Volunteer

The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We believe in the power and potential of every child but know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it is girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges girls and vulnerable children face. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood and we enable children to prepare for and respond to crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

For over 85 years, we have rallied other determined optimists to transform the lives of all children in more than 80 countries.

We won’t stop until we are all equal.

Role Purpose 

we are seeking passionate and committed volunteers to support our team. Volunteers will play a crucial role in supporting immediate assistance to those impacted by crisis and will support other Plan International Lebanon led activities and initiatives across various departments including: Emergency, operations, programs, MERL, etc.

Dimensions of the Role

 Volunteers will work under the guidance and direct supervision of various functions within the organization, depending on the scope of their support. They will assist with aid distribution, community outreach, needs assessments, logistics and operations support, documentation, participate in training, post-distribution monitoring, and other relevant tasks.

Accountabilities

• Assist in organizing and preparing for the distribution, while following the checklist prepared
• Assist in coordinating logistics for aid delivery, including packaging, transportation and inventory management
• Weekly documentation on community-level activities on the project, and success stories collation.
• Perform regular checks on documentation made at outreaches to ensure that there met expected standards.
• Support community feedback mechanisms activities.
• Support integrated Community Outreach activities
• Support training and supervision activities.
• Adherence to Plan International and Nutrition International policies at all times.
• Handle the duties and tasks assigned during the distribution, while fulfilling their role provided by the ERM.
• Conduct phone calls to beneficiaries in order to validate data and invite them to the distribution
• Participate in relevant trainings on Feedback and Complaint Mechanisms, safeguarding, gender, safe identification and referral, ethical considerations, remote data collection, and relevant tools to be used.   
• Carry out the remote Post Distribution/ Post Activity Monitoring questionnaire, from PIL offices, with a random sample of project beneficiaries.  
• Ensure complete and thorough data collection and data entry.
• Report to the ERM or relevant function on daily basis.
• Ensure the confidentiality and privacy of data collected and information shared by project beneficiaries. 
• Ensure that Plan International’s global policies for Child Protection (CPP) and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI) are fully embedded in accordance with the principles and requirements of the policy including relevant Implementation Standards and Guidelines as applicable to their area of responsibility. This includes but is not limited to, ensuring staff and associates are aware of and understand their responsibilities under these policies and Plan International’s Code of Conduct (CoC), their relevance to their area of work, and that concerns are reported and managed in accordance with the appropriate procedures.
• Other related duties requested from the supervisor. 

Other

• Ensure proper recordkeeping and efficient filing of all records including data collection, reports, official correspondence etc.;
• Attend calls, meetings, etc. as required.
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Technical expertise, skills and knowledge

Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of:

• Context knowledge and information on the crisis faced in Lebanon
• The adherence to Plan International’s Child Safeguarding Policy, Code of Conduct/Prevention of Sexual Abuse & Exploitation (PSEA), and other relevant humanitarian standards and policies
• Humanitarian principles and “do no harm” approach. 

Qualifications and Experience

• Aged 18-30 years old
• 2-3 years of relevant experience with NGOs, public agencies or any other related field. 
• Experience in conducting distributions
• Experience in data entry
• Proven experience in data collection and communicating with vulnerable target groups
• University student, Bachelor’s degree is a plus

Skills

• Good communication skills in written and spoken English & Arabic languages
• Confident and proficient in the use of MS Office, especially Excel and Word
• Flexibility in terms of working hours and working locations 
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with excellent command of spoken and written English and Arabic.

Location: Beirut

Type of Role: Volunteer 

Reports to: Senior MERL Coordinator 

Grade: NA 

Closing Date: 22 May 2025