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The Save the Children Fund, commonly known as Save the Children, was
established in the United Kingdom in 1919 to improve the lives of
children through better education, health care, and economic
opportunities, as well as providing emergency aid in natural disasters,
war, and other conflicts
Recommended:
POST:Education Project Officer
| The Education Project Officer will support the
implementation of Accelerated Education Program (AEP) /catch up and
IDEAS BOX program activities in Save the Children supported
schools/centres in Nyarugusu and Nduta refugee camps. She/he will work
closely with the Education Programme Coordinator under the overall
umbrella of the Field Programme Manager to ensure that planned program
activities are implemented timely and in line with Save the Children
best practices to ensure the attainment of set objectives.
Reports to: Education programme Coordinator
Staff reporting to this post: Camp based education staff (Refugee Incentive Volunteers)
Budget Responsibilities: N/A
|
| KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY :
Program Implementation
- With support from the Education Coordinator, develop, implement and
monitor quarterly, monthly and weekly AEP/ catch up activity plans to
achieve expected results.
- Oversee the supervision of supported schools and ensure that AEP
activities in schools run smoothly and ensure that school monitoring
tools including class registers, teacher attendance records books are
used consistently and accurately on daily basis. 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 school meetings with head teachers and
deputies, bi-weekly meetings with teachers and ensure minutes of
meetings are properly documented. The incumbent will also ensure school
meetings give clear feedback on supervision findings.
- 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 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 on AEP/catchup for teachers, and other education actors.
- With support from Education Coordinator and closely working with
create temporary additional learning spaces in the camp based on
assessment data.
- Coordinate and hold meetings with stakeholders including Education
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.
- With support from Education coordinator supervise the running of day to day Ideas box activities in camps
- Support in the administering of both formative and summative
assessment test/ examinations and placement tests for learners by
supporting teachers during the whole process and analyze the results.
Staff supervision and mentorship
- Supervise and mentor Assistant Education staff and refugee teachers
ensuring that they are empowered to achieve their performance objectives
and program results.
- Fosters collaborative, transparent and accountable relationships
through 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 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 schools, local leaders 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 modelling 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;
|
QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE
Essential:
- University or College qualification and minimum of three years professional experience with education work.
- Good knowledge and understanding of AEP in emergency 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
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. |
The deadline for submitting the application is 04 February, 2021
CLICK HERE TO APPLY
Education Officer – Formal
| 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
|
| 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 modelling 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;
|
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
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. |
The deadline for submitting the application is 04 February, 2021
CLICK HERE TO APPLY
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