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Education Officer

International Rescue Committee (IRC) Ethiopia

Education

Education Management

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2020-12-31

2021-01-09

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Full Time

Job Description

SUMMARY STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES

With the direct supervision of the Camp Manager and technical oversight of the Child and Youth Protection and Development (CYPD) Senior Manager in Jijiga and the rest of CPYD technical team in Addis Ababa, the Education Program Officer is responsible for the program design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation and reporting of Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) program activities in Sheder refugee Camp.

Responsibilities:

Plans realistic budget based on the need on the ground.
Ensures the quality day to day implementation of the ECCD program.
Keeps the record of number of children who are attending in the ECCD program.
Works very closely with Refugee Central Committee and PTA to ensure that children are attending the ECCD program.
Helps ECCD facilitators to plan lessons, and stick to the plan and effectively use pre-school healing classroom curriculum
Conducts pre-service, in-service and summer teachers trainings based on teachers training needs;
Ensure that the teaching and learning process is as per IRC standard procedures, policies and strategic plan;
Works on the improvement of teaching aid materials for math, literacy, art and exploration centers and provide the required pedagogical supports to ECCD facilitators;
Supports and facilitate the enrolment of marginalized and disadvantaged children and ensure the rate of dropouts are reduced;
Creates innovative and child and learner centered environment where children and are motivated to participate in the learning and teaching process;
Supports relevant staff in gathering reliable data on children’s attendance, dropout, and both gross and net enrollment rate of school age children to make sure that an updated data is recoded, documented and reported and appropriate actions are taken on time.
Execute other duties as assigned by his/her immediate supervisor;
Develops activity and spending plan when new grants are released and effectively uses the plans
Ensure effective budget management based on existing tools (PR tracking and BvA) to avoid under or over spending.
Communicates on regular basis both the field office and/or Addis team on progresses and any challenges
Represents the IRC in regular refugee education coordination meetings
Coaches/mentors ECCD facilitators and other staff in his/her supervision

Job Requirements

Applies an intermediate level of knowledge of procedures and systems to perform the requirements of the job; skills and knowledge typically acquired through a combination of job related training, some on-the-job experience and formal education.

2 years of relevant experience with the first degree or diploma with 5 years of experience
1 years of relevant experience plus post graduate degree.
NGO experience is a plus.

Skills required

Basic supervisory/managerial skills.
Technical and report writing skills
Computer literate.

Qualified female applicants are encouraged!

How to Apply

Candidates meeting the above qualifications are encouraged to apply only through the below IRC On-line recruitment website:

IRC Careers:

https://rescue.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/11780?c=rescue

Internal Career Site:

https://rescue.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/2/home/requisition/11780?c=rescue

Please include 3 references\
Applications will not be returned. IRC discourages phone calls or personal visits.
Only applicants meeting the minimum qualification will be short listed and contacted.

Your application letter/cover letter must include the following information.

Name of the position you have applied for
Date of application
Summary of your qualifications and experience
Motivation/objective of why you have applied for the job
Permanent Address and present address (if different form permanent) and telephone number
Disclose any family relationships with existing IRC employees.

Are any of your relatives employed by International Rescue committee (IRC)?

If answer is “yes”, give the following information:

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IRC is an equal employment opportunity employer. IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability.

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