New Job Opportunity KIGOMA at Save the Children International – Formal Education Officer
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Formal Education Officer
TITLE: Education Officer (Formal)
TEAM/PROGRAMME: Education/Response Team
LOCATION: Kigoma Region
GRADE: 4
CONTRACT LENGTH: 1 year, renewable
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CHILD SAFEGUARDING:
Level
3: √ the post holder will have contact with children and/or young
people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g.
four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country
programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are
responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.
SCOPE OF ROLE:
The Education Project Officer will support the
implementation of Formal Education and catch up program activities in
Save the Children supported schools in Nyarugusu and Nduta refugee
camps. She/he will work closely with the Education Programme Coordinator
and refugee incentive workers under the overall umbrella of the Field
Programme Manager to ensure that planned education activities are
implemented timely and in line with Save the Children best practices to
ensure the attainment of set outcomes and objectives.
Reports to: Education Programme Coordinator
Staff reporting to this post: Camp based Education team (Incentive volunteers)
Budget Responsibilities: N/A
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KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
Program Implementation
- With
support from the Education Coordinator, develop, implement and monitor
quarterly, monthly and weekly education and recreational activity plans
to achieve expected results. - Oversee the supervision of
supported schools and ensure that classes in supported schools are
regularly monitored using appropriate tools including class registers,
teacher attendance records books are used consistently and accurately on
daily. The Education Officer will also ensure that teachers prepare
relevant lesson plans, schemes of work and lesson notes with the
objective of attaining quality outcomes. - Organize and chair the
weekly meetings with head teachers and deputies and bi-weekly meetings
with teachers. She/he will ensure the minutes of meetings are documented
and shared with the relevant staff. The incumbent will also ensure
school meetings give clear feedback on findings of weekly supervisions
in supported schools. - Establishes clear objectives with refugee education teams and individuals to support and monitor progress and performance.
- Contribute
in the preparation of budgets, raising procurement requests and
supporting the refugee education team in planning of activities with
clear objectives. - Work closely with the Education Coordinator
in assessing and analysing key issues in the response for formulation of
appropriate actions. This includes procurement and administrative
documents required for program implementation. - Work with Refugee
teachers and community to increase education service provision e.g.
additional teaching spaces and catch up classes and disseminate
information about education issues and available services. - Lead on planning and capacity building training workshops for teachers and other Refugee incentive workers
- Coordinate
and hold meetings with stakeholders including Education partners,
schools – (PTAs and SCM) and other organizations serving children and
community to understand their education priorities, familiarize them
with the projects and its objectives and engage them in the process. - Ensure
that the Education program is implemented in ways that are responsive
to communities and children, in line with SC’s principles, values and
strategic plan and compliant with SC’s procedures. - Support in
the administering of both formative and summative assessment test/
examinations for learners by supporting teachers during the whole
process and analyze the results.
Staff supervision and mentorship
- Supervise
and mentor the Refugee Education staff including Assistant Education
officers, refugee teachers ensuring that they are empowered to achieve
their performance objectives and program results. - Fosters
collaborative, transparent and accountable relationships through
partners and refugee workers ensuring functional PTA and SMC are in
place. - Gain technical knowledge on education in emergency EIE
and other relevant areas so as to provide support and trainings to the
Refugee Education/ Facilitators and volunteers to maintain the standards
and improve the quality of project activities. - Identify any staffing issues and coordinate closely with the Education Coordinator to resolve them.
Monitoring and Reporting
- Ensure
that all program data is properly and regularly collected by field
staff, check data and ensure that it is logically presented to the
Education Coordinator - Work closely with refugee incentive
volunteers, collect and compile project data as appropriate based on
the standard formats and submit weekly and monthly reports capturing
achievements, case studies and best practices to the Education
Coordinator - Contribute to the preparation of internal and external reports
- Participate in team reviews of results and program progress and/or project evaluation when and as requested
Collaboration and Representation
- Represent Save the Children in relevant forums at camp level in a professional manner.
- Liaise
with other stakeholders, including head teachers, school teachers,
local leaders and partners and participate actively in coordination
meetings. - Collaboration with other team members across to ensure synergies and consistency in our programming approaches.
- Represent programming with local government, NGOs, communities and within SC as appropriate.
General:
Comply
with Save the Children policies and practice with respect to child
protection, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and
other relevant policies and procedures.
BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)
Accountability:
- holds
self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently,
achieving and role mdelling Save the Children values; - holds the
team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities –
giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit,
providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying
appropriate consequences when results are not achieved;
Ambition:
- sets
ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes
responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their
team to do the same; - widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
- future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale;
Collaboration:
- builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters;
- values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength;
- approachable, good listener, easy to talk to;
Creativity:
- develops and encourages new and innovative solutions;
- willing to take disciplined risks;
Integrity:
- honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity;
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QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE
Essential:
- University or College qualification and minimum of three years professional experience with education work.
- Good knowledge and understanding of in emergency/refugee context.
- Knowledge of INEE Minimum Standards in emergency preparedness, response and application of the standards in response.
- Demonstrated commitment to improving the lives of children in the school and community.
- Strong understanding of the contextual situation related to education.
- Strong organizational skills.
- Proven technical knowledge and skills in the field of participatory development, child participation, education.
- Ability to travel independently, including to rural communities and work long hours.
- Strong verbal and written English skills and other local languages.
- Strong interpersonal skills the ability to work collaboratively with others
- Strong reporting skills
- Good computer skills (MS Office, including Outlook for email)
- Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values and principles including rights-based approaches
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Desired:
Background in Emergency/Refugee programming is an asset.
Additional job responsibilities
The
duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the
role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within
reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.
Equal Opportunities
The
role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the
SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures;
Child Safeguarding:
We
need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes
rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of
children from abuse.
Safeguarding our Staff:
The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy
Health and Safety
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.
Date advertised: 27 Jan 2021
Closing date: 4 Feb 2021 – 23:59 EAT
Location: Kigoma, Tanzania, United Republic of
Department: Programme Operations
Type: Fixed-term contract
Schedule: Full-time
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