Education Officer at Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent, humanitarian, non-profit, non-governmental organisation. We provide assistance, protection and durable solutions to refugees and internally displaced persons worldwide.
What is NRC?

NRC promotes and protects the rights of refugees and people who have been displaced within their own country. We take action during situtations of armed conflict, and engage in other contextes where our competences will add value.

The majority of our 5000 staff members are national employees in NRC’s projects in around 25 countries worldwide. All our projects are supervised by the NRC Head Office in Oslo.

NRC was established in 1946 under the name Aid to Europe, to assist refugees in Europe after World War II. Today NRC is organised as an independent, private foundation. We cooperate closely with the UN and other humanitarian organisations, around the world as well as in Norway.

What does NRC do?

Programme Activities:

NRC’s main activity is the deliverance of humanitarian aid through programme activities in the field. NRC specialises in five programme areas, or core competences – Shelter, Food Security, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Education, and Information Counselling and Legal Aid (ICLA). The core competences are adaptive to different contexts and mutually reinforcing.Generic Responsibilities

Plan and implement program activities in compliance with project log frame, budget, workplan, proposal, NRC, donor and humanitarian practices and guidance provided by the Education Manager or Coordinator and Education Specialist
Develop and apply work plans, procurement plans and spending plans to ensure on time implementation of project activities.
Contribute to monthly, quarterly and annual internal and external reports. 
Formally or informally identify capacity development needs for Education staff and partners, identify or provide training and follow up mentoring.
Oversee the work of Education Assistants, identify capacity building needs, and provide technical and administrative support and mentoring as needed.
Work with M&E to supervise the collection of data including baseline and endlines.
Ensure that all necessary documents and means of verification for all activities are captured and stored electronically.

Specific Responsibilities 

 In collaboration with Education Technical Assistants, provide training to teachers on Education Technical areas such as pedagogy, Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) and Learners’ Assessment, child protection and NRC’s Better Learning Program among others,
Oversee recruitment and procurement processes in coordination with Education Assistants and NRC’s Human Resources and Procurement units and follow up as necessary.
Represent NRC to government authorities and ensure that all project activities are done in coordination with government.
Engage and coordinate with local government authorities, communities, community leaders, parent groups, school management and other organizations implementing education activities including the Education in Emergencies Working Group and implementing partners.
Ensure effective coordination with NRC’ Information Counselling and Legal Assistance (ICLA) RRM, Monitoring and Evaluation, Protection and Compliance units.
Supervise and submit needs assessment, data collection and submission and collection of documentation and verification of project activities. 
Together WASH and Shelter team support school construction/ rehabilitation activities including hygiene promotion campaigns and WASH in schools
Any other task relevant to the position as requested by the line and/or technical manager.

Qualifications
Generic Professional Competencies: 

Technical background in Education, university degree level in relevant discipline essential
Minimum 3 years’ Education  experience in a humanitarian/ early recovery context
Experience working in complex and volatile contexts
Previous experience working in  BAY States, especially, Monguno, Borno State is an added advantage. 
Technical  Education  expertise ( Non formal education, formal education, youth programming, Teachers Professional Development (TPD), Gender and Inclusive education programming. 
Very good working English (both written and verbal), fluency in the Local Language. 

Context/ Specific Skills, Knowledge, and Experience: 

Proven knowledge in technical trainings such pedagogical skills, Better Learning programme(BLP), Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) and Learners’  Assessment, Teachers Professional Development (TPD) and Child protection, psychosocial support programme, Safeguarding, gender and inclusion education programming 
Proven knowledge  soft  education including WASH in schools, hygiene promotion,  community sensitization,  schools’ construction/ rehabilitation related works.
Good capacity for planning and monitoring of education activities in resources constraint environment
Ability to work in to provide sound technical guidance and support to  teachers in schools s well as school administration and other education stakeholders, including School Based Management Committees, Parent Teachers Association Members, Local Education Authorities(LEA) 
Have a good knowledge of the local cultures and languages of the areas of intervention 
Have a good command of computers (Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc).