Education Officer South Sudan Akobo

Position:                                          Education Officer

Reports to:                                      Education Team Leader

Supervision of:                               Education Assistants

Duty station:                                  Akobo

All NRC employees are expected to work in accordance with the organization’s core values: dedication, innovation, inclusivity, and accountability. These attitudes and beliefs shall guide our actions and relationships. 

1. Role and responsibilities

The purpose of the officer position is to oversee the day to day implementation of the education project. Education officers will oversee all operations, supervise education assistants, and support project planning.

Generic responsibilities

1. Adhere to NRC policies, tools, handbooks, and guidelines.

2. Strict adherence to the NRC Code of Conduct.

3. Implement the education project according to the plan of action.

4. Prepare and develop status reports as required by management.

5. Ensure proper filing of documents.

6. Promote and share ideas for technical improvement.

7. Ensure capacity building of project staff and transfer key skills.

8. Liaise and collaborate with relevant local authorities and other key stakeholders.

9. Make decisions on the ground with limited or remote supervision. 

Specific responsibilities 

1. Implement education activities under the direction of the Education Project Team leader /Project Coordinator. 

2. Supervise Education Assistants and provide support to them in line with program objectives. 

3. Develop and maintain effective filing systems, both electronic and paper

4. Oversee education needs assessments at the school level. 

5. Update and maintain effective work plans and log frames. 

6. Organize, support, and facilitate teacher training, education personnel training, and training of trainers (ToT) on subjects including pedagogy, teacher well-being, curriculum, child protection, software applications, and psychosocial support. 

7. Support the development and contextualization of training packages. 

8. Document technical issues and questions and channel to the Education PC. 
9. Participate in assessments (design, data collection, data analysis).

10. Ensure ongoing monitoring, tracking, and reporting of education projects. 

11. Monitor spending and purchase requests as assigned by Education TL/PC and ensure proper follow up with logistics and field teams.

12. Regularly travel to the field to support and monitor education, PSS, recreation, and training activities. 

13. Oversee procurement and distributions of training materials, provide formal input on school needs. 

14. Maintain positive work relations with teachers, headmasters, and CED representatives. 
15. Any other task relevant to the position as requested by the line manager. 

Critical interfaces

By interfaces, NRC means processes and projects that are interlinked with other departments/units or persons. Relevant interfaces for this position are:

•  Education Project Coordinator. 

• Other education staff supporting an integrated approach. 

• Teachers, community members, education stakeholders. 

• Logistics staff supporting programs.

• Other core competency staff operating at field level at project sites. 

Scale and scope of the position

1. Competencies 

1. Professional competencies 

These are skills, knowledge, and experience that are important for effective performance. 

Generic professional competencies: 

• Experience working in a humanitarian/recovery context

• Previous experience working in complex and volatile contexts; ability to remain calm and professional intense situations

• Documented results related to previous responsibilities

• Knowledge of English, Arabic and other local language spoken in the area of operation

• Solid computer skills, including MS Word, Outlook, and Excel

• Proven ability to multi-task and meet deadlines

• Ability to work diligently both independently and in a team setting

• Previous experience supervising teams

• ICT experiences in software. 

Specific skills, knowledge, and experience: 

• Candidates with a university and/or advanced degree preferred; significant experience in the field of education, PSS, or child protection considered in lieu. 

• Understanding of the education circumstances needs and challenges conflict-affected children and teachers. 
• Understanding of the role of education in meeting the needs of conflict-affected children. 
• Significant experience leading or facilitating structured training sessions. 
• Knowledge of Child Protection/Child Safeguarding and/or psycho-social support. 

• Knowledge of teacher training curricula, modules, methodologies, and structures. 

• Demonstrated experience working with children and educators; CED -level experience a plus. 

• Experience training or building the capacity of others. 

• FEMALE CANDIDATES ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY

1. Behavioral competencies

These are personal qualities that influence how successful people are in their job. NRC’s Competency Framework states 12 behavioral competencies, and the following are essential for this position:

• Handling insecure environments. 
• Planning and delivering results. 
• Empowering and building trust. 
• Communicating with impact and respect (especially when dealing with affected communities). 
• Ability to work with high-level government officials. 

1. Performance Management

The 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: 

• The Job Description. 
• The Work and Development Plan. 
• The Mid-term/End-of-trial Period Performance Review Template. 
• The End-term Performance Review Template. 
• The NRC Competency Framework.