Job overview
The Education Technical Officer works with the Education Technical Assistants, the area Education PM/Coordinator, and the Education Master Trainers to ensure the quality of NRCโs education programme in the respective province which will be implemented through local partners. He/she will also be responsible to regularly monitor the progress of the project activities, provide technical direction to Implementing Partners (IPs) and improve their technical capacity to ensure quality implementation of NRCโs education projects.ย
The aim of NRCโs Education program is to enable vulnerably, displaced, returnee, and host community children and youth to have access to quality education in a protective environment.
The following is a brief description of the role.ย
Generic responsibilities (max 10)
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These responsibilities shall be the same for all positions with the same title. The responsibilities shall be short and essential. Details belong in the Work- and Professional Development Plan.
Line management of Education staff in the respective province. Adherence to NRC policies, guidance, and procedures. Follow up on compliance with contractual commitments and government policy with NRCโs IP. Contribute to Education strategy development, project proposals development through sharing lesson learned and providing input on needs and ideas for improvement and gaps. Liaise and collaborate with relevant local authorities, NRCโs IPs, and other key stakeholders. Ensure that lessons learned are properly documented and effectively disseminated with relevant staff.ย Identify and respond to the immediate capacity building needs of NRCโs and local partnersโ staff to ensure quality implementation of NRCโs education projects. Promote the rights of IDPs/returnees in line with the advocacy strategy.ย
Specific responsibilitiesย
Conduct regular field visits to provide supportive supervision to local partners and ensure high technical quality and synergies in project implementation in accordance with MoE and NRCโs SOPs, guidelines, and standards. Provide technical support to Implementing Partners (IPs) and improve their capacity to ensure quality implementation of NRCโs education projects.ย Ensure project quality implementation considering the safe programming standards/components in target locationsย by IPs. ย Coaching and mentoring of subordinates during the project implementation, conduct staff competency assessment (Development Plan) and share the results with Education PM to design training/workshops to assure team capacity building and transfer key competencies to education staff. Ensure that NRCโs procedural tools, SOPs and guidelines are understood and properly used by the Implementing Partners and NRCโs provincial education team members. Conduct regular/joint monitoring from CBE and AEP classes to ensure the quality education is provided by IPs. Update project databases and share on time with relevant people. Support the Education technical officer on the provision of reports, update M&E matrices, procurements. Take the responsibility on timely procurement/supply of TLMs and payment of CBE/ALP teachersโ salary through Logistic/Procurement and Finance. Any other relevant task assigned by the line manager. ยCritical interfaces:ย
By interfaces, NRC means processes and projects that are interlinked with other departments/units or persons. Relevant interfaces for this position are:
Competencies are important for the employee and the organisation to deliver desired results. They are relevant for all staff and are divided into the following two categories:
ย 1. Professional competenciesย
These are skills, knowledge and experience that are important for effective performance.ย
Generic professional competencies for this position:ย
University degreeย in Education (Education Management, Planning, General Education), Social Science and Development Studies, Master is an asset. Minimum 3 yearsโ relevant experience in implementation of education or similar projects in a humanitarian/recovery context Experience of working in Education Emergency is an advantage. Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts Documented results related to the positionโs responsibilities Knowledge about own leadership skills/profileย Fluency in English, both written and verbalยContext related skills: knowledge and experience (shall be adapted to the specific position):ย
Should have geographical experience. Knowledge of the local languages โ Uzbeki, Dari and Pashto. Experience in capacity building and training of staff Experience of coordination and advocacy work Political and cultural awareness and experience of working where insecurity is an issue Strong analytical thinking skills (qualitative and qualitative)2. Behavioural competencies (max 6)
These are personal qualities that influence how successful people are in their job. NRCโs Competency Framework states 12 behavioural competencies and the following are essential for this position:
Handling insecure environmentsย Strategic thinking Empowering and building trust Initiate action and change Analyzing Performance ManagementThe employee will be accountable for the responsibilities and the competencies, in accordance with the NRC Performance Management Manual. The following documents will be used for performance reviews:ย
The Job Description The individual Work- and Professional Development Plan The regular check-ins and End-of-trial Period Performance Review Template The End-term Performance Review Template The NRC Competency FrameworkWe Offer:
Monthly Salary based on NRC Afghanistan Salary Scale.
Smart Phone with Top up Credit card on monthly basis.
NRC will cover staff plus four (4) depended for medical insurance.
Leave and Holidays accordingly Afghanistan Labor Law