JOB DESCRIPTION

All NRC employees are expected to work by the organisation’s core values: dedication, innovation, inclusivity, and accountability. These attitudes and beliefs shall guide our actions and relationships.

Purpose of the role

The Education officer is responsible of the implementation of education activities within the Bekaa area.

What you will do

Coordinate the Education activities according to strategy, proposals, budgets and plans
Ensure adherence to NRC policies and donor requirements
Involve and inform communities and community leaders about the activities
Break down the annual operational plans into weekly, monthly and quarterly implementation plans
Coordinate with relevant partners
Ensure that procurement, development and distribution of materials and equipment are timely and according to procedures
Supervise, train and develop team
Prepare periodic progress reports and other documents as required
Investigate and facilitate introduction of new technology, methods and approaches in order to improve the quality of the activities
Ensures that NRC’s related activities are implemented within NRC’s Protection mainstreaming guidelines and reports any breaches/concerns to the line manager and/or focal point for proper action
Ensures that all protection related detected cases are referred to the concerned referral focal point and to the related Protection Coordinator

Specifically, you will;

Participate in design and implementation of education assessments (i.e. teachers training needs, students’ participation, school management, parents/community involvement in education etc…)
Participate in design of training programs based on needs assessments
Participate to development of training module, both in English and Arabic
Explain the project aims and objectives to volunteers/ animators and beneficiaries through daily contact and the organization of regular visits and meetings.
Create a safe classroom environment conducive to learning and appropriate to the physical, social, and emotional development of children and youth both inside and outside the community centre
Developing and maintaining positive relations with refugee and host communities, local authorities and other local actors.
Participate in development of communication tools (ex.: newsletters)
Plan and prepare outreach work and conduct frequently outreach information and counseling sessions with identified communities.
Organize awareness sessions for children and parents.
Ensure that the projects implemented are realized in a timely manner and as per the objectives and activities in the project work plan.
Ensure an integrative programming approach with other NRC Lebanon Core Competency Programs.
Promotion of learning space activities
Registration of children and youth for programs
Monitoring of and maintaining quality education programs
Monitoring and supervision of transport for beneficiaries (including accompanying beneficiaries on transport)
Design forms as required, questionnaires and other templates.
Maintain an up to date archive system (both in hardcopies and electronically).
Report weekly & monthly (or more often, if required) on activities and results to the relevant NRC staff.
Collection and entering of data for monitoring and evaluation processes e.g. data base, student daily attendance
Carry out administrative tasks as requested and agreed upon.
Provide timely reports to supervisors.
Other duties as assigned and agreed upon.

 

Professional competencies

Bachelor’s degree in Education or related field
2-3 years’ experience from working in Education field as a teacher or trainer in a humanitarian/recovery context
Strong documentation, research and report writing skills
Proficiency in English & Arabic both written and spoken
Experience in designing and presenting training and participatory programs

Behavioral competencies

Planning and delivering results
Handling insecure environments
Working with people
Coping with change
Communicating with impact and respect

What We Offer

NRC is an equal opportunities employer and aims to have staffing diversity in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, nationality, and physical ability.

We offer an opportunity to match your career to a compelling cause and a chance to meet and work with people who are the best in their fields.

We are also looking for people who share our values:

To be dedicated in what we do;
To be innovative with our solutions;
To act as one unified and inclusive team;
To be accountable to the donors that make our work possible; the people we exist to serve, and to each other… the members of our NRC family.

Kindly note that empty or incomplete applications as well as CVs received via email will not be considered official and will not be processed.

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: No requirements