The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is reinforcing its presence in North-East Ukraine and establishes an Area Office based in Kyiv Kharkiv. The Area Office North-East (AONE) will become a new area office, scaled up from the current Kharkiv Field Office, and will start being operational in the first half of 2026. 
AONE will cover regions of Kharkiv and Sumy where current Field Office (FO) in Shostka will, in first half of 2026, structurally move to be under new Kharkiv AONE.   
The key sectors of intervention covered by the North-East area office will include Shelter, Information Counselling and Legal Assistance (ICLA), Protection from Violence, Education, Livelihoods & Food Security and emergency response through cash assistance.

 

Start date for this position is March 2026.
 

Generic responsibilities:

1. Adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedures 
2. Ensure that projects target people most in need of protection, explore and asses new and better ways to assist. 
3. Promote the rights of IDPs/returnees in line with the advocacy strategy. 
4. Contribute with Education CC specific technical competence to programme development, adjustment or review. 
5. Conduct Education CC specific technical assessment and present recommendations 
6. Provide Education CC specific technical input to coordination mechanisms (e.g. cluster coordination) and working groups as per the request of the Education PM 7. Ensure regular and consistent information flow within the team and with the line manager, including regular reporting and updates.

Specific responsibilities:

YOUTH

Follow up implementing partners projects on their Youth Engagement activities through the needed support of Youth Council and Youth Centres under the supervision of the Education Project Manager
Monitor, evaluate, and review Youth Projects in coordination with NRC’s partner organisations and under the supervision of the Education Project Manager Contribute to identification of community-based organizations / other local organizations for potential education partnerships

FORMAL EDUCATION

Follow up implementing partners projects on their Youth Engagement activities through the needed support of Youth Council and Youth Centres under the supervision of the Education Project Manager 

Monitor, evaluate, and review Youth Projects in coordination with NRC’s partner organisations and under the supervision of the Education Project Manager

Contribute to identification of community-based organizations / other local organizations for potential education partnerships.

FORMAL EDUCATION

Support the implementation of NRC school grants (cash and voucher) for school improvement activities under the technical management of the Education Project Manager and with the assistance of the relevant Education staff. 
Plan and support the implementation of the BLP activities, including the BLP/Psychosocial Support (PSS) Teacher trainings and NRC newly hired staff.
Plan and support the implementation of catch-up activities, including activity design, Teacher trainings, and parent engagement. 
Plan and provide regular technical support to the local relevant education authorities on BLP and PSS together with the support of the relevant staff.
To contribute to the compilation and dissemination of best practices, lessons learnt, recommendations, and case studies from project implementation, creating and tracking against a project improvement plan.
Communicate with the relevant stakeholders, authorities, school headteachers, teachers, in order to ensure positive and healthy relationships.

OTHER

Support the education needs assessments in the Area (elaboration, planning, coordination with relevant actors, implementation, translation as appropriate, reporting); 

Ensure the project supporting documents are collected and filed in accordance with NRC procedures. 

Collect and analyse qualitative and quantitative data. Present the data in a comprehensive manner. 

Support in translating documents and meetings’ notes from English to the Ukrainian language as needed. 

Contribute to the development of the education programme with technical and contextual inputs.

Contribute to the development of Education CC strategy, LogFrame, and Plan of Action with technical and contextual inputs. 

Prepare and develop status reports as required by management. 

Support on the development of procurement plan, financial plan, daily/weekly/monthly work plans, and administrative tasks as needed.

LINE MANAGEMENT

Line management of the education technical assistant/s or education officer to ensure the assigned tasks and responsibilities are delivered in a timely manner and with the desirable quality. 

Ensure the performance management of the education staff according to needs and professional growth. 

Ensure capacity building of project staff and transfer key skills.

1. Professional competencies

Generic professional competencies for this position: 
Minimum 3 years of relevant experience within field of expertise (Education in Emergencies, team and project management). 
Technical competencies related to the position’s responsibilities. 
Technical specific knowledge from the humanitarian sector is an asset.

Context related skills, knowledge and experience (shall be adapted to the specific position):

Knowledge of Youth Programs in Ukraine 
Experienced in delivering education trainings. 
Knowledge of Cash and Voucher modality is an asset. 
Knowledge of the education system in Ukraine
Working knowledge of English both written and verbal 
Fluent in Ukrainian. Knowledge of Russian language is an asset.

2. Behavioural competencies

Strategic thinking 

Planning and delivering results 

Working with people

Communicating with impact and respect 

Analysing

Handling insecure environments