Education Assistant Sudan Gadarif

                                        Education Assistant Sudan Gedarif (National Position)

                                                                    Job advertisement

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Who Are We ?  NRC is an International Non-Governmental Organization that operates in more than 30 countries. The main headquarter is in Oslo – Norway. NRC resumes its operation in Sudan on March 2020 and since then it has established different Area Offices in Gadarif, Fasher, Geneina, Kosti and South Kordofan. NRC is mainly involved in different core competencies such as Education, Protection, Wash, Shelter, Livelihoods and Food Security and Camp Management. The current Country Office is placed in Khartoum. 

Role Specific Information

1. Adhere to NRC policies, tools, handbooks, and guidelines, with strict adherence to the Code of Conduct and Child Safeguarding policies
2. Assist with the implementation of the Education portfolio
3. Prepare and develop status reports and other documents as required by management
4. Ensure proper filing of documents
5. Promote the rights of refugees, IDPs, returnees and the host community in-line with SPERE and INEE Minimum Standards
6. Provide daily support to education incentive staff and teachers, and supervise daily workers in line with programme objectives and NRC quality standards
7. Ensure direct communication and feedback with beneficiaries and stakeholders at field level, with a focus on community leaders, headmasters/principals, teachers, and students
8. Lead in mobilization and sensitization of community members 
9. Assist with capacity building activities for beneficiaries, with a focus on teachers
10. Organize, support, and participate in Mother’s Groups, PTAs, School Improvement Plans and School-Based Management Committees
11. Regularly travel to the field to support education/PSS interventions and classroom/WASH construction activities; monitor and ensure regular needs for supplies are met
12. Organize and implement distributions of teaching and learning supplies and materials; maintain records of commodity movements and secure appropriate supporting documents
13. Ensure ongoing monitoring and reporting of project outputs/outcomes at field level per the M&E plan and donor requirements
14. Ensure complaints and feedback response mechanism is in place at field level
15. Ensure schools and learning spaces are safe for children and report all protection concerns immediately
16. Any other task relevant to the position as requested by the line and/or technical manager 

Our Ideal Candidate:

• Experience working in a humanitarian/recovery context preferred
• Experience working in complex and volatiles contexts preferred
• Basic computer skills, including MS Word, Outlook and Excel required
• Ability to work diligently both independently and in a team, setting required
• Willingness to travel regularly to the field in under-resourced settings required
• Fluency in Arabic, both written and verbal required; some English language skills preferred
• Knowledge of the EiE context in Sudan is preferred
• Knowledge of the circumstances, needs and challenges displacement and conflict-affected refugee, host community, returnee and IDP children face preferred
• Experience with EiE and formal basic education in a humanitarian context preferred
• Experience working with children and/or educators preferred
• Experience liaising with and mobilizing local and community stakeholders preferred
• Field level experience with an NGO an asset
• Understanding of SPHERE and INEE Minimum Standards an asset

Candidates are encouraged to apply early, as applications may be screened prior to the vacancy deadline

Email and paper applications will not be considered.

QUALIFIED FEMALE CANDIDATES ARE PARTICULARLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY!!!

Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s salary scale and terms and conditions

Duty station: Gedarif

Travel: 80%

NRC may be required to verify the identity of its partners and to check that its partners have not been involved in illegal activities. NRC reserves the right to use electronic screening tools for this purpose.

NB: All employees of the Norwegian Refugee Council should be able to adhere to our Code of Conduct and the four organizational values: Dedicated, innovative, inclusive and accountable​. 

To apply please visit www.nrc.no careers