Junior Monitor

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) established its presence in Lebanon during the early days of the war over the summer of 2006. By April 2007, an education in emergencies programme was launched providing catch-up classes and recreational activities to Iraqi refugee children and youth. In the fall of 2008, the program expanded to include further support to Palestinian refugee children and youth and in 2013 to respond to education needs of the Syrian refugees. In 2014, NRC offers quality education support to Lebanese, Palestinian, Syrian and Iraqi children and youth. The NRC Education Programme strategy aims at supporting refugee and displaced children and youth in achieving their full potential and enjoying their right to education. NRC’s education strategy to support refugees from Syria to access their right to education takes place through the following responses: a) Working closely with the Lebanese Ministry of Education and the Lebanon Education Working Group (EWG) by supporting education assessments and designing education response in line with the Lebanese INEE Standards for Education in Emergencies and international standards.  b) Providing learning support and recreational activities to refugee and host community children so they can access and stay in school, professional support for teachers, awareness sessions for parents, and minor school rehabilitation for schools hosting refugee children. c) Supporting alternative education options and non-formal education opportunities including, accelerated education and ongoing learning support classes with a view of integrating refugee children in formal school or community based schools. d) Strengthening referral mechanisms through close work with NRC’s legal assistance expertise and other NGOs who may provide additional support. JOB PURPOSE Under the guidance and supervision of the Education Filed Coordinator, the Junior Monitor will facilitate the selection of community based education spaces, collecting beneficiaries’ data, monitoring the implementation of community based education programs. The Junior Monitor will ensure that the project outreach operations will be carried out according to prior planning. The Junior Monitor is 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 following is a brief description of the role. Generic responsibilities: Implement frequent outreach monitoring Assist during the identification and selection of spaces for the implementation of Community Based Education; Assess  and collect beneficiaries data (out of school children) through outreach activities andparticipate to the organization of mobilization sessions; Participate to implementation and monitoring of Community Based Education activities: monitor upon request of the Education Field Coordinator the teacher’s performance and attendance (in coordination with the local communities); Ensure that teachers will be compensated according to effective attendance sheet, in coordination with NRC Admin sector; Distribute teaching material to teachers and students; Support the organization of teacher’s capacity buildings and learning events/workshops according to EFC instructions, NRC material and mandate Ensure that NRC activities are implemented in accordance to INEE Minimum Standards for Education in Emergency, and Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (include monitoring of child abuse and/or mistreatment); Specific responsibilities Under the guidance and supervision of the Education Field Coordinator and Education Officers: Collect the project data under the guidance of NRC Monitoring and Evaluation Department Support on the implementation of surveys at Syrian refugee ITSs and other refugee gatherings/ collective shelters to identify lists of out of school children (ages 6-13) in accordance with educational and age group level; Organize the distribution of teaching materials; Ensure that NRC admin department will receive on proper time the teachers attendance sheets; Perform other related duties as required; Critical interfaces Relevant interfaces for this position are: Community members and parents groups. Teachers MEHE district office and UNRWA Education Team Cooperate with other NRC core competencies in the Field. Children. Achievement Indicators: Facilitation of field work is provided according to identified needs; NRC Education Management guidance are reflected at field level; Proper data collection in ensured and punctual and according to NRC tools; 2.      Competencies  1. Professional competencies Generic professional competencies for this position: Relevant Education Background: undergoing studies: University Degree in Education/related fields, Psycho-social Studies, or complementary significant trainings; At least 1 year of experience in similar backgrounds (community based education experience will be an asset) Experience from working in a humanitarian/recovery context will be an asset. Understanding of protection/ child protection issues. Experience in working with communities (community mobilizer) will be an asset Fluency in English and Arabic, both written and verbal Context related skills, knowledge and experience: Proven knowledge of South Municipalities and Institutions Proven knowledge of refugees context and related issues Experience in Community Mobilization 2. Behavioral competencies Managing resources to optimize results Handling insecure environments Empowering and building trust Open minded and flexible Appropriate time keeping and organized 3.      Performance Management The employee will be accountable for the responsibilities and the competencies, in accordance with the NRC Performance Management Manual. The following documents will be used for performance reviews: The Job Description The individual Work- and Professional Development Plan The Competency Framework Performance Management will be implemented by Education Field Coordinator