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Education Officer Libya Benghazi
Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)
Full-time
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Job Description

Generic Responsibilities

  • Ensure adherence with NRC policies, tools, handbooks and guidelines.

  • Implement delegated support function portfolio according to plan of action.

  • Prepare and develop status reports as required by management.

  • Ensure proper filing of documents.

  • Promote and share ideas for improvement of the support function.

  • Actively promote PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) standards & principles within NRC and amongst beneficiaries served by NRC

  • Participate in SIP-related capacity building and promote inclusion in education

  • Integrate Safe and Inclusive Programming (SIP) principles in all education activities

Specific responsibilities:

  • Conducting needs assessment to identify needs and gaps of children and youth

  • Facilitating the implementation of NRC education programming

  • Communicating and engaging with beneficiary communities

  • Contextualizing and distributing Learning kits or School material for keeping on learning

  • Developing literacy and numeracy materials for emergency learning

  • Delivering Better Learning Program (PSS) training to teachers, educational personnel, parents and youth/children

  • Delivering Life Skills training to the youth

  • Facilitating the organization of vocational training and/or other relevant capacity building for the youth

  • Promoting the right to education, even in emergencies

  • Promoting awareness campaigns on relevant educational and youth related issues identified by the project targeted communities

  • Joining relevant capacity building opportunities and deliver training when necessary

  • Collecting data to ensuring proper monitoring and evaluation of all education activities

  • Writing reports on project progress regularly

  • Acting as interpreter when required and translate documents as needed

  • Undertaking any other duty, not listed above, assigned by the Project Coordinator or Project Manager in order to improve and facilitate the implementation of the project.

Critical interfaces

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

  • Program team.

  • Other education staff supporting an integrated approach.

  • Logistics staff supporting programmes

  • Other core competency staff operating at field level at project sites

Generic professional competencies

Competencies are important in order for the employee and the organisation to deliver desired results. They are relevant for all staff.

These are skills, knowledge and experience that are important for effective performance. Generic professional competencies for this position:

 

  • Experience working in a humanitarian/emergency context

  • Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts, following education intervention

  • Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities

  • Facilitation skills

  • Strong reporting skills

  • Fluency in English, both written and verbal is an asset

  • Fluency in written and speaking local languages is an asset

  • Expect to abide by Code of Conduct, education and security policies within NRC

 

Context related skills, knowledge and experience

  • Bachelor’s Degree from any recognized university

  • Experience in implementing Education in Emergency Activities is preferred

  • Previous experience working with youth is preferred

  • Knowledge of INEE Minimum Standard

  • Advanced English and computer skills, communication skills, adaptable and resourceful

  • At least 1 years working experience with local, international NGOs, UN agencies

Behavioural competencies

These are personal qualities that influence how successful people are in their job. NRC’s Competency Framework states 12 behavioural competencies and the following are essential for this position:

  • Managing resources and achieving results

  • Handling insecure environments

  • Working with people

  • Coping with change

Performance Management

The employee will be accountable for the responsibilities and the competencies, in accordance with the NRC Performance Management Manual. The following documents will be used for performance reviews: 

  • The Job Description 

  • The Work and Development Plan 

  • The Mid-term/End-of-trial Period Performance Review Template

  • The End-term Performance Review Template

  • The NRC Competency Framework 

 

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a global humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. 
Join us in assisting millions of people in areas where others cannot, tackling some of the world's most dangerous and difficult crises. Bring your skills and dedication to an organisation recognised for providing high quality aid and for defending the rights of refugees and internally displaced people. 
At NRC, we give responsibility to employees at all levels and foster professional growth and innovative teams. You can expect a supportive culture and an open dialogue with management. We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. 
Together, we save lives and rebuild futures.
Safeguarding is central to NRC’s work. We expect all employees to: 
• treat everyone with respect and dignity 
• contribute to building a safe environment for all 
• never engage in any form of exploitation, harassment and specifically sexual exploitation, abuse and sexual harassment (SEAH) 
• always report. NRC has a zero-tolerance approach to inaction against exploitation, abuse and SEAH

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