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IT Department
Data Protection Officer - Ras Beirut Campus
IC is looking for a Full Time Data Protection Officer to join the IT Department ASAP on a Full Time basis under a Staff Agreement
Job Summary:
The Data Protection Officer (DPO) ensures the school’s compliance with data protection laws and safeguarding individuals' privacy rights. The DPO also educates the constituencies of the school about best practices in data protection and implements measures to enforce data protection schoolwide.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Compliance Monitoring: Monitor IC's compliance with data protection laws and regulations, such as GDPR. This involves ensuring that the organization's data processing activities adhere to the legal requirements.
- Awareness and Training: Raise awareness within the school about data protection matters. This includes educating faculty, staff, and management about their obligations and responsibilities regarding data privacy. They may also provide training to staff involved in data processing.
- Data Privacy Impact Assessments (DPIAs): Assist in conducting DPIAs to assess the potential risks and impacts of data processing activities on individuals' privacy. This helps identify and mitigate potential privacy risks.
- Advisory Role: Serve as advisor to the institution, providing guidance on data protection issues, policies, and best practices. The DPO may advise on data breach response, consent mechanisms, and data subject rights.
- Record Keeping: Maintain records of data processing activities, data breaches, and data protection impact assessments.
- Communication with Regulatory Authorities: Act as a point of contact with data protection authorities. Report data breaches and communicate with regulators as required by law.
- Conflict Resolution: Mediate and resolve privacy-related disputes or conflicts within the school.
- Monitoring and Auditing: Regularly monitor and audit data processing activities to identify and rectify any non-compliance issues.
- Documentation and Policies: Develop and maintain data protection policies, procedures, and documentation to ensure that the school has a clear framework for compliance.
- Data Subject Requests: Handle data subject requests, such as access requests, rectification requests, and requests for erasure (right to be forgotten), ensuring they are processed within legal timeframes.
- Work with Human Resources, Lawyers, School Security, and/or outside law enforcement agencies to complete investigations involving any major data breaches whether administrative or criminal.
- Develop security training for the various departments that use school data systems.
- Perform other related duties, as requested by the VP for Technology.
Educational Requirements and Competencies:
- A Bachelor or a Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or MIS.
- Certification in Data Protection.
- Extensive knowledge of database applications and data safeguarding.
- Excellent presentation and communication skills.
- High standard of ethical, confidentiality/privacy and healthy professional boundaries
- Proficiency in Arabic and English (oral & written)
The deadline for applying is on November 30, 2023.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
LMC
Head Librarian - Secondary School
IC is looking for a Full Time Head Librarian to join its Secondary school, Ras Beirut campus, on a Full Time basis under a Staff Agreement.
Job Summary:
The Head Librarian will be under Staff Employment Agreement. He/she will support the Library functions at IC by managing the day-to-day operation of the Libraries and providing for the educational needs of students and faculty. The Head Librarian will maintain an atmosphere that is welcoming and conducive to learning..
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
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Educational Requirements and Competencies:
- Bachelor or Master’s degree in Library Science or Library and Information Science from a recognized university.
- Minimum of five years’ experience working in a related role in a school or university environment.
- Previous management experience preferred.
- Possess highly developed verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Dedicated to creating opportunities for the use of library resources and facilities.
- A collaborative, team member with the ability to be decisive and directional where situations demand.
- Proficiency in computer skills.
- Passion for reading, literature, and technology in education.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Deadline for applying: June 20, 2022
Business Office
Payroll Accountant - Ras Beirut Campus
IC is looking for a Full Time Payroll Accountant to join its Business Office at Ras Beirut Campus, effective May 1, 2023.
Job Summary:
The primary responsibility of the Payroll Accountant will be to issue employee payments, and process paychecks while considering deductions and withholdings. He/she will prepare payroll schedules and records and will contribute to various accounting tasks, such as updating payroll files. To succeed in this role, he/she must be able to calculate tax deductions and adhere to the accounting principles and regulations.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Ensuring all payroll transactions are processed efficiently.
- Preparing monthly employee salaries and reports.
- Collecting, calculating, and entering data in order to maintain and update payroll information.
- Compiling summaries of earnings, taxes, deductions, leave, and non-taxable salaries and reporting on this.
- Maintaining a report on payroll expenses.
