Education Officer Full Time

Role and responsibilities

The Project Officer is based at Asayita refugee camp in Afar , be responsible for the implementation of education activities at refugee camps and for host community in Afar region. The purpose of the Project Officer position is to support the day-to-day implementation of the education CC Proect.

 Generic responsibilities 

•  Coordinate Refugee and hosting community education activities according to strategy, proposals, budgets and plans,
• Ensure adherence to NRC policies and donor requirements,
• Involve and inform communities and community leaders about the activities
• Break down the annual operational plans into weekly, monthly and quarterly implementation plans
• Coordinate with monitoring agencies like RRS, UNHCR, relevant local authorities and partners
• Ensure that procurement, development and distribution of materials and equipment are timely and according to procedures
• Train and develop team(both National and refugee incentive staffs)
• Prepare periodic progress reports and other documents as required
• Investigate and facilitate introduction of new technology, methods and approaches in order to improve the quality of the education activities
• Continuously maintain the effectiveness, efficiency and quality of programme

 Specific responsibilities 

• Establish and support Centre Management Committee including with the capacity sharing training.
• Design community mobilization mechanisms, selection/enrollment of beneficiary and maintain regular attendance of the beneficiaries,
• Work with the local community structures including youth Association to support youth enroll in the youth education and training programme
• Support the registration and training of youth for the skills training
• Liaises with the Centre Management Committee (CMC)  on the daily attendance of youth in the skills training/apprenticeship opportunities.
• Collecting and compiling monthly reports from the skills trainers,
• Follow up and support youth (Adolescent girls) to complete the skill training and access transitional livelihood opportunities,
• Work with the youth association who completed the skills training, form the Self-Help Group (SHG), access start up cash/kits for livelihood/employment opportunities,
• Provide mentoring support youth who accessed employment/livelihood activities for sustainability engagement and income
• Supervises and directly monitors the education programme implementation in line with global and country strategic plans,
• Liaison with relevant authorities, communities and community representatives at field level.
• Continuously updating learners’ and skills trainers’ database and its proper documentation,
• Closely with labor and skill office identifying training needs of Skills trainers and facilitate the delivery of the training on youth education and training methodology
• Work with local authorities, identify barriers to skill training and livelihood activities and create conducive environment for the youth targeted with the project (like provision of dignity kits, arrangement of day care centers etc..)