Background

The NRC Lebanon Education Programme supports vulnerable Lebanese and refugee children (aged 4-15) and youth (16-30) in realizing their right to education and skill development, enabling them to achieve their full potential. This is accomplished through quality, accessible, age- and level-appropriate non-formal education services targeted at out-of-school children (OOSC), children at risk of dropping out of the formal education system, and youth. NRC interventions are closely aligned with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEHE) National Strategy, the Lebanon Response Plan (LRP), and the guidance of the Education Cluster.

Roles and responsibilities

The purpose of the Education Programme Technical Coordinator position is to provide practical, day-to-day technical, quality, and coordination support to partner organisations delivering NRC’s Education and Youth programming. The role helps ensure partners implement activities in line with NRC guidance, donor requirements, and national frameworks, while supporting consistent and safe programming.

Generic Responsibilities

1. Provide technical and coordination support to partner organisations implementing Education and Youth activities.

2. Ensure partners apply NRC tools, guidelines, and minimum standards for safe, inclusive programming.

3. Support partner planning, reporting, data collection, and use of relevant NRC templates and tools.

4. Facilitate trainings and refreshers for partner staff on NRC approaches, tools, and delivery standards.

5. Conduct regular visits and meetings at the area level to inform and exchange progress and knowledge with area managers and other teams.

6. Conduct partner monitoring visits and provide structured feedback for quality improvement.

7. Coordinate closely with M&E to ensure accurate, timely data and reporting.

8. Provide inputs for donor reports, indicator tracking, and internal programme reviews.

9. Ensure safeguarding, protection mainstreaming, and child-sensitive approaches in all partner activities.

10. Promote equal opportunities for beneficiaries and support the inclusion of vulnerable groups.

Specific responsibilities:

• Serve as the primary NRC focal point for partner organisations and coordinate day-to-day implementation of Education and Youth activities.

• Support partners in planning, scheduling, and delivering learning cycles, youth sessions, and community activities in line with NRC tools and guidance.

• Provide inductions, trainings, refreshers, and practical coaching to partner staff on facilitation methods, NRC tools, inclusive practices, and safe programming.

• Conduct regular partner visits to observe sessions, verify tool usage, and ensure adherence to NRC quality and safeguarding standards.

• Review partner documentation, including attendance sheets, reports, lesson plans, and activity records to ensure consistency and compliance.

• Identify and flag partner capacity gaps, implementation challenges, or safeguarding concerns to the PDM for follow-up.

• Support partners in using NRC-approved data collection tools (Excel, Kobo, templates) and ensure timely, accurate submission of data and reports.

• Coordinate closely with M&E to support data verification, indicator tracking, monitoring exercises, and integration of partner data into internal dashboards.

• Assist in documenting lessons learned, participant feedback, and examples of good practice to support programme learning and improvement.

• Liaise with NRC internal teams (M&E, Grants, Logistics, Education Specialist) and participate in planning/review meetings to ensure coordinated support to partners.

• Support partners delivering Youth activities applying the same quality and tool-adherence standards as Education activities.

• Represent NRC at relevant MEHE/Education Sector coordination meetings on partner implementation matters, feeding updates back to the PDM.

   

Scale and scope of the position

Critical interfaces

• Education and Youth staff at County and Field levels

• Area managers

• HOP, Grants, M&E, Finance, Compliance 

• Monitoring and Evaluation staff

• NRC partners and partnership staff

• Other related stakeholders on a national level

Generic professional competencies

• University degree in Education, Social Sciences, Youth Development, or related field.

• Minimum 3-4 years of experience in education, youth programming, project coordination, or training.

• Experience supporting NGOs, community organisations, or partner-led programming.

• Strong skills in data collection and basic analysis (Excel, Kobo, MS Dynamics etc.).

• Fluency in Arabic and English (written and spoken).

   

Context related skills, knowledge and experience

• Contextual understanding of the education system and youth landscape in Lebanon

• Experience in quality assurance or capacity-building roles.

• Experience with non-formal education and/or youth skills programmes.

   

Behavioural competencies

• Planning and delivering results

• Working with people

• Communicating with impact and respect

• Following procedures and meeting commitments

• Adapting to change and coping with pressure

• Upholding NRC values and safeguarding standards