Education Officer NGO Jobs – Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

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Job Title:  Education Officer  

Organisation: Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

Duty Station:  Lamwo, Uganda

 

About US:

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. We work in crises across 31 countries, providing emergencies and long-term assistance to millions of people every year. We stand up for people forced to flee, advocating their rights. NORCAP, our global provider of expertise, helps improve international and local ability to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from crises. NRC also runs the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre in Geneva, a global leader in reporting on and advocating for people displaced within their own country.

 

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Ensure adherence with NRC policies, tools, handbooks, and guidelines.
  • Implement delegated CC project portfolio according to plan of action.
  • Prepare and develop status reports as required by management.
  • Ensure proper filing of documents.
  • Ensure that projects target beneficiaries most in need and explore and asses new and better ways to assist.
  • Promote and share ideas for technical improvement.
  • Monitor and report on the assigned project activities and ensure compliance with implementation plans and NRC standards.
  • Work with the key education stakeholders in the planning, implementation and evaluation of the project activities
  • Ensure accurate distribution and monitor the use of school materials supplied under the assigned project.
  • Provide support supervision to teachers and lead teachers in their work.
  • Report all protection related concerns raised during the project implementation period.
  • Support accurate data collection as required by the project design tools (Results Framework)
  • Prepare/ review field activity implementation reports ensuring their accuracy and precision.
  • Provide on-site support supervision and feedback to AEP teachers, lead teachers and head teachers.
  • Ensure community participation, contribution and ownership in the AEP program and the catch-up approaches to lost learning.
  • Mentor project staff under your supervision for improved performance.
  • Conduct home visits to AEP learners and take part in discussing issues that may affect their achievement of learning outcomes.
  • Liaise with community leaders to ensure that out of schoolchildren benefit from AEP interventions and lost learning catchup programs.
  • Identify community concerns that hinder the enrolment, retention, and completion of children, and recommend measures to address them.
  • Prepare weekly and monthly reports on activities conducted under the assigned project.
  • Monitor regularly all the AEP centers/schools under the assigned project.
  • Assist in updating AEP learners’, and teachers’ database.
  • Participate in relevant meetings including coordination meetings with other education partners at field level as may be guided by the line manager.
  • Performing any other duties assigned by the line manager.

 


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Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

  • The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in education
  • Registered with Ministry of Education and Sports and in possession of Registration Certificate
  • Teaching experience of four years and above, with at least three years’ experience in implementing Education projects with INGOs
  • Previous experience from working with education projects in a humanitarian/recovery context.
  • Previous experience of working in complex and volatile contexts.
  • Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities.
  • Knowledge of English
  • Knowledge of the local context and education systems in Uganda
  • Knowledge of the school/ MoES catch up approaches to lost learning due to covid- 19 school closure.
  • Ability to work harmoniously with other staff, stakeholders, refugees, and host communities.
  • Handling insecure environment
  • Planning and delivering results
  • Empowering and building trust
  • Communicating with impact and respect

 

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified and interested Ugandan applicants should apply online at the link below.

 

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Deadline: 21st February 2023

 

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