
Job Title
Administrative Officer - Beirut
Requisition ID: req3204
Job Title: Administrative Officer
Sector: Education
Employment Category: Fixed Term
Employment Type: Full-Time
Location: Beirut, Lebanon
Job Description
ECD program administrative support
- Provide direct administrative support to ECD team including copying, dissemination of documents, preparation of expense reports, etc.
- Produce reports, collect information, compile data, and organize files as requested by the IECD Coordinator.
- Organize incoming documents to the ECD team members – checking file completion and prioritizing appropriately in order to follow up with the appropriate staff.
- Book travel arrangements (flights, accommodations, and transportation) as requested by the IECD Coordinator.
Schedule and meeting management
- Maintain detailed schedule management for IECD Coordinator and ECD team, including local and international travel.
- Coordinate with relevant regional and HQ ECD staff to schedule all necessary calls/meetings with IRC ECD technical unit, Regional Project Director Sesame Seeds, and Sesame Workshop staff.
- Attend meetings as requested to take notes, produce minutes, and follow up on actions as needed.
- Maintain and circulate organized meeting notes.
Visitor Management and Event Coordination
- Manage and maintain detailed visit schedules for all incoming visitors.
- Maintain detailed visitor tracking log for all program sites.
- Liaise with security and relevant units for visitor logistics.
- In coordination with the ECD team and relevant colleagues ensure that all visits have needed documents and briefing notes.
- Whenever applicable, ensure high-level visits follow appropriate protocol.
Focal point with Shared Services Unit, Finance, and Supply Chain
- In coordination with Shared Services Unit:
- Ensure office equipment is stocked with required supplies (toner, paper etc.) for IRC and Sesame workshop team
- Organize ECD team members’ staff and/or external meetings, local and abroad conferences, and workshops, including venue logistics, travel, and transportation Coordinate international staff benefits (e.g., housing, security)
- In coordination with Finance and Supply Chain:
Other
- Support IECD Coordinator to maintain project management tools, systems, and document storage.
- Other tasks as assigned by the IECD Coordinator.
Key Working Relationships:
- Position Reports to: Integrated ECD Coordinator.
- Position supervises: N/A
Other Internal and/or external contacts:
- Internal: Finance, Supply Chain, Logistics, and Administrative staff; regional, in-country, and HQ ECD staff.
- External: Sesame Workshop regionally based staff, all visitors
Qualifications
- Bachelor degree in Business Administration, Business Management, or any related relevant field.
- Minimum 2 years of professional experience in office administration or office management.
- Self-motivated, honest, highly responsible, and punctual.
- Ability to improvise and be flexible when needed.
- Ability to work and meet deadlines under pressure.
- Excellent organizational skills, flexibility, integrity, and ability to multi-task in fast-paced working environment while maintaining attention to detail.
- Works well in and promotes teamwork, comfortable in a multi-cultural environment.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both verbally and in writing.
- Fluency in English and Arabic, oral and written.
- Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, 365, and Outlook.
- Demonstrated proficiency in supply chain (including procurement and logistics) procedures.
- Demonstrated proficiency in working with budgets and using a budget software.
Preferred:
- Master degree in Business Administration, Business Management, or any related relevant field.
- Experience within INGO or multi-national firm.
- Experience with organizational software
Working Environment:
- Standard office work environment.
- Position is based in Beirut, Lebanon.
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