Maya Yaacoub, Project Director

Maya Yaacoub

Project Director

JRS Lebanon

Location
Lebanon - Beirut
Education
Master's degree, MBA in Human Resource Management - GPA 3.83/4
Experience
25 years, 5 Months

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Total years of experience :25 years, 5 Months

Project Director at JRS Lebanon
  • Lebanon - Jbeil
  • My current job since January 2015

Reporting directly to the Country Director.
a) Coordinating offices and project teams; Plus implementation and evaluation of the approved project. :
* Home Visit Team: serving 380 refugee families: visits, distributions, MHPSS support…
* School (two shifts): around 550 refugee students (KG2, KG3, Grade 1, Language support, ALP, ECE, Computer classes, Learning/Retention support…).
* MHPSS, PSS program / Inclusion program / IEP: supervising and coordinating the activities of the social worker at school, psychologist and psychiatrist (HD) in the project.
b) Supervising and developing new initiatives of project proposals, budgets, KPIs; Monitoring and evaluating the project progression; Overall management of the budget, finance, procurement, education, MHPSS…objectives.
c) Overall management of staffs: around 50 staffs + interns and volunteers.
d) Recruiting, interviewing, developing, and retaining staff.
e) Being the project deputy focal point for Child Safeguarding and PSEAH policies.
2019-2024: Implementing CBECE + Retention Support programs in collaboration with MEHE for students aged between 6 and 12 years old, after obtaining MEHE EOI license approval.

consultant specialist at MECALINK FZE
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since January 2018

- Managing Relationships with suppliers, finalizing deals.
- Assess project risks.
- Ensure Projects meet deadlines.
- Provide guidance on pricing, contracting process and management.

School Principal at Jbeil Charity School
  • Lebanon - Jbeil
  • January 2016 to August 2017

Jbeil Charity School: holding a teaching license issued on January 30th 2016 by the ministry of education, authorized decree nb. 59/M12016, signed by the Minister of Education, Mr Elias Bou Saab, assigning Ms Maya Youssef Yaacoub as its School Principal.

- Support HR operational activities: Supervises all school personnel directly and/or indirectly; recruiting, developing and retaining staffs; coordination, enhancement of personnel skills; building teamwork spirit…
- Reporting the school and staffs files and data to the ministry of education UNESCO
- Reporting the students’ files and data to the ministry of education BAABDA
- Reporting to the ministry of Finance BAABDA
- Reporting to the teachers’ NSSF and teachers’ funds صندوق التعويضات
- Teaching of Lebanese curriculum - “Grade 1” students.

Office Manager And Accountant at JRS Lebanon
  • Lebanon - Jbeil
  • July 2014 to December 2014

- To ensure receipt, payment, documentation and filing of all expenses…
- Management and updating of: fixed assets and inventory, purchases, maintenance of all equipment…
- responsible of all hosting and hospitality.
- Perform Front End bookkeeping (transactions entry, vouchers numbered and reconciled, cash and bank reconciliations…).
- To administer to project’s finance, guaranteeing a proper accounting of all project expenses.

Accountant and Assistant Manager at AZHAAR s.a.r.l.
  • Lebanon - Batroun
  • October 2006 to June 2014

• Accountant Field: STOCK & GL program.
- Establish, maintain and coordinate the implementation of accounting and control procedures.
- Explain billing invoices and accounting policies to staff, suppliers and clients.
• Assistant Manager:
- Assisting in achieving good import/export goods (dealing with foreign companies...).
- Online transactions, E-mails communication, Internet Researches...
- Managing deliveries from suppliers and serving customers.
- Support HR operational activities…

Education

Master's degree, MBA in Human Resource Management - GPA 3.83/4
  • at Arab Open University - Lebanon
  • April 2023
Bachelor's degree, BA in Business Administration - Systems Practices GPA 3.5/4
  • at Arab Open University - Lebanon
  • June 2011
Master's degree, Master Degree in English Language and Literature
  • at Lebanese University, Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences.
  • June 2010

Specialties & Skills

Program Implementation
HR Policies
Budget Tracking
Project Management
Team Leadership
MANAGEMENT
TEACHING
COMMUNICATIONS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
COLLABORATION
TEAMWORK
AGENDA (MEETING)
ACCOUNTANT
AND ACCOUNTING
CLIENTS
CLOSING
COST ACCOUNTING
IMPORT/EXPORT
INVOICES

Languages

Arabic
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English
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French
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