Norwegian Refugee Council
Job Vacancy
Education Officer
In Palestine, NRC provides humanitarian assistance and promotes respect for international law in one of the longest-running displacement crises in modern history. In the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Gaza, NRC’s work includes emergency preparedness and response, education, ICLA, protection, shelter, and WASH.
Specific responsibilities
- Ensure a minimum of 80% of the time participating in project field activities
- Participate in team planning, regular meetings, and M&E activities in coordination with the Technical Officer (including FGD, pre-assessment, post-assessment, research & evaluations taking place during the course of the year, etc.)
- Based on needs assessment results, work closely with school management, teaching and non-teaching staff on designing, planning, and implementing project related activities
- Implement, follow up and supervise the project implementation in assigned schools closely with school management and supervisors/Master Trainers
- Observe teachers/counsellors’ performance to ensure project activities are implemented according to quality standards and provide structured feedback in line with a training plan based on gaps identified
- Ensure keeping accurate records of project data for assigned schools (KoBO data entry, targets, assessments, beneficiaries, pictures, beneficiaries’ feedback, etc.)
- Prepare, revise, and develop teaching/non-teaching staff training materials/packages based on needs/gaps identified and lead/facilitate the required training sessions/workshops for teaching and non-teaching staff in target schools, in a collaboration with schools’ management
- Implement awareness sessions for parents and teaching staff in assigned schools
- Develop individual work plans to address the needs of the target groups to be shared with PC
- Collaborate with partners in the implementation of approved activities and ensure their implementation is in accordance with the agreed plan
- Follow up on seconded counsellors’ performance attendance and commitment in assigned schools, and provide needed technical and logistical support
- Provide self-care guidance to school staff, parents, and local partners
- Prepare purchase requisition according to approved activities plan, budget, procurement, and requests from PC.
- Undertake any other reasonable task assigned by management
Our Ideal Candidate must have:
- Relevant tertiary education, Bachelor degree in Education
- At least 3 years’ experience in education in emergencies, psycho-educational and/or social-emotional programming
- Experience in education pedagogical techniques and psycho-educational capacity building techniques
- Experience in participatory approaches to aid and develop programming
- Fluency in Arabic, both written and verbal
- Good command in English, both writing and verbal
- Experience working at the project officer level in a humanitarian/recovery context
- Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
- Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
In this position, you will join a highly motivated and experienced team making a difference for vulnerable people in one of the world's most complex humanitarian crises.
Additional Information:
Contract duration: 12 months
Working hours: 40 hours/week, Sun-Thu (5 days per week)
Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s salary scale and terms and conditions
Duty station: Gaza (open to Gaza residents only)
Start Date: ASAP
NRC is an equal opportunities employer and aims to have staffing diversity in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, nationality, and physical ability.
Contact person: Reham Khalaf, reham.khalaf@nrc.no
Dead Line: 12 Feb 2022
Interested and qualified candidates can Apply Now from here