Education Coordinator - Kerman based (Iran Nationals Only) - Iran

Rights Respected - People Protected

About the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a non-governmental, humanitarian organization with 60 years of experience in helping to create a safer and more dignified life for refugees and internally displaced people. NRC advocates for the rights of displaced populations and offers assistance within the shelter, education, food security, livelihoods, legal assistance, and water, sanitation and hygiene sectors.

The Norwegian Refugee Council has approximately 6000 committed and competent employees involved in projects across four continents. NRC runs one of the world's largest standby rosters -NORCAP, with 650 professionals, ready to be deployed on 72 hours’ notice when a crisis occurs

NRC in the Islamic Republic in Iran

NRC started operations in Iran in 2012. We currently deliver humanitarian assistance in 5 provinces in the sectors of Education, Food Security and livelihoods, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Shelter construction, as well as Information, Counselling and Legal Assistance (ICLA). We co-lead several technical inter-agency working groups and provide capacity building to humanitarian partners in country.

Education Coordinator Responsibilities:

Generic responsibilities :

1. Participate and Line management of Education project field staff
2. Adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedures
3. Contribute to CC strategy development, project proposals and provide input on needs and gaps
4. Manage and implement delegated portfolio of Education projects (activities, budget and project documentation) as delegated from AM in line with proposals, strategies and donor requirements, and ensure high technical quality
5. Provide regular progress reports to AM (AM and CCS if no AM)
6. Ensure that projects target beneficiaries most in need of protection, explore and asses new and better ways to assist
7. Promote and share ideas for improvement and necessary changes in the activities
8. Ensure capacity building of project staff and transfer key skills
9. Liaise and collaborate with relevant local authorities and other key stakeholders
10. Promote the rights of IDPs/returnees in line with the advocacy strategy

Specific responsibilities:

• Monitor the partner implementation of the project according to work plan
• Monitor the budget expenditure
• Support and mentor staff and partners in project implementation

Our ideal candidate will have:

• Experience from working in project implementation position in a humanitarian/recovery context
• Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
• Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal
• Knowledge of the context in Iran
• Knowledge of Farsi
• Experience in humanitarian work, especially in education related response

We offer:

Contract until end of 2018 (3 month's probation period)

Salary/benefits: According to NRC's salary scale and terms and conditions (see attached Grade Structure)

This is a National position

Duty Station : Kerman