Job Opportunity as an Education Specialist at IRC
By: The International Rescue Committee (IRC)Last update:
Applicant criteria
NationalityNo specific nationality required
SpecialityEducational Science
Skillsمهارات التواصل, مهارات الكتابة, مهارات العمل ضمن الفريق
Age
- No specific age required
Years of Experience
- 5+
Gender
- Both
Opportunity criteria
Job Type
- Full time
Job FieldsTraining and Development Jobs
Opportunity FieldEducational Sciences
Job locationSenegal, Lebanon, Cameroon
Needed documentsCV, Cover Letter, Application form
Deadline2023-08-13
Opportunity description
The International Rescue Committee is offering a job opportunity as an Education Specialist. You will be responsible for supporting the grant funded by the French Development Agency (AFD) for a period of 36 months titled Feminist Solidarity Fund for Girls' Education (FSF), and will also support a group of feminist civil society organizations and women's rights organizations working in the seven targeted countries and/or at the regional level to accelerate Gender equality in and through education.
Duties & responsibilities
You will be responsible for:
- Providing direct support to girls and their families to remove social barriers at the individual, family, and community levels that prevent their education.
- Civil society organizations work directly with schools and other non-national institutions to improve the quality of support for adolescent girls at school.
- Designing the program, providing direct technical support, and building technical capacities to implement, measure, and continuously improve the proposed project, in close cooperation with the Women’s Protection and Empowerment Specialist.
- Providing targeted technical support for program design, follow-up, and evaluation.
- Support the consortium partner staff to undertake FSF activities, ensuring they align with project strategies that contextualize learning outcomes.
- Provide the necessary support to ensure that proposed activities respond to clients' needs and preferences.
- Liaise and coordinate regularly with the Project Manager and key staff in the office as well as other regional technical advisors on technical issues and project management issues.
- Give technical input to relevant communication materials such as fact sheets, briefs, papers, and presentations that can be disseminated and used to influence national and global levels.
- Produce technical inputs to internal and external reports, when required.
- Act as the lead technical focal point for emergency education and technical questions with donors.
Eligibility criteria
You must have:
- Bachelor's degree/university degree in education or any related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- It is preferred that you hold a master's degree and/or any of the postgraduate studies.
- At least 5 years of experience implementing and/or managing large education programs and teams, in a humanitarian or international development setting.
- It is preferred that you have experience ranging from one to two years as a consultant in the preparation of educational programs.
- Experience in preparing strategies and programs to change behaviors that hinder girls' access to appropriate education.
- It is highly preferred that you have the ability to develop technical tools and materials, monitoring and evaluation methods, and innovation in relation to the field of education.
- Preferably experience in one of the other technical areas within education (eg reading, mathematics, educational technology, inclusive education, etc.).
- Experience in strategy development and working across different sectors or disciplines.
- Proven experience in program design, monitoring, and evaluation, with the ability to transform concepts and strategies into measurable actions.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Proficiency in English and French.
- This job may require up to 40% travel.
- Adhere to the IRC Standards of Professional Conduct and IRC's Employment Policies.
About IRC:
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries, it restores safety, dignity, and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.
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