Country: Somalia
Closing date: 27 Nov 2017
Job Title: Education Officer
Location: Dhusamareeb, Galmudug Region, Somalia
Supervisor: Resilience Manager
Background: The International Rescue Committee has been working in Somalia since 2006, providing essential services to conflict and disaster affected communities. The IRC has been operational in Central Somalia (Mudug and Galgadud regions) and Mogadishu implementing interventions in the areas of livelihood, WASH and health reaching out to more than 200,000 conflict and drought affected people.
The project aims to ensure children are gaining literacy, numeracy and social emotional skills in a safe and conducive environment – both in non-formal centers and formal schools – and that children who are falling behind get additional help.
Job overview: The Education Officer will be responsible for ensuring the timeliness of education interventions, and will help ensure that education activities are of quality and relevance, and are tailored to the needs of the most marginalized children.
Responsibilities
Primary Responsibilities;
• Oversee the implementation of all IRC’s education activities in Galmudug State in both formal and non- formal schools.
• Oversee training, coaching and on-going support of teachers, tutors and learning facilitators in order to improve instructional practices in literacy, numeracy and social and emotional skills.
• Ensure technical coordination of state-level activities related to teacher education and curriculum development, and obtain support from directorates and local government authorities as needed
Oversight of Teacher Education Interventions:
• Oversee the selection of learning facilitators and tutors for the intervention and contribute to tools for selection such as assessment tools.
• Oversee the initial training of learning facilitators, as well as their continuous professional development.
• Monitor progress towards the objectives and intended outputs pertaining to IRC’s education using routine data, spot checks, observation, and other methodologies.
• Provide regular written and verbal reports on education activities to supervisor, senior management, project partners and donors.
• Under the guidance of the Resilience manager and ERD Coordinator, provide technical supervision and guidance to Education Officers and implementing partners as required.
• Promote the quality of teacher education activities by setting up quality assurance mechanisms and checks in collaboration with other staff.
Coordination:
• Lead integrated state and technical working groups and steering committees pertaining to teacher education, curriculum and assessment.
• Work closely with consultants as needed to ensure effective implementation and quality content.
• Coordinate with colleges of education for the contextualization and validation of curriculum.
• Represent the project in major state meetings, cluster and events as appropriate.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with key stakeholders including government actors, UN agencies, international and local NGOs, and other relevant actors.
• Represent IRC to local communities, government departments, international agencies, and local.
Others:
• Provide supportive supervision in HR and team management
• Any other duties as assigned by the supervisor to enable and develop IRC programs.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
• University degree in education or , Social Work and Social Administration, Development Studies
• Three to five years’ experience working on education programs and/or similar programs with an international or civil society organizations.
• Excellent spoken and technical writing ability in English, including report writing.
• Good computer skills
• Willingness to travel extensively in Galmudug State of Somalia, including to remote and/or insecure locations and any other IRC operational areas in Somalia.
• Experience working with displaced or otherwise marginalized communities preferred
• Background in education/ experience of implementation of education programming preferred.
Somali nationals are encouraged to apply. International allowances are not available for this position. Salary and employee benefits are compliant to the Somalia NGO Sector.
How to apply:
To apply for this job, visit the IRC careers page on: https://rescue.csod.com/ats/careersite/jobdetails.aspx?site=1&c=rescue&id=703