Education Officer Myanmar Maungdaw

Overview

Coordinate education activities according to strategy, proposals, budgets, and plans, ensuring adherence to NRC policies and donor requirements. Supervise and manage education technical assistants/community-based workers and report on their progress.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate education activities according to strategy, proposals, budgets, and plans.
• Ensure adherence to NRC policies and donor requirements.
• Involve and inform communities, community leaders and other relevant stakeholders about the activities.
• Break down the annual operational plans into weekly, monthly, and quarterly implementation plans.
• Coordinate with relevant partners and other education stakeholders.
• Ensure that procurement, development and distribution of teaching and learning materials are timely and according to procedures.
• Supervise, train, and develop team and ensure proper filing of documents according to NRC procedures.
• Prepare periodic progress reports, statistics and other documents as required.
• Investigate and facilitate introduction of new technology, methods, and approaches to improve the quality of the activities.
• Ensure that projects target beneficiaries most in need and explore and assess new and better ways to assist, in line with NRC’s technical program.
• Supervise and manage the work of the education technical assistants/community-based workers and report on their progress to the line managers.
• Schedule and participate in training, implementation, running and follow-up of the project including monitoring and evaluation, teaching methodologies, education needs assessment, supervision, and field missions.
• Actively promote the Right to Education (including in emergencies) with an understanding of Protection, Gender, Inclusion and Child Protection principles.
• Build and maintain effective collaboration with existing education committees, community groups, youth-led organisations, and implementing partners to strengthen the quality, relevance and sustainability of education services.
• Ensure proper monitoring and evaluation of all educational activities.
• Conduct regular classroom observations and teacher follow-up to assess the application of teaching approaches and identify areas for further support.
• Ensure that all administrative and logistical tasks are promptly and correctly completed.
• Represent NRC in meetings, when requested, and promote exchange of information with relevant external actors.
• Ensure all supporting documents are archived in line with NRC standards and protocols.
• Provide accurate and detailed progress reports in line with donor guidelines and NRC guidelines.
• Promote and share ideas to Education Assistants for technical improvement.
• Act as interpreter when required and translate documents as needed.
• Undertake any other duties assigned by the line manager as and when required.
• Work closely with the Finance Officer to ensure accurate and timely financial processes related to project activities.
• Schedule and participate in training, implementation, running and follow-up of projects including monitoring and evaluation, technical methodologies, supervision and field missions.

Required Experience

Experience reviewing Urdu content is required.

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