The International Rescue Committee, one of the world’s largest humanitarian international NGOs, provides relief, rehabilitation and development support to vulnerable people and communities over 30 countries. We began work in Ethiopia in 2000 in response to severe drought in Ethiopia’s Somali region and are currently providing assistance to Ethiopians and refugees in six regions in Ethiopia, implementing emergency and development programs in health, water and sanitation, economic recovery, and development (ERD), women’s protection and empowerment, education, child protection, and multi-sectoral emergency response.

Background:

Over 80 years ago, Albert Einstein helped create the International Rescue Committee. Today, we are a leading humanitarian and development organization working in more than 40 countries and 26 U.S. cities to help people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future.

Major Key Responsibilities 

With the direct supervision of the camp manager and technical oversight of CYPD Manager in Jigjiga, the Education Officer is responsible for the refugee education timely implementation, monitoring and evaluation and reporting of agreed activities.

• Involves in clients’ data gathering on regular basis.
• Ensures the quality day-to-day implementation of the education activities.
• Keeps the record of number of clients in the target refugee camp.
• Works very closely with supply chain for timely procurement and finance to deliver the project activities on time
• Works with the parent teacher associations to ensure that children are enrolled and retained in the ECCD centers.
• Conducts in-service teachers/facilitators trainings based on teachers training needs.
• Ensures that the teaching and learning process is going on based on the agreed curriculum.
• Conducts regular classroom observation and provide constructive feedback to ECCD facilitators.
• Develops activity and realistic spending plan once the budget is released.
• Ensures effective budget management based on existing tools (PR tracking and BvA) to avoid under or over-spending. Tracks the PR on regular basis to ensure the quality budget management.
• Communicates on regular basis to both the field office and/or Addis team on progresses and any challenges.
• Represents the IRC in any coordination meetings at the local level.
• Drafts monthly reports based on the IRC template and quarterly reports on the donor template.
• Facilitates clients feedback mechanism in the ECCD centers.

Qualifications

• BA/BED in Education, Education Planning and Management or other fields related to the position.
• Minimum of 4 years working experience in the education sector
• NGO experience is a plus
• Experience in managing emergency/recovery projects
• Good technical and report writing skill
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Fluent spoken and written English and knowledge of language is a plus
• Ability to work under pressure
• Computer literate with MS Word, Excel and Outlook
• Women are highly encouraged to apply