Education Officer

Position Aim:

The Education Officer with a focus on NFE (Retention Support- Basic Literacy and Numeracy – Youth Basic Literacy and Numeracy) and Partnerships will be responsible for the delivery and monitoring of quality education services in the assigned locations and technical oversight and support of partner identification activities and when possible, implementation in. He/She will work closely with the Project Manager, and Monitoring and Evaluation team. The position will be under the supervision of the Education Senior Officer.

 MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

Implementation of the NFE component

• Actively participate in Out of school mapping activities covering all Syrian refugees ITSs and Lebanese hosting community with in the intervention area;
• Support the project Manager in the assessment of new locations for new programming.
• Ensure LOST and partner learning centers in all assigned locations respond to quality education standards;
• Ensure LOST learning centers in all assigned locations respond to quality education standards;
• Support students’ registration and monitor regular attendance and drop-out;
• Participate in the selection of Parents Focal Points, Parents-Teacher committees and mother groups in assigned locations.

Technical support to teachers

• Conduct daily classroom observation and mentoring sessions in the assigned locations;
• Follow up on the proper implementation of the NFE curriculum and teachers’ attendance;
• Identify teachers’ capacity building needs and structure capacity building and professional development plan for teachers in the assigned locations;
• Organize Teachers Learning Circles (TLCs) activities on a monthly basis;

Data collection and reporting

• In cooperation with M&E manager and M&E officer perform base line and endline surveys at Syrian refugees ITSs and Lebanese hosting communities to identify projects beneficiaries, and prepare name lists of children in accordance with educational level and age group;
• Collect data needed for monthly and quarterly reports using dedicated monitoring tools for the CBEOs including Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) and Children Satisfaction Survey;
• Ensure the quality of data collection in the assigned locations and provide feedback on challenges in data collection processes and tools;

Technical Responsiveness to Partners

• Direct response for effective, timely sub-award partner support as it relates to program issues including on-the job coaching, learning sessions and continuous daily support provided by partners.
• Lead timely and effective programmatic monitoring of sub-award partners, identifying appropriate follow up actions, and provide completed reports to Partnership Unit
• Promote full participation in decision making with respect to the program, including any program adaption based on program data
• Ensure that programs abide by humanitarian principles and sector principles and standards
• Explore with partners potential capacity strengthening support, including system strengthening, trainings and overall organizational development - and identify requisite resources (in collaboration with the Partnership Unit

Key Working Relationships:

Position Reports to: Program Manager and Technical Partners
Position directly supervises:  Teachers
Other Internal and/or external contacts:

Internal: Child Protection/M&E

External:  other NGOs

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• University degree in social science, education, pedagogy, or related field;
• Minimum of 3 years of working experience in education sector, including teaching, teacher training and coaching;
• Facilitation and capacity building experience and skills;
• Experience in working with refugee communities Lebanon;
• Working experience in working in partnerships a plus
• Working experience in an NGOs and INGO is a plus
• Fluency in written and spoken Arabic and English mandatory; fluency in French is a plus;
• Autonomy and ability to work with minimal supervision;
• Flexibility, commitment, work ethics and team spirit;