JOB DETAILS

Under the supervision of Chief of Homs Field Office (with a technical reporting line to the Chief of Education), the Education Officer provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for education programmes/projects within the Country Programme from development planning to delivery of results, preparing, executing, managing and implementing a variety of technical and administrative programme tasks to facilitate programme development, implementation, programme progress monitoring, evaluating and reporting.

Key functions, accountabilities and related duties:

1. Support to programme development and planning
2. Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results.
3. Technical and operational support to programme implementation
4. Networking and partnership building
5. Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Terms of Reference here:  VA ToR – Education Officer, NOB, Homs TA.docx

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

Minimum requirements:

• Education: A first university degree preferably in: education, international development, human rights, psychology, sociology, or any other area that is considered relevant to work as described in the vacancy announcement, supplemented with experience in the field of education.

• Work Experience: A minimum of two years of professional experience in programme planning, management, and/or research in education.
• Languages: Fluency in English and Arabic.

Desirables:

• Experience in development and/or humanitarian contexts.
• Relevant experience in a UN system agency or organization.

• Experience in accountability to affected populations field.
• Knowledge of Education programming and rehabilitation of schools.