Rita Farhat, Project coordinator

Rita Farhat

Project coordinator

International Orthodox Christian Charities

Location
Lebanon - Beirut
Education
Bachelor's degree, Bachelor of Business Administration – Healthcare Management
Experience
7 years, 10 Months

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Total years of experience :7 years, 10 Months

Project coordinator at International Orthodox Christian Charities
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • October 2023 to March 2024

Coordinating the implementation of a national health project funded by UNICEF. Responsibilities include:
Implementation | Coordinating central efforts to ensure activities’ completion within time and budgetary resources as well as proper
alignment with operations and financial dimensions| Overseeing fieldwork and office management to ensure execution is responsive to
communities and aligned with donor principles and values | Supporting team members in the process using effective communications
Community Relations | Establishing relationships with host government authorities, donors, and partner agencies | Participating in
relevant sector meetings and advocating for community interests
Funding and Donors |Contributing to substantive progress and donor reports, including seeking new funding opportunities |
Supervising funding pursuits including coordinating with proposal writers to develop budgets and timelines | Ensuring financial requests
and reports are completed within set timeframes and budgets, liaising with internal departments
Leadership |Redesigning internal processes to enhance sustainability, efficiency and community responsiveness | Providing leadership to
the team and appropriate support for project implementation | Coordinating with project managers to align activities, goals and resources
Strategic Planning | Conceptualizing and design innovative programs with stakeholders to serve communities effectively |
Formulating and implementing strategic plans aligned with organizational objectives
M&E | Conducting ongoing monitoring and evaluation of projects to track progress and outcomes | Designing monitoring tools as needed
to assess project effectiveness | Participating in project evaluations to facilitate organizational learning and improvement

Program coordinator at AL Midan NGO
  • Lebanon - Tripoli
  • March 2022 to October 2023

Designing and leading programs in livelihood, protection health, social stability, and youth empowerment sectors funded by
GIZ, UNICEF, DRC, SAMS, WAR CHILD, DOT Lebanon, Humanity Inclusion. Responsibilities include:
Implementation | Ensuring strategic projects are carried out in direct connection with operations, finance, and administrative
department | Supporting and overseeing the management of any field implementation/office | Ensuring projects are executed in ways
responsive to the communities, in line with the donor’s international principles, values and strategic plan
Community Relations | Establishing, maintaining and improving active and regular working relationships with host government
authorities, donors, partner agencies including major institutional donors and local and international NGOs | Participating in relevant
sector meetings and other meetings for coordination purposes | Participating in the child rights convention workshops as an advocate for
‘Thrive and Survive the SDGs’ | Member, and Focal Point for UNHCR In-Country PSEA Network
Funding and Donors | Contributing to the preparation of timely and high - quality progress reports, program reports and donor
reports | Supervising and pro- actively pursuing funding opportunities | Seeking funding opportunities and coordinating with the proposal
writer to select the activities, area of implementation, staffing; prepare the timeline and set the budget
Leadership | Redesigning and restructuring the organizational structure, policies and procedures to enhance a sustainable organizational
culture | Provide leadership for and managing the efforts of the staff to ensure appropriate support | Coordinating with all project
managers regarding the implementation of project-specific activities
Strategic Planning | Conceptualizing and designing cost effective, innovative and high-quality programs/projects to serve the most
vulnerable marginalized communities | Formulating and implementing Al Midan’s strategic plans
M&E | Conducting monitoring and evaluation for ongoing projects | Designing monitoring and evaluation tools as needed | Participate
in projects evaluations to enhance organizational learning through documenting lessons learned

Field Supervisor at Al Midan NGO
  • Lebanon - Tripoli
  • November 2019 to March 2022

Supported the Project Manager and the entire team in planning, monitoring and implementing project activities to meet the
project deliverables based on the timeline and scope agreed with relevant partners in the T5 area. Responsibilities included:
Implementation | Providing day-to-day project support including administrative, financial and logistical dimensions | Participating in
team planning and coordination of meetings and trainings | Guiding field staff on executing the activities in each project location |
Providing education and trainings to staff about health, hygiene, treatment and wellbeing topics
Community Relations | Arranging meetings and building relationships with local entities and authorities to facilitate the projects |
Introducing the project to municipality and community leaders including religious leaders to get their support and explore new channels to
reach targets | Working with NGO partners in liaising with key stakeholders to strengthen collaboration and integration |
M&E | Providing weekly reports and contributing to periodic risk assessments to inform the implementation plans | Monitoring
fieldwork and sessions provided by the FWs | Compiling data received from FW and submitting weekly and monthly reports |Visiting
project locations to oversee activities, events and collect information to report on performance outcomes | Ensuring accurate collection and
timely submission of qualitative and quantitative data meeting specific monitoring tools | Supporting M&E efforts by documenting project
outputs, outcomes, and impact to inform donor and internal reporting | Adapting RIMS for cross sectoral referrals at outreach level |
Assisting in data analysis to facilitate assessment results and lessons learned | Ensuring adherence to grant agreement, Al Midan policies
and procedures, and relevant external rules and regulations
Project: Enhance Continuity of Healthcare to Children and Women in North Lebanon under Covid and
Economic Crises
In partnership with UNICEF and MOPH. Project-specific responsibilities included:
Ensuring that the outreach teams are trained on UNICEF integrated programmatic messages | Monitoring the distribution of
micronutrients supplementation for U5 through the integrated IYCF program | Mapping PHCs in vulnerable localities and the
services provided in each catchment area | Collaborating with PHCs to assess causes leading caregivers to default from children
antenatal, postnatal and immunization schedules | Encouraging residents to seek PHC services | Collecting data to monitor
outcomes and contributing to MOPH drop-outs analysis | Supporting MPPH PHC departments and EPI points in supplementary
and accelerated immunization activities | Supporting AIA activities and outreach staff collecting MERA data
Project: Improving Maternal Newborn Children Adolescents Health Access in North Lebanon
In partnership with UNICEF. Project-specific responsibilities included:
Raising IYCF awareness focusing on complimentary feeding | Promoting exclusive breastfeeding services targeting vulnerable families
and mothers of 0-2 years infants | Raising reproductive and adolescence health awareness | Directing families to access PHC services
Project: Measles Emergency Campaign of the MOPH Lebanon along with the Lebanese Pediatric Society
In partnership with WHO and UNICEF. Project-specific responsibilities included:
Raising awareness about vaccination focusing on children seeking the Measles and MMR vaccines in PHCs and school

Customer Relations Management Coordinator at Keserwan Medical Center (KMC), affiliated with AUB Medical Center
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • June 2016 to November 2019

Promoted and ensured patient satisfaction by implementing a patient-centered care approach. Responsibilities included:
Leading the Executive Patient Program | Coordinating home care for select patients | Completing daily patient rounds, identifying issues,
documenting complaints and addressing grievances | Conducting monthly reports coordinating interdepartmental issues | Evaluating
policies and overseeing compliance with regulations and accreditation procedures | Coordinating conferences, symposium and campaigns

Education

Bachelor's degree, Bachelor of Business Administration – Healthcare Management
  • at Notre Dame University – Louaize
  • June 2017

Specialties & Skills

COORDINATING
PLANNING
OPERATIONS
GROUNDWORK (CONSTRUCTION)
PUBLIC RELATIONS
HYGIENE
IMMUNIZATION
INTEGRATION
MANAGEMENT
MAPPING

Languages

Danish
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Arabic
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French
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English
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