MEAL-IM Coordinator (GIS specialist)
Save the children International
Total years of experience :11 years, 2 Months
With the Ministry of Education (70)%
Updating the existing maps and databases of all layers related to education (schools, universities, instituitions, etc.)
and establish a process to ensure the GIS system compliance to continuous schools’ data changes, and consequently
assure the update of the digitized maps, different required layers, and entities’ coordinates
Creating multiple web applications using ESRI web app builder based on various departments’ needs as well as
setting up trainings on how to benefit from these application in employee’s daily tasks.
Establishing a process to improve quality assurance for site visits results on the different geographical units(by
creating survey forms using survey123), and to optimize the utilization of the GIS system by the different organizational
units in MEHE and according to their needs.
Assisting the Ministry of Education in decision making processes related to schools construction, rehablitation,
extensing and closing as well as opening new sections for new students.
Coordinated a national needs assessment for construction of public schools across Lebanon. This new approach has
been designed to improve the efficiency of the system, while tackling barriers to pupil retention and learning outcomes.
The needs assessment will be the basis of a future government decree on school construction and will be used for
prospective bilateral construction projects of around 100 million Euros.
Coordinated an assessment for school (public and private) rehabilitation due to the Beirut-port Blast.
With Save the Children (30%)
Ensuring that MEAL system provides good balance of data availability and analysis to inform decision making,
project/programme monitoring and reporting
Creating SharePoint webpages and improve the existing ones according to various departments’ needs.
Providing guidance and ensures programme teams are using tested and standardized data collection tools (including
tools for outcome monitoring using quantitative and qualitative data collection methods as well as tools for quality
monitoring, needs assessments and evaluations)
Providing direct support to staff and partners on data quality control, storage and analysis
Providing IM solutions that serves the MEAL department
Following up with ODK, GIS, and CMS recording servers
Producing online analytical visualizations that include interactive dashboards, network graphs, Charts and maps and
integrate them with the SharePoint online sites.
Contributing to the development of MEAL monthly and annual plans
Liaising with other units and departments within save the children country office to ensure proper coordination is
maintained as needed to ensure efficient completion of specific MEAL functions
Performing any other tasks as requested by the Line Manager
Complying with Save the Children policies and practice with respect to child protection, code of conduct, health and
safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.
Etwinning offers a platform for staff (teachers, coordinators, librarians, etc.), working in
European and non-European schools to communicate, collaborate, and develop
projects.
UNICEF Lebanon Country Office, in coordination with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEHE), is working
towards bridging the digital divide to provide all children attending public education with access to world class inclusive
digital learning solutions.
Purpose and Objectives :
Assess the status of internet connectivity and infrastructure and digital/ICT equipment, access to power/electricity and
WASH facilities across up to 1237 public schools, 7 MEHE Regional Offices and 142 TVET schools and develop
recommendations towards enhancing this component across the selected locations.
Produce an interactive mapping tool that includes informed visual representation of data collected .
Prepare detailed proposed solutions for enhancing internet connectivity and access to power/electricity supply across
the locations.
Scope of work:
Phase 1: Design the assessment and data collection methodology and tools (using KOBO)
Phase 2: Implement the data collection process across the selected locations and prepare field descriptive reports as
well as review, verify and clean the data collected.
Phase 3: Present the assessment outcomes and create layers or groups of layers that show the geolocations of schools
and MEHE Regional Offices’ (REOs) as markers and that display the data collected (as pop-up) upon clicking on a
school/location geo-pin.
Phase 4: Develop recommendations regarding enhancing access to the following two key components: enhancing
access to internet infrastructure and connectivity .
Coordinated the “wheat surveying project”, suggested by the Ministry of Finance, by
remote sensing and field validation using collector by ESRI to support the ministry in
calculating the accurate area of cultivated wheat in order to fund the farmers accurately
and prevent cheating.
* Land Cover/Use map of Lebanon of scale 1/20, 000 according to Corine 4th Level
nomenclature using GIS & Remote Sensing.
* Land Cover/Use map of major cities of Lebanon of a scale 1/5000 according to Corine
5th Level nomenclature using GIS & Remote Sensing.
* Land Cover/Use field validation using Collector by ESRI.
* Roads of Lebanon of scale 1/1000 (digitizing & classifying)
guide the team on using the collector application.
* Export the data on daily basis.
* Submit weekly report and full Geodatabase
• Surveyor and GIS intern
Dar AL handasah, Beirut:
* Costal road between port of Beirut and tunnel of “Nahr EL Kalb”
* Suggested road between khalde and dbayye (22km length)
* Detailed Survey of infrastructure of the suggested road between “Jal El dib” and
“Antelias”
* Detailed Survey of parcels in “Ehden”
Master thesis: Conversion between two systems of classification of Land Cover/Land between CORINE (CLC) and FAO (LCCS).
Senior project: Designing a road and improving an existing one in Mount Lebanon suggested by the municipality: * Creating a traverse network for the village * Detailed Survey using Total station and GPS * Creating a design using AutoCAD Civil 3d * Bill of quantity