Education Officer Lebanon South

Lebanon

Organization: NRC - Norwegian Refugee Council
Location: Lebanon
Grade: Mid level - Mid level
Occupational Groups:
- Education, Learning and Training
Closing Date: Closed

All NRC employees are expected to work in accordance with the organization’s core values: dedication, innovation, inclusivity and accountability. These attitudes and believes shall guide our actions and relationships. 

1. Role and responsibilities:

The Education Officer is responsible for contributing to the development and implementation of the Education program in the South through organizing and delivering Education activities in line with NRC’s strategy and standards.

Generic responsibilities:

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
Ensure that procurement, development and distribution of materials and equipment are timely and according to procedures
Supervise, train and develop the 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.
Ensure that all protection related detected cases are referred to the concerned referral focal point and to the related Protection Coordinator.

Specific responsibilities:

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
Develop and maintain 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.

Promote learning space activities and register children and youth for relevant programs
Monitor and maintain quality education programs
Monitor and supervise transport for beneficiaries (including accompanying beneficiaries on transport)
Design forms, questionnaires and other templates as required.
Maintain an up to date archive system (both in hardcopies and electronically).

Report when required on activities and results to supervisors and relevant NRC staff.
Collect and enter data for monitoring and evaluation processes e.g. data base, student daily attendance

Critical interfaces:

Refugees focal points
Local authorities
Local and International NGOs

Other NRC core competencies

2. Competencies:

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