Education Technical Assistant G4 (Aleppo) - National Position
Syria
- Organization: NRC - Norwegian Refugee Council
- Location: Syria
- Grade: Junior level - Junior
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Occupational Groups:
- Administrative support
- Education, Learning and Training
- Closing Date: Closed
Duties and responsibilities
- Contribute, under the coordination of the education
officer, to the planning of the assigned education activities for children/youth (schedule, locations, resources, and targets), in line with NRC's education strategy, yearly planning, targets, and quality standards.
- Is directly responsible for the quality and timely implementation of all planned activities and
achievement of the targets set:
direct planning and facilitation of trainings for teachers and facilitators, and beneficiaries of vocational training, followed by technical support and coaching
planning and facilitation of children/youth led activities
delivery of awareness sessions and activities for/with parents;
plan and follow-up on the delivery of non-formal education activities for children/youth.
- She/he has the obligation to timely flag potential challenges and risks.
- Contribute to the assessment and selection of schools, venues, and centres for the
implementation of education activities.
- Responsible for the identification of key resources/stakeholders in the assigned schools, venues, centers, and communities.
- Establish and
maintain effective collaborative relationships with the school
principal, teachers, staff, parents, students, facilitators,
center/venue managers and community representatives.
- Provide support to the technical education unit, as per need, for the
design/contextualization (in English and Arabic) of education
materials and tools, in line with NRC's strategy and quality
standards.
- Ensure the monitoring and quality check of
the NRC activities conducted in the assigned schools/centres by contributing to data collection, documentation, data analysis and drafting of regular activity implementation and monitoring reports, as per NRC logframe and donor requirements
- Support the Education Officer to build synergies with other components of the
education programme and other core competencies. Constantly
liaises with relevant departments, as per need.
- Prepare all administrative, logistical, and financial arrangements and
documentation for the activities assigned/coordinated, as per NRC
standards.
- Assist in the selection process of the mobile resources needed to support the implementation of the
education programmes.
- Support the community outreach efforts, and the beneficiaries selection.
- Can be deployed temporarily to other field locations for initial
assessments, the delivery of education assistance, initiation/
planning/ coordination/ implementation/ monitoring/ evaluation of
children/youth education activities, recruitment of temporary
education staff (and/or capacity building.
- Can be re-allocated temporarily to other positions or requested to support other education activities that require a similar expertise, as per the education programme priorities.
Qualifications
- Minimum Bachelor Degree preferably in Education, related social field, or Economics.
- Previous experience from working in a humanitarian/recovery context, preferably as an education assistant.
- Previous experience from working in a complex and volatile context
- Previous relevant experience of minimum 1 year from working in education for children and/or youth (planning, implementing/overseeing the implementation and reporting education activities/projects)
- Good knowledge of English and Arabic, both written and verbal.
Personal qualities
- Experience of min. 1 year in teaching or facilitating trainings for youth or teachers, coaching teachers/trainers/facilitators or supervision of vocational trainings.
- Experience of min 1 year in facilitating activities with children and/or youth
- Experience in building relationship with key stakeholders (e.g: schools principals, communities, etc)
- Experience in overseeing the implementation of education activities and reporting.
- Knowledge of active learning strategies Good understanding of the public education system in Syria
We can offer
Contract period: Up to one year, renewable based on NRC fund and performance.
Salary/benefits:
According to NRC's salary scale and terms and conditions
IMPORTANT NOTES:
Candidates who do not fill the website application form in details may not be considered.
Candidates
whose answers to the screening questions are not matching with what is
written in their applications will not be shortlisted.
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee.
We work in crises across more than 30 countries, providing emergencies and long-term assistance to millions of people every year. We stand up for people forced to flee, advocating their rights.
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