Education Officer - (Afghan National) Location: Sar e Pul - Afghanistan

Mazar

Organization: NRC - Norwegian Refugee Council
Location: Mazar
Grade: Mid level - Mid level
Occupational Groups:
- Education, Learning and Training
- Emergency Aid and Response
- Education / Training
Closing Date: Closed

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, emergency food security, legal assistance, and water,sanitation and hygiene sectors.

The Norwegian Refugee Council has approximately 5000 committed and competent employees involved in projects across four continents. In addition, 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

Purpose of the Job:
The purpose of the Education Officer position is to implement delegated CC project portfolio
The Education Officer will help implement and monitor NRC’s Education Projects in Sar-e-Pull Province and it’s all districts. The aim of NRC’s Education programme is to enable vulnerable, displaced, returnee and host community children and youth have access to quality education in a protective environment.
Accelerated Education Programme (AEP) and Education in Emergency (EiE) is the main components of Education Projects in target provinces of North Region. And providing opportunities to enrolee out of school’s children to the AEP classes to supporting governmental Hub Schools and strengthen their capacity to host the IDP, Returnee and host community out of school children to continue their Education in upper level.
The Education Officer will report to the Education Project Manager- North (North Region, Mazar Office) and Education Coordinator working under the guidance of Education Specialist (Support Office, Kabul). He/ she will provide support and lead the Education in Sar-e-Pull for overall project management, implementation and monitoring of projects. He/ She will play a technically supporting role in coordinating, setting up and implementing all Education Project activities in Sar-e-Pull provinces during 2018, working closely with the education officers, technical assistants and supervisor in Kunduz province. He/she will be representing the Education project in the internal and external meetings and coordination the Education project implementation internally and externally in province level. He/ she will be expected to spend up to 30% of his/ her time in the field, providing technical support to the team, visiting partners and local authorities etc. The following is a brief description of the role.

Note: For more details about this position, kindly refer to the JD attached at the bottom.

Job description

Management of project staff
Implement plan of action for delegated portfolio of CC Education projects (activities, budget and project documentation)
Day to day follow of progress in project implementation
Ensure compliance with NRC policies CC tools, handbooks and guidelines
Ensure that projects target beneficiaries most in need, and explore and asses new and better ways to assist
Promote and share ideas for technical improvement
Prepare periodic progress reports and other documents
Ensure capacity building of project staff and transfer key skills
Liaison and collaborate with relevant local authorities and stakeholders
Promote the rights of IDPs/returnees in line with the advocacy strategy
Take the leadership in the design, implementation and M&E of Accelerated Education Program (AEP) Community Based Education (CBE) and Education in Emergency ( EiE) and technical components of the projects.
Capacity building of Education staff in ALP, CEB and EIE related issues
Ensuring accountable data base for Education project according to all the components of project and regular update of date collection.
Support Education PM and Education PC in overall implementation of Components of the project
Take the lead and coordinate with HR/Finance on the recruitments, contracts, payments of CBWs.

Qualifications

University degree/ Certification/ Diploma within Education / Management/ Development is required. Master Degree is preferred.
At least 3 years’ experience in an international NGO preferably in an emergency or post-conflict setting, of which 1-2 years should be with experience in developing and leading the implementation of Education project for an international NGO.
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 ALP, CBE, EIE and life skills
Experience in Education in Emergencies is an advantage
Experience in logistics and administrative management
Knowledge of the local language Dari, Uzbek, Pashto – if different than English