Deadline: 06 February, 2021
Location: Kibondo, Tanzania
Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is seeking to fill the role of Education Officer.
NRC provides assistance, protection and durable solutions to refugees and internally displaced persons worldwide.
Responsibilities
- Ensure adherence to NRC policies, tools, handbooks and guidelines
- Ensure education department has up-to-date, accurate data and analyse such data appropriately to the needs of the department
- Promote and share ideas for improvement
- Implement delegated education project portfolio according to plan of action
- Prepare and develop status reports as required by supervisor
- Ensure proper filing of documents
- Ensure projects target beneficiaries most in need, and explore and assess new and better ways to assist
- Coordinate with relevant partners within the education sector and represent NRC at camp relevant meetings
- Supervise the education assistants, ensuring they prepare and follow weekly and monthly workplans
- Implement delegated education project portfolio according to plan of action
- Involve and inform communities and community leaders about activities
- Support the implementation of NRC’s education programme policy through working with programme management
- Prepare and submit weekly and monthly, quarterly and annual operational plans and reports of education activities
- Develop plans for improved education activities on the basis of previous evaluations
- Use the collected data effectively to continuously monitor and evaluate the performance of all educational activities
- Ensure procurement and distribution of sanitary kits, hygiene and play materials and equipment for the pupils are timely and according to procedures
- Take lead in conducting teacher training
- Undertake any additional duties determined by the education coordinator, education manager or area manager
Requirements
- Degree in Education or higher diploma with experience of working in education sector
- Three years, minimum, of proven practical experience in the planning and execution of education projects
- Ability to initiate, develop, plan and implement an integrated programme
- Excellent communication (spoken and written) skills, including the ability to explain and present technical information
- Experience from working as an education officer/equivalent with more field coordination roles in a humanitarian/recovery context
- Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
- Ability to use a wide variety of software, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Sensitivity to the needs and priorities of disadvantaged populations
- Demonstrated experience of integrating gender and diversity issues into education programming
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