Education Assistant Iraq Tuz

1.      Role and responsibilities

Generic responsibilities:

• Adhere to NRC policies, tools, handbooks and guidelines
• Assist with the implementation of the support function portfolio according to plan of action
• Prepare and develop status reports as required by management
• Ensure proper filing of documents
• Promote and share ideas for improvement of the support function

Specific responsibilities:

• To assist in the implementation of education activities under direction of the Education Officer
• Supervise education activities and provide support to teachers in line with program objectives
• Provide support to NRC activities, schools and facilitate key activities with children in line with NRC quality standards
• Ensure direct communication and feedback with beneficiaries and relevant host communities
• Ensure ongoing monitoring and reporting of projects at field level
• Organize, support and participate in Mother’s Group, parents teach association (PTA), DoE and community-level meetings.
• Regularly travel to the field to support education, recreation and psycho-social support (PSS) activities.
• Organize and implement distributions of teaching and learning materials
• Any other task relevant to the position as requested by line manager
• Establishing positive work relations with headmasters and DoE supervisors and representatives in school level

2.    Our Ideal Candidate:

• Experience from working as a Project Assistant in a humanitarian/recovery context
• Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts ability to remain calm and professional in tense situations
• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
• Knowledge of local languages, especially Arabic. Knowing English is an advantage
• Solid computer skills, including MS Word, Outlook and Excel
• Proven ability to multi-task and meet deadlines
• Ability to work diligently both independently and in a team setting

3.      Other information:

Contract Duration: 7 months 

Duty Station: Central Iraq Area office-Tuz

Health Insurance is provided 

Salary: G5/S1, According to NRC’s Iraq salary scale and terms and conditions.

Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply
NRC is an equal opportunity employer and aims to have staffing diversity in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, nationality, and physical ability.

For more information, please read the Job Description