The Education Specialist has to ensure technical development of Education Core Competency, strategic direction and quality assurance for the NRC education response in Iran. He/she is responsible for mentoring, training, building the technical capacity of staff and to develop the education portfolio in the country. He/she holds a key role on the mission and reports to the Head of Programme (HoP).
The following is a brief description of the role.
Generic responsibilities
- Develop the Education strategy, technical guidance and Macro logframes
- Compliance with and adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedures
- Contribute to fundraising, develop and revise funding proposal, budgets and donor reports
- Identify trends technical standards and donor priorities
- Follow up on compliance with contractual commitments within the Education Core Competency, ensure high technical quality and synergies in project implementation
- Provide technical direction and project implementation support to Program Managers in the field
- Ensure that key learnings are extracted from Education implementation, and incorporate them in program and staff development processes
- Provide systematic training and build capacity of all Education technical staff
- Represent NRC in relevant forums/clusters, including with national authorities and donors
- Promote the rights of refugees and displaced in line with the advocacy strategy
Specific responsibilities
- Develop an Education response adapted to the Iranian context and in line with the regulations of the Ministry of Education as well as Ministry of interior (BAFIA)
- Provide Education related strategic and technical inputs into the Education Working Group and other relevant country level or regional fora.
- Support the implementation and provide technical guidance to cash in education activities
- evelop high quality Education proposals and timely reports
- Build capacity to operationalize quality, timely and comprehensive Education programming in the various areas of operation
- Ensure harmonization and consistency across Education projects implemented in different areas of operation
- Develop partnerships with Iranian organizations providing educational related activities
- Support the Head of Programme in identifying advocacy opportunities related to education
- Support the Head of Programme in the development of NRC Iran integrated programming
- Support the Education teams to ensure proper functioning of M&E systems and timely reporting
Generic professional competencies for this position:**
- Minimum 6 years of experience within Education technical expertise area in a humanitarian/ recovery context
- Strong Education expertise
- Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
- Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile
- Experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
- Strong understanding of protection principles
- Fluency in English, both written and verbal
Context/specific skills, knowledge and experience:
- Knowledge of the Afghanistan displacement context is an asset
- Knowledge of the refugee context in Iran is an asset
- Experience with scaling up of education programs in strictly controlled context is an asset
- Experience with Education related advocacy work is an asset
- Ability to work under pressure, independently and with limited supervision;
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What we offer:
· Type of contract:** 12 months’, with possibility of extension.
· Salary/benefits: According NRC salary scale, terms and conditions.
· Duty station:** Tehran, Iran
· Travel:** Up to 25% within Iran
· Salary and Benefits: Based on the NRC scale.
NRC might review applications before advert deadline, therefore interested candidates are encouraged to apply early.