How to get an NGO job in Lebanon

NGO hiring follows the project

Most NGO jobs in Lebanon exist because a donor funded a project. The posting usually names the project, the donor, the sector, and the area: a livelihoods project funded by the EU in Akkar, or a protection program in the Bekaa. The contract often runs as long as the funding.

Read those details first. Your CV and cover letter should answer them.

Roles open most often

Most openings fall into a few families. Your title should match one of them.

• Program and project roles: project officer, project coordinator, program manager.
• Field roles: field officer, case worker, community mobilizer, outreach worker.
• MEAL: monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning officers.
• Support roles: finance, HR, logistics, procurement, and admin.
• Sector specialists: protection, WASH, education, shelter, health, cash assistance.

Open the CV with the sector and the area

In the first lines, say which sectors you have worked in and where. “Three years in protection and case management with Syrian and Lebanese families in the Bekaa” tells the hiring manager you fit before they read further.

Skip the corporate objective statement. NGO recruiters want the sector, the population you served, and the scale.

Show the numbers and the donors

Under each role, write the project, the donor, and what you delivered.

• “Managed a caseload of 45 households under an EU-funded protection project.”
• “Ran 60 awareness sessions reaching 1,200 people in Akkar.”
• “Prepared monthly donor reports and tracked indicators in ActivityInfo.”

Tools and languages

Name the tools NGOs use: KoBoToolbox, ODK, ActivityInfo, Power BI, and Excel. MEAL roles filter on them.

State Arabic and English levels honestly. Many roles need written English for reports and spoken Arabic for the field. French helps with French-funded agencies.

The cover letter still matters

Many NGOs read cover letters and use them to shortlist. Keep it to one page. Answer the posting's requirements in the same order, one short paragraph each, with an example.

Some applications ask competency questions instead. Answer them the same way: situation, what you did, and the result.

Expect a written test

NGO interviews often include a written test: a short report, a case scenario, or a budget exercise. Practice writing a one-page activity summary with numbers, since that is what they are testing.

Know the humanitarian principles and your safeguarding responsibilities. Most panels ask at least one question about them.

Where to look

Browse NGO jobs in Lebanon and follow the organizations working in your sector. Openings come in waves when new funding starts, so apply as soon as a matching role is posted.