Education Officer G5 - National Position (internal candidates only) Aleppo

Syria

Organization: NRC - Norwegian Refugee Council
Location: Syria
Grade: Mid level - Mid level
Occupational Groups:
- Education, Learning and Training
Closing Date: Closed

All NRC employees are expected to work in accordance with the organization’s core values. To be dedicated, innovative, inclusive and accountable are attitudes and believes shall guide our actions and relationships.

Duties and responsibilities

Contribute, under the supervision of the Team Leader, to the planning, preparation, coordination, and the successful implementation and documentation, of the Children/Youth Education (livelihoods) programs components assigned, in line with NRC's quality standards, projects’ log frames, and donor requirements.
Support the Education Technical Unit in the contextualization/revision of education/training materials, and tools, in English and Arabic, as per need and capacity for the programs that she/he is assigned to.
Supervise the (technical) education assistants assigned, in terms of performance, allocation of tasks, work plan, day to day work, and leaves, and support them to further build their capacity and expertise.
Ensure direct management and problem solving of day-to-day tasks and challenges, in coordination with the line manager.
Ensure that appropriate outreach activities and fair beneficiary registration and selection processes are conducted for the implementation of the education programs components assigned.
Is responsible for ensuring that proper and timely administrative, logistical, and financial arrangements and documentation needed for the implementation of the assigned programs components are prepared by the assigned team, in line with NRC procedures.
Ensure the monitoring of the children / youth education programs components assigned, by contributing to data collection, spot visits, data analysis, and drafting of regular activity implementation/monitoring/evaluation reports, need-based.
Contribute to the recruitment of casual resources required for the implementation of the education programs components assigned and ensure that their work assignments are properly managed and documented.
May be requested to provide inputs for the design of annual plans and reports in relation to the children/youth education programs components assigned.
Contribute to need assessments, area profiling, and initial assessments in current or new operation areas and informs decisions on area/community selection, programs response and approach, based on own capacity and knowledge.
Can be deployed temporarily to other field locations for initial assessments, during the initiation/ planning/ coordination/ implementation/ monitoring/ evaluation of non-formal children/youth education activities, recruitment of casual resources and/or capacity building.
Can be re-allocated temporarily to other positions or requested to support other education activities/programs that require a similar expertise, as per the education programs priorities.

Qualifications

Minimum Bachelor Degree, preferably in education, social work, business, finance, or any related field
Previous experience from working in a humanitarian/recovery context, preferably as a project officer.
Previous experience from working in a complex and volatile context
Experience in coordinating teams.
Fluency in English and Arabic, both written and verbal.
Previous relevant experience (3 years) with Children/Youth education/Youth programs (planning, implementing/overseeing the implementation and reporting for education/livelihoods activities/projects) – formal/non-formal education programs (academic, life-skills and recreational activities for Children, vocational and life skills trainings, entrepreneurship, business set-up and employment for Youth).
Teaching experience in schools or in delivering trainings and/or mentoring/ coaching teachers/facilitators/trainers (public or private schools, community centers or institutes, etc.) (PREFERABLE)
Experience in dealing with public stakeholders within the Edu system (e.g. school principals, MoE/DoE representatives, communities).
Experience in contributing to the designing/ revision/ contextualization of learning/ recreational/ PSS materials / programs for children or youth.
Knowledge in pedagogy, child/youth development and evaluation of learning

Personal qualities

Ability to work independently in a result oriented multi-tasking and multi-cultural environment
Analysing and critical thinking.
Empowering and building trust
Ability to handle stress and insecure environments
Respectful and appropriate attitude towards colleagues and beneficiaries.
Ability to cope and support the team to cope well with change

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.
Duty station: Aleppo

IMPORTANT NOTES:
- Candidates who do not fill in the website application form in details may not be considered.

You may refer to the relevant job description through the following link here

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.

NORCAP is a global provider of expertise that contributes to solving challenges in the humanitarian, development and peacebuilding sectors. Our ultimate goal is to strengthen the resilience, and protect the lives, rights and livelihoods of vulnerable people and communities

NRC also runs the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre in Geneva, a global leader in reporting on and advocating for people displaced within their own country.

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