- Preparing and filing monthly, quarterly and year-end tax returns & payroll statements.
- Maintaining and updating the bank account details of employees.
- Addressing any queries from employees regarding payments, taxes, and other benefits.
- Making a note of employee deductions.
- Identifying and resolving payroll discrepancies.
- Maintaining payroll operations by following policies and procedures.
- Adhering to the local and international regulations when performing accounting practices.
- Developing ad hoc financial and operational reporting as needed.
- Coordinating with the HR department for any employee details.
- Performing any other duties as assigned.
Educational Requirements and Competencies:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- 5 to 8 years of experience as a Payroll Accountant, Payroll Officer in the Accounting or HR Department.
- Familiarity with accounting principles.
- Excellent organizational and communication skills.
- Committed to a high degree of professionalism and ability to maintain the confidentiality of sensitive information.
- Excellent accounting skills and a keen eye for detail. Moreover, he/she should display reliability in handling any sensitive information.
- Strong mathematical skills and knowledge of national and regional laws on payroll and taxes and ensure all payroll procedures are legally compliant.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Good time management and organizational skills.
- Ability to handle stressful situations.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Deadline for applying: Friday March 31, 2023
Ras Beirut Campus
Part Time Physician
IC is looking for a Part Time Physician to join its campus in Ras Beirut, commencing January 2024.
The ideal candidate will be a:
- Family medicine doctor.
- Trilingual.
- Minimum 5 years of experience as family medicine.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Deadline for applying: November 30, 2023.
Ain Aar Campus
Counselor - Lower School
IC is looking for a Full Time Counselor to join its Lower School at Ain Aar Campus, under Staff Employment Agreement, effective January 2024.
Job Summary:
The Counselor works with students, parents and staff to help determine and improve the child’s well-being. The counselor provides education, prevention and intervention services that facilitate social skills and development of self-management with the ultimate aim of enhancing the educational and psycho-social development of children.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Act as a child protection officer.
- Identify academic, personal and social/emotional needs for the purpose of removing barriers to learning and in promoting academic achievement.
- Observe students as required and as needed.
- Listen to students’ concerns about academic, emotional or social problems.
- Help students process their problems and plan goals and action.
- Intervene and assist students in the event of a crisis or during transitions.
- Present sessions addressing social skills, behavior issues, personality and emotional development.
- Contribute to online platforms such as Advisory Moodle Course as needed thus informing teachers about student’s needs.
- Provide a safe and supportive learning environment.
- Work with faculty, staff and parents to improve the mental, social and emotional development of students.
- Offer professional workshops to parents and teachers.
- Work closely with all school student support personnel.
- Keep a thorough, comprehensive and confidential record of each student/group of students, these are the property of IC, consulted and shared to support students.
- Ensure appropriate records are handed on as students’ progress from a school to another.
- Take action whenever a student’s safety is at risk in compliance with the school policies and procedure.
- Assist with transition to the next school division for admissions as needed.
- With parental consent refer to and collaborate with outside specialists.
- Attend class meetings as appropriate or as needed.
- Hold regular meetings with the Director.
- Provide support for students undergoing disciplinary actions (Social, emotional, educational and family support).
- Submit a regular report evaluating the cases and making recommendations.
- Perform other tasks as requested by the Director.
Educational Background and Competencies:
- Master’s degree in school counseling/Psychology or a related field from an accredited and reputable university.
- Permit to practice the profession from the Ministry of Public Health or equivalent overseas qualifications.
- A minimum of 3 years’ experience in school counseling (School age appropriate: 3 to 18 years).
- High standard of ethical, confidentiality/privacy and healthy professional boundaries.
- Qualities including great interpersonal and communication skills, empathy, open-mindedness, flexibility, a cross-cultural mind, can establish healthy rapport with students.
- Proficiency in foreign languages, mainly in English and French.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Deadline for applying: December 15, 2023
How to Apply
- Applications will be carefully examined to evaluate education and experience in relationship to the specific requirements of the position.
- Applications that do not meet the requirements will be discarded.
- If we have job openings, applicants whose expertise is more in line with our current needs will be contacted for interview.
- If there are no job openings, we will keep your application on active file for future reference.
- Apply online in order to ensure that your application receives full review and consideration.