Professional Development and Curriculum Coordinator

Assists in promoting, establishing, and supporting the implementation of professional development programmes in order to disseminate best practices;

Contributes to the development, implementation and assessment of curriculum enrichment, and cross cutting curriculum issues including inclusive education, human rights, child wellbeing and gender;

Coordinates and provides professional training and curriculum support to relevant stakeholders, develops training materials for programmes/activities by utilizing various research methods and media such as DVD, CD and internet  to effectively conduct training to develop stakeholders’ skills;

Is responsible for monitoring and assessing the impact of professional development and activities relevant to curricula at the field level and assures that his/her work is consistent with applicable rules and regulations, policies and programmes of UNRWA;

Assists the supervisor in the development of the comprehensive professional development and curriculum plan for the field and provides the supervisor with feedback data from training and curricula activities in order to support the implementation of research-based theories and techniques of professional development programmes;

Contributes to the professional development and activities relevant to curricula and works collegially with peers to improve his/her practice;

Keeps up to date on knowledge and practice in the area of work including the latest research and studies on curriculum enrichment and teacher development by collaborating with local universities, community organizations and NGOs, attending their workshops, meetings and training exercises to gather ideas and develop best practices to incorporate into their training programmes/activities for UNRWA staff;

Assists in producing regular reports including an annual field report on professional development and curricula to improve learning;

Performs such other duties as may be assigned.