and difficulties encountered; accident statistics; safety, fire drill and environment; and any other reports as requested by the Engineering Manager.
- Ensure all contract works are properly executed and well documented according to their respective contract agreement and scope of works including fire protection systems; generator sets; weighing bridge and scales; boilers; calibration of instruments, if any, by external parties, in compliance with statutory requirements.
- Report and coordinate with the Quality Control Manager on all issues related to the manufactured products (including boiler water and/or steam, waste water control, standard operating procedures, General Manufacturing Processes (GMP), and specification related to product machinability to optimize operating efficiency.
- Liaise with external Engineering Consultants, Contractors and Suppliers for technical services and supply of equipment and spare parts and to keep abreast on the latest technical development and techniques.
2. Cost saving and expenditure overruns
- Optimize the needs within the department to complement the corporate goals, objectives and long term plans.
- Manage an efficient Tool Control program for optimum tool condition and availability.
- Plan, and review energy standards to ensure their effective usage and investigate monthly variances, and report on the same to the Manufacturing Manager.
- Optimize the stocks levels as well as re-order quantities of spare parts to avoid production line(s) shutdown while minimizing holding costs.
3. Safety and Security Systems:
- Ensure factory Safety and Security programs are implemented.
- Promote “Safety” awareness and compliance to rules and regulations by engineering personnel to provide a conducive environment at the work place for enhancement of work performance.
- Oversee the maintenance of an up-to-date and complete accident and incident report database
- Ensure emergency Evacuation Routes are clearly posted and that emergency evacuation procedures are well defined and known to all affiliate employees.
- Evaluate skills of firefighting rescue teams and ensure that fire drills are carried out as scheduled.
4. Statutory Compliance:
- Maintain close relationship with various pertinent governmental bodies and departments (e.g. Occupational Safety and Health, Environment, Electricity, as well as Fire and Civil Defense authorities) to ensure compliance with statutory requirements.
- Ensure that no violation and penalties are imposed by any concerned governmental agencies and/or departments with regards to factory waste effluents (air, water, etc.)
- Follow up on all approvals issued by pertinent governmental bodies as well inspections of equipment (such as and pressurized vessels) to ensure they promptly completed within deadlines or unnecessary production shutdowns.
5. Guidelines and Procedures:
- Ensure adherence to established engineering policies and procedures as well as the company’s corporate guidelines.
- Periodically review and update Standard Operating Procedures and engineering policies and processes to ensure they are optimized, up to date, and reflect best practice.
- Propose new guidelines or amend existing ones customized to meet local needs as required to ensure compliance with statuary requirements.
- Ensure that records of works associated with the guidelines and procedures are readily available for auditing.
6. Employee Management and Development
- Ensure all maintenance personnel fulfill their assigned job roles, responsibilities, and objectives in a timely and effective manner.
- Promote spirit of co-operation and teamwork among engineering personnel for optimum productivity and efficiency.
- Motivate engineering personnel to achieve Excellency in their job performance and career path development.
- Develop effective training program for personnel development in terms of skill, knowledge and ability to maximize competence and performance.

Minimum Knowledge & Experience:
- Bachelor degree in Engineering preferably mechanical.
- Knowledge of mechanical, electrical, utilities, and Control Systems
- Project Management (PMP)
- MS Office applications / AUTOCAD
- Written and spoken fluency in English & Arabic languages.
- Minimum 8 years of experience of similar function preferably in similar industry.
- Managerial Skills
- Leadership Skills
- Problem Solving, & Analytical Skills
- Communication Skills
- Commercial Awareness
- Negotiation Skills
- Results Orientation

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Production Engineer - Ghandour - Lebanon

Role Purpose
Ensure that the organization, coordination, and liaison between various business professionals is optimized to deliver designs equipped for manufacturing and providing cost-effective solutions to manufacturing-related problems.
Key Accountability:
- Direct the production team members and introduce efficient methods of production.
- Identify risk mitigation actions to reduce injuries, accidents, and hazards in the production environment.
- Mentor and develop new production engineers and/or supervisors.
- Design methods for maintaining or increasing production levels while improving production costs, yields, quality, and safety.
- Troubleshoot process problems and identifies solutions which reduce downtime and conserve maintenance costs.
- Monitor process equipment to identify potential errors and develops solutions to eliminate the re-occurrence of those problems.
- Design and conduct plant trials to determine performance capabilities.
- Develop and update process procedures to ensure that documentation is accurate and understandable.
- Determine the test methods, procedures, parts, and equipment needed to implement engineering changes.
- Determine the layout of piping, equipment, and utilities for engineering changes.
- Interface with all levels of management and employees to gather information and provide guidance for implementation.
- Ensure effective implementation of design practices to meet customer needs.
- Establish productive working relationships with engineering, planning, and design teams.
- Planning, determining, coordinating, and controlling the processes concerning to production
- Ensure that strong and efficient teamwork culture exists within the production team.
- Implement project schedules and plans in a timely effective manner.
- Direct various procedures to increase final outcome of the production zone.
Education& Knowledge
- Bachelor’s degree in Electronic, Mechanical, or Industrial engineering from an accredited institution.
- MS Office applications
- Written and spoken fluency in English & Arabic languages
- Knowledge of complex mechanical or electro-technical drawings.
- Experience: 1/3 years in FMCG and/or related industry.

Competencies
- Analytic and problem solving skills.
- Planning & Organizing
- Stress Management
- Team working
- Communication and interpersonal skills.

