Education Technical Officer

Core responsibilities:

1. Monitoring and Implementing Activities:

• Programs weekly field visits to CBOs, ITSs and Public Schools to conduct classroom observations
• Provides on-going coaching and mentoring for facilitators and coordinates regular meetings
• Monitors the quality of the implemented activities and ensures that technical quality is present
• Follow up on the implementation of the curriculum and accordingly report on gaps and shortages for capacity building needs related to education and/or child protection
• Ensures data of academic progress is accurately collected and verified/ Pre & Post Tests
• Ensures the principles of child protection and child participation are integrated into all activities

Result: All field activities are monitored in such a way that complies with the Child Protection Policy and challenges are dealt with.

2. Coordination and Communication:

• Shares updates for internal reporting on activities, ongoing trends, highlights, and challenges to the Education Coordinator on weekly basis
• Represents WCH in Education coordination meetings and working groups
• Monitors and ensures that all the logistics needed are provided (Materials, Transportation, Refreshment…) of all day to day activities in all project sites
• Ensures child protection concerns are communicated to the Child Protection focal point
• Liaises and coordinates with field staff and work closely and effectively with the Technical Team

Result: Coordination and communications are conducted in such a way that requests are answered and Child Safety/ Protection concerns are reported.

3. Competency Building:

• Identifies competency building needs of partners’ staff
• Designs and conducts capacity building on education curricula and approaches as per the INEE Standards
• Attends the competency building offered at War Child Holland and those offered by UN organizations and other partners as needed.
• Cascades the competency building training to build the capacity of the Education staff.

Any other duty assigned by the Line Manager.

Necessary experience:

• At least 2 years of experience working in Formal and/or Non-formal Education
• Preferably previous experience in Integrated Projects Education, Child Protection, and Psycho-social Support
• Preferably experience in coaching teachers and/or teacher training
• Preferably previous experience working with children/refugees/vulnerable populations

Education level:

Bachelor Degree

Education field:

• Education
• Pedagogy
• Or any related field

Require skills:

• Strong Social and Communication skills
• Ability to adapt and be capable to deal  with difficult security conditions
• Fluent in Arabic and strong writing skills in English
• Capacity to work in small teams and flexibility to take on new tasks
• Cultural sensitivity

Nice to have skills

Years of experience:

At least 2 year of experience