Norwegian Refugee Council
Job Vacancy
Education Officer
Rights Respected, People Protected
The Norwegian Refugee Council is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. We work in crises in 31 countries, where we help save lives, rebuild futures and promote the rights of people who are displaced. We deliver high-quality aid where needs are greatest, in both new and protracted crises.
In Palestine, NRC provides humanitarian assistance and promotes respect for international law in one of the longest-running displacement crises in modern history. In the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Gaza, NRC’s work includes emergency preparedness and response, education, ICLA, protection, shelter, and WASH.
The main responsibility of the Education officer is to contribute to the quality in the implementation of the education projects.
Specific responsibilities
- Ensure a minimum of 80% of the time participating in project field activities
- Participate in team planning, regular meetings, and M&E activities in coordination with the Technical Officer (including FGD, pre-assessment, post-assessment, research & evaluations taking place during the course of the year, etc.)
- Based on needs assessment results, work closely with school management, teaching and non-teaching staff on designing, planning, and implementing project related activities
- Implement, follow up and supervise the project implementation in assigned schools closely with school management and supervisors/Master Trainers
- Observe teachers/counsellors’ performance to ensure project activities are implemented according to quality standards and provide structured feedback in line with a training plan based on gaps identified
- Ensure keeping accurate records of project data for assigned schools (KoBO data entry, targets, assessments, beneficiaries, pictures, beneficiaries’ feedback, etc.)
- Prepare, revise, and develop teaching/non-teaching staff training materials/packages based on needs/gaps identified and lead/facilitate the required training sessions/workshops for teaching and non-teaching staff in target schools, in a collaboration with schools’ management
- Implement awareness sessions for parents and teaching staff in assigned schools
- Develop individual work plans to address the needs of the target groups to be shared with PC
- Collaborate with partners in the implementation of approved activities and ensure their implementation is in accordance with the agreed plan
- Follow up on seconded counsellors’ performance attendance and commitment in assigned schools, and provide needed technical and logistical support
- Provide self-care guidance to school staff, parents, and local partners
- Prepare purchase requisition according to approved activities plan, budget, procurement, and requests from PC.
- Undertake any other reasonable task assigned by management
Our Ideal Candidate must have:
- Relevant tertiary education, Bachelor degree in Education
- At least 3 years’ experience in education in emergencies, psycho-educational and/or social-emotional programming
- Experience in education pedagogical techniques and psycho-educational capacity building techniques
- Experience in participatory approaches to aid and develop programming
- Fluency in Arabic, both written and verbal
- Good command in English, both writing and verbal
- Experience working at the project officer level in a humanitarian/recovery context
- Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
- Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
In this position, you will join a highly motivated and experienced team making a difference for vulnerable people in one of the world's most complex humanitarian crises.
Additional Information:
Contract duration: 12 months
Working hours: 40 hours/week, Sun-Thu (5 days per week)
Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s salary scale and terms and conditions
Duty station: Gaza (open to Gaza residents only)
Start Date: ASAP
NRC is an equal opportunities employer and aims to have staffing diversity in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, nationality, and physical ability.
Contact person: Reham Khalaf, [email protected]
Dead Line: 12 Feb 2022
Interested and qualified candidates can Apply Now from here