Education Assistant

All NRC employees are 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

Education assistant is responsible for the daily implementation and follow up in the field and conducting outreach visit and activities.

Generic responsibilities 

These responsibilities shall be the same for all positions with the same title. The responsibilities shall be short and essential. Details belong in the Work- and Professional Development Plan.

1. Monitor and report on the project activities and ensure compliance with plans and NRC standards
2. Work with the communities for the identification and enrollment of children in the community center or NFE activities.
3. Carry out awareness session and outreach information visit with refugees and host communities
4. Distribute and monitor the use of educational materials according to procedures
5. Assist the teachers in their work
6. Suggest new methods and approaches in order to improve the quality of the activities
7. Carry out data collection and Survey with children using NRC template and tools as require
8. Prepare and file relevant documents as required by line manager
9. Ensures that NRC’s related activities are implemented within NRC’s Protection mainstreaming guidelines and reports any breaches/concerns to the line manager and/or focal point for proper action
10. Ensures that all protection related detected cases are referred to the concerned referral focal point and to the related Protection Coordinator

Specific responsibilities

These responsibilities shall be adapted to the particularities of the job location and context, phase of operation, strategic focus and type of programme intervention. This section shall be revised whenever a new employee is hired or the context changes significantly.

• Conduct Field visits to the IS and Collective shelters in cooperation with ETO and EC to define the needs and identify new beneficiaries
• Assist with preparation of outreach work and conduct frequent outreach information with identified communities.
• Provide outreach program in the community (life skills and recreational activities) according to the module, curricula, schedule and approach)
• Carry out Survey with children twice per cycle using NRC template and tools (Mobenzi)
• Enter on daily and weekly basis data related to beneficiaries and activities in the education data base
• Assist in developing and maintaining relations with refugee and host communities, local authorities, volunteers, and other local actors.
• Assist in conducting and preparing regular mapping of relevant services being provided.
• Assist in conducting regular assessments and producing relevant reports (including focus group discussions, interviews, questionnaires, etc.).
• Organize and provide awareness sessions for children and parents.
• Assist with planning work on weekly and monthly basis in accordance with work plan
• Contribute to preparation of relevant documents (including brochures, information notes, information board updates) for target communities.
• Coordinate with all other educators, Education technical officer, and Education coordinator.
• Coordinate with other NRC core competency staff at field level.
• Assist with monitoring and following-up on the quality of services provided.
• Monitoring and supervision of transport for beneficiaries (including accompanying beneficiaries on transport).
• Assist in designing the needed forms, questionnaires and other templates.
• Assist in maintaining archiving system up to date (both in hardcopies and electronically).
• Report weekly & monthly (or more often, if required) on activities and results to the relevant NRC staff.
• Prepare attendance records of educators.

Critical interfaces

By interfaces, NRC means processes and projects that are interlinked with other departments/units or persons. Relevant interfaces for this position are:

• Refugees focal point
• Local authorities
• Other NRC core competencies

2. Competencies

1. Professional competencies

These are skills, knowledge and experience that are important for effective performance.

• Bachelor degree in Education or other relevant field
• Minimum of 1 year of relevant work experience with Education projects in a humanitarian/recovery context
• Experience in psycho-social support for children’s and youth’s emotional, social, mental, and spiritual needs.
• Knowledge of NGO operations and the dynamics of the humanitarian sector is a plus.
• Experience in participatory programs
• Proficiency in English & Arabic both written and spoken
• Proficiency in MS Office (words and excel)

2. Behavioral competencies

• Planning and delivering result
• Working with people
• Coping with change
• Communicating with impact and respect
• Handling insecure environments