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Personnel Assistant - InMobiles - Lebanon

Include the following; other duties may be assigned.
- Screen received CVs, conduct and arrange interviews up to senior executive level.
- Prepare letter of offer to selected candidates and letter of rejection to unsuccessful candidates.
- Analyze training needs in conjunction with departmental managers and arrange training schedules for employees.
- Implement and maintain personnel administration procedures, including management of employee files to ensure employee files are always organized, up to date and complete.
- Prepare monthly salary reports with the accounting department.
- Check and follow up on employees' attendance and leaves.
- Issue all employees’ certificates (salary, employment, CNSS)
- Process social security related processes (New Employee declaration, R3, CNSS employment statement, leaving employee declaration...)
- Handle the employees travel process (checks budget, expenses, issuing flight tickets and visas…)
- Type all kinds of letters and correspondence related to the HR such as warnings to employees, memos, letters, certificates, etc.
- Maintain awareness and knowledge of contemporary HR development and Provide day to day assistance and guidance to employees on various Human Resources matters.

Desired Skills and Experience
- Knowledge of Lebanese Labor Law, salary laws and regulations.
- Proficiency in computerized information systems used in human resources applications.
- Professional in written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to motivate teams to produce quality materials within tight timeframes
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or Business Administration.
- 3/5 years of experience in Human Resources.
- Able to maintain confidentiality, tact and discretion.
- Good organizational and time management skills.
- Multi-tasking capabilities with stress management skills.

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QC Inspector - Ghandour - Lebanon

Role Purpose
Check and inspect all manufacturing and warehousing parameters & standards. The inspector ensures all required parameters are met against the standard.
Key Accountability:
- Audit product formulation and ensuring their compliance against set R&D team formulation.
- Audit ingredients and process by comparing them against standards and detecting variation.
- Document all inspection, evaluation and audit results using established formats such as Process Inspection Reports, Quality Advise Notes, Weight Control Charts and Defects Inspection Reports.
- Implement QA procedures and policies for product inspection, loading inspection, hygiene requirements and general GMP requirements.
- Notify all those concerned regarding a problem situation/variation outside standard tolerance that requires those concerned to take immediate actions.
- Qualify finished products prior to release.
- Sample and evaluating finished products in accordance with established procedures and guidelines.
- Audit GMP and sanitation every shift and highlighting to Production Line Supervisors/Supervisor and/or Sanitation Team Leader for corrective actions.
- Assist Production and/or operating units in solving problem situation based on observed data, deviation/changes noted during audit.
Education& Knowledge
- BSc. Food Technology / Chemistry / Chemical Engineering / Biochemistry.
- Basic knowledge in descriptive data analysis
- Basic knowledge in QMS systems.
- MS Office applications.
- Written and spoken fluency in English.
- Arabic language is a plus.

Experience
At least 1 year in FMCG and/or food and beverage manufacturing and production industry.
Competencies
- Team working
- Discipline
- Execution
- Attention to details
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Planning Engineer - Ghandour - Lebanon

Job Summary & Purpose
Plan preventive and planned corrective maintenance activities to ensure optimization of the utilization of the departmental resources and meet the needs of production and manufacturing operational requirements. Additionally, support project works, when required.
Key Accountability:
- Ensure engineering department guidelines and policies are incorporated in the planning of works.
- Work closely with the General Maintenance Engineer and General Utility Engineer in implementing effectively the clearance system for day-to-day maintenance work orders including organizing & prioritizing based on urgency; balanced workload distribution and backlog clearance prior to posting by concerned section engineer to ensure smooth execution.
- Estimate the standard hours and manpower required for each planned work order with the assistance of General Maintenance Engineer and General Utility Engineer,
- Plan and schedule maintenance work to achieve optimize the quantity and quality of the maintenance service provided, safely, on time, and at a reasonable cost.
- Consolidate, analyze and review the weekly maintenance works on productivity, effectiveness and cost and submit to all concerned engineers and managers in the affiliate in a timely manner.
- Analyze and review results of corrective maintenance of emergency/urgent nature, and advising on possible remedial solutions.
- Analyze and review the variance between the Engineering Maintenance Standard benchmarks against actual and recommend action plan for improvement with the support of General Maintenance and General Utility Engineers.
- Conduct feasibility studies, if necessary, on viability of planned work order requests to avoid unnecessary expenditures that may otherwise be used more effectively.
- Plan, schedule and review the preparation, execution and commissioning checkouts and test-runs of new equipment, products, and/or machinery with the Project, General Maintenance, and General Utility Engineers.
- Track the warranties of externally maintained services and advise the General Maintenance and General Utility Engineers on maturity with sufficient lead times.
- Monitor calibration of all instruments to ensure they are accurately calibrated as per the specifications recommended by the vendors, and ensure they are properly recorded according to planned calibration schedule.
- Assist the General Maintenance and General Utility Engineers in setting the minimum stock level and stock reorder quantity for local and foreign spare parts.
- Assist the General Maintenance, and General Utility Engineers in preparing the annual Maintenance and Repair budgets as well as capital expenditures (CAPEX) prior to submission to Engineering Manager.
- Support and assist in developing engineering safety procedures, and coordinate with QA/QC on related procedures for product safety.
- Channel departmental maintenance planning instructions or decisions to General Maintenance, and General Utility Engineers and report on the results of maintenance activities to the Engineering Manager.
Education & Knowledge
- Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering
- Engineering applications and software.
- Knowledge mechanical/electrical testing equipment and measuring instruments.
- Knowledge of pneumatics/hydraulics, HVAC, and general electrical
- MS Office applications, PMP, AUTOCAD
- Written and spoken fluency in English & Arabic languages

Experience - 4 years of experience as maintenance planner preferably from a similar industry.

Competencies
- Results orientation.
- Good planning & organizational abilities.
- Analytic skills.
- Communication skills.

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