Education Officer

Mandalay

Organization: IRC - International Rescue Committee
Location: Mandalay
Grade:
Occupational Groups:
- Education, Learning and Training
Closing Date: Closed

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world's largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 40 countries and 29 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. A force for humanity, IRC employees deliver lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions. If you're a solutions-driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future.

Background/IRC Summary:

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is a private, non-political, non-profit, and non-religious organization. For over 90 years, we have been providing humanitarian assistance to communities affected by conflict and natural disasters in more than 40 countries. Since 2008, the IRC has been active in Myanmar, delivering humanitarian assistance in areas such as health, protection, water, and sanitation, specifically targeting families impacted by conflict and natural disasters.

Job Overview/Summary:

The As part of the new Earthquake Response Emergency Response Plan, the Integrated Education Officer will work closely with the Child Protection and Protection Team to:

Identify the information needs related to education and support the provision of responsive information services focused on emergency education services and facilitate education referrals through the established protection information sessions and Helpdesk;
Support the integration of basic education services for children in existing safe spaces being established for children, women and people with disabilities, already providing MHPSS support.
Support the Child Protection case management and referrals services to include education referrals, based on education service mapping and availability of education services in targeted areas
Identify gaps in education services and service providers for affected children, and propose opportunities for strengthening education components, including basic literacy and numeracy, including potentially through the use of education technology and remote learning platforms
Training of local partners and IRC staff on education in emergencies and other relevant content.
Represent IRC in education sector meetings

Major Responsibilities:

Oversee the expansion of static / mobile safe spaces to include education support for children
Regularly update service mapping for education services available in targeted areas to inform information sessions for targeted communities
Support the development of activity plans for the safe spaces and ensure delivery of education sessions as per plans
Develop/update education focused information content including key messages for caregivers and communities, and available education services for the integrated protection teams
Ensure safe and timely referrals and case management being conducted by Child Protection are sensitive to children’s educational needs, and are aware of available education opportunities
Proactively identify other opportunities for expanding education support in Earthquake Response (including through the potential use of Education Technology to reach learners and families)
Conduct training of IRC protection team and local partners on education activities and integration of education and child protection as per INEE and Child protection minimum standards with support of Education and CP TAs
Support the data collection and analysis of education data and produce reports highlighting challenges, best practices lessons learned.
Regularly participate in the education sector (cluster) coordination meetings and contribute in interagency initiatives as needed

Key Working Relationships:

Position Reports to: Protection Team Leader

Position directly supervises: Nil

Minimum Qualifications:

Job Requirements:

At least 1 year of protection programming experience in the field areas
Secondary education on any stream; preferred social work
Ability to adapt in the community and handle situations, interaction and discussion
Preferred if local person from the community
If a suitable applicant is found, an interview will be conducted before the position deadline.

Myanmar nationals with relevant skills sets and proven experience of working at international level are strongly encouraged.

The IRC Core Values and Commitments.
The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Equality and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity Anti-Retaliation and Combating Trafficking in Persons.
IRC is committed to ensuring that IRC staff are suitable to work with children and have the knowledge s/he needs to uphold and abide by the IRC’s Child Safeguarding Policy.
Level of interaction with children: Frequent direct contact with children.
IRC ensures that its staff must actively practice the roles and responsibilities related to client responsiveness, accountability to people in affected communities and must have competencies to solicits and listens to feedback and other’s perspectives, responds to feedback with maturity and sensitivity and takes appropriate decisions and makes changes to behavior or actions in response to feedback.
IRC recognizes that gender equality is fundamental to the achievement of our organizational mission. As such, IRC is committed to the promotion of gender equality in all aspects of our operations and programs. Our organizational policies, procedures and actions demonstrate this commitment.

Standard of Professional Conduct:The IRC and the IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – our Code of Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Accountability, and Equality.

This vacancy is now closed.