Senior Education Officer - Sinjar

SCOPE OF WORK: Under the supervision of the Education Manager, the Sr. Officer will manage education activities in formal schools and a Safe Healing Learning Space. The Senior Officer will play a key role in planning programs and managing implementation, and monitoring of all education activities in Sinjar.

The location of the Senior Education Officer position is Sinjar City.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Directly manage and support two to three education officers based in Sinjar.
• Ensure timely completion staff timesheets, probation reviews and annual performance reviews.
• Set expectations and objectives for staff and provide appropriate and timely feedback on performance.
• Work with the Education Manager to develop work plans and oversee implementation of all education activities in Sinjar.
• Ensure that targets are met, and recommend adjustments to programming as necessary.
• Conduct regular field monitoring visits to assess progress, address challenges, and provide support to officers and other staff.
• Work with the Education Manager to ensure that spending is in line with budget.
• Ensure all monitoring data is properly collected and delivered to the M&E team.
• Oversee purchase requests.
• Support recruitment of education officers, community mobilizers, and facilitators.
• Support the Administrative Assistant in processing of purchase requests, as well as HR, finance and recruiting documentation.
• Maintain a professional relationship with support teams including Supply Chain, Finance, and Human Resources departments and coordinate with them on program delivery.
• Liaise with the Ministry of Education and the Directorate of Education offices when directed by the Education Manager.
• Support professional development of Education Officers and other.
• Other tasks as assigned by Education Manager.

Key Working Relationships:Education Manager, M&E officer, Supply Chain, Finance,HR.

Position Reports to:  Education Manager

Position directly supervises: two\three Education Officers, Administrative Assistant

• Bachelor Degree in education, social science, or related field
• 2 years’ experience implementing education, child protection or similar activities.
• Previous experience working with NGOs strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience project management is required.
• Previous experience supervising a team with diverse backgrounds.
• Previous experience in staff capacity building desirable.
• Knowledge of Sinjar and the formal education system in Ninewa is required.
• Strong organizational and communication skills.
• Experience working with vulnerable communities.
• Fluency in Arabic and either Kurmanji or Badini is required. English language skills strongly preferred.
• Personal qualities: Team player, flexible, comfortable working on a diverse team, able to handle pressure well.
• Basic understanding of Microsoft Word and Excel

Standards of Professional Conduct:

The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct.These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability.In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.

Gender Equality

IRC is committed to narrowing the gender gap in leadership positions. We offer benefits that provide an enabling environment for women to participate in our workforce including maternity leave, gender-sensitive security protocols and other supportive benefits and allowances. Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

Attention Returning National Candidates:

IRC strives to attract, motivate and retain qualified national staff in our programs. We strongly encourage national or returning national candidates to apply for this position. If you are a national of the country in which this position is based and are currently located outside of your home country and possess over two years of international work experience, IRC has introduced an attractive remuneration package. The package includes competitive compensation, return flight to post, shipping allowance, temporary housing and a relocation allowance. Certain restrictions may apply.

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and our recruitment process is based on merit.

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IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability.