Life Skills Educator

Youth Non-formal education Educators will be working on the provision of education to out of school or at risk of dropping out children and youth. NRC is addressing the specific needs of those children and youth who are unable - or not ready - to access formal education by providing them with quality education and skills, thereby enhancing their livelihoods capabilities and enabling them to potentially enrol in formal education channels. 

NRC non-formal education programmes include:

• Basic Literacy and Numeracy (ages 10 – 14) classes;
• Youth Education Pack (ages 15-24) classes;

The different programmes will follow the unified curriculum and Standard Operating Procedures developed by the Lebanese Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEHE), when applicable, enriched by NRC mainstreamed classroom based psychosocial and life skills activities.

NRC is setting up learning centres in close proximity to where refugee communities are:

• Within relevant camps or ITS (Informal Tent Settlement)
• In community based learning centres
• In public schools when approved by MEHE

The Non-Formal Education Educator will be responsible to facilitate the overall delivery of the programme in safe, child-friendly environment, upholding the standards of the NRC’s Code of Conduct, while ensuring full inclusion and protection of the vulnerable children and youth as a key responsibility of this role and following NRC’s Protection Policy The position holder will work in close connection with NRC’s Education Assistants (EAs),Education Officers (EOs), and Education Technical Officers (ETOs), and will receive a pre­service training on topics specific to the context. This will also include regular mentoring and observation visits from EOs and other NRC related staff.