Hairdressing Facilitator
Al Hasakah
- Organization: IRC - International Rescue Committee
- Location: Al Hasakah
- Grade:
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Occupational Groups:
- Closing Date:
Background/Context:
The IRC has operated in Syria since 2012, providing protection, health, economic recovery, and early childhood development programs in Idleb, Aleppo, Ar-Raqqa, Hassakeh, and Deir ez-Zor, with new programs expanding into Hama, rural Damascus, and Homs. With a team of over 700 members, the IRC has established trust and strong community relationships, ensuring access and effective service delivery. It plays a significant role in Syria’s NGO, donor, and coordination forums, holding key positions and adapting to the evolving context.
With the new realities under the new government, as of December 2024, the IRC has deployed a team to Damascus to set up operations and engage in coordination structures for newly accessible areas across Syria—including parts of NES, NWS, and other previously unreachable locations in South and Central Syria, adjusting operations to maximize coverage and efficiency.
The IRC has been delivering protection programs in the northwest since 2013 and in the northeast of Syria since 2014, focusing on Protection/Rule of Law (PRoL), Women’s Protection and Empowerment (WPE), and Child Protection (CP). These efforts include specialized case management, PSS, protection monitoring, service mapping, and advocacy. Collaborating with partners, IRC improves access to protection services, raises community awareness, and strengthens referral pathways. Protection capacity building, community outreach, and rapid response through mobile protection teams have also been provided since 2017.
Job overview:
As part of its Syria response, the IRC has programs to support women and girls throughout Al-Hasakeh and Ar-Raqqa governorates in Syria.The WPE Hairdressing Trainer works within the women and girls’ safe spaces and the community to teach women and girls in the camp the basics in makeup and hairdressing styles
Responsibilities:
- Conduct a prior knowledge evaluation of recipients.
- Distribute recipients according to age and level of knowledge.
- Develop curricula for levels (beginner, intermediate, advanced).
- Teach women and girls about hairdressing.
- Teach girls and women to maintain a healthy hair.
- Teach girls and women how to select the right color, shampoo, mask, and conditioner.
- Teach girls and women basic haircutting skills.
- Teaching women and girls about skin care and masks.
- Teach girls and women to do good face makeup.
- Ability to adjust teaching methods according to recipient levels.
- Provide information to recipients interactively.
Other duties and responsibilities
- Complete attendance sheets for relevant activities and contribute to monthly activity reports, according to guidance provided by the Women’s Center Officer, and supply information on a weekly basis to the Women’s Center Officer in-line with deadlines.
- Maintain positive coordination and relationships with partner and other sector staff.
Education: Preferably, completing the secondary education/craft certificate in hairdressing.
Work Experience: At least one year of experience in giving women and girls training sessions on makeup and hair styling techniques
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in hair styling and makeup
Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:
- A commitment to IRC’s mission, vision, values, and IRC Way – Professional Code of Conduct.
- Credible written, presentation, and verbal communication skills; ability to convey information effectively and solid experience providing training and staff development.
- Validated sense of professional discretion, integrity, and ability to handle complex situations diplomatically and to effective resolution.
- Excellent management and interpersonal skills and a solid ability to promote harmonious/cohesive teamwork, in a cross-cultural context.
- Validated ability to plan long-term, organize priorities and work under administrative and programmatic pressures with detail orientation and professional patience.
- Highly collaborative and resourceful; ability to establish positive working relationships with senior level management and all other partners to maximize cooperation and productivity.
- Curiosity, a desire to continually learn and develop is a must.
- Analytical ability in creating effective solutions to complex matters while adhering to labor laws and internal policies.
Language/Travel:
- Arabic is required,
- Travel: To move between IRC women's centers as needed.
Key Working Relationships:
- Position Reports to: WPE Officer
Position directly supervises: None - Indirect Reporting:
Key Internal Contacts: Communicate with the WPE team of case managers, adolescent girl assistants, activity facilitators, and community mobilizers within the center. - Key External Contacts: Beneficiaries
Professional Standards: IRC staff must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way – Global Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Accountability and Equality. In accordance with these values, IRC operates and carries out policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti-Workplace Harassment, Respect at Work Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.
Returning National Candidates: We strongly encourage national or returning national candidates to apply for this position. If you are a citizen of the country where this position is based and are currently residing outside of your home country, you may be eligible for an attractive relocation package. Eligibility is determined based on IRC's operational needs and specific role requirements. IRC strives to attract, motivate, and retain qualified national staff in our programs.
Accountability to Clients: IRC staff must adhere to the commitment of contributing to the sustainability and development of its (CR) Client Responsiveness Mechanisms, preserving the culture of prioritizing the needs of our clients and affected communities by systematically listening to their perspectives and using their feedback to make programmatic decisions and give them greater influence over program design and delivery.
Applications from non-qualifying applicants will most likely be discarded by the recruiting manager.