Education Assistant

All NRC employees are expected to work in accordance with the organization’s core values: dedication, innovation, inclusivity and accountability. These attitudes and believes shall guide our actions and relationships. 

1. Role and responsibilities

Education assistant is responsible for the daily implementation and follow up in the field and conducting outreach visit and activities in Baalback area.

Generic responsibilities

1. Monitor and report on the project activities and ensure compliance with plans and NRC standards
2. Work with the communities for the identification and enrollment of children in the community center or NFE activities.
3. Carry out awareness session and outreach information visit with refugees and host communities
4. Distribute and monitor the use of educational materials according to procedures
5. Assist the teachers in their work
6. Suggest new methods and approaches in order to improve the quality of the activities
7. Carry out data collection and Survey with children using NRC template and tools as require
8. Prepare and file relevant documents as required by line manager
9. Ensure that NRC’s related activities are implemented within NRC’s Protection mainstreaming guidelines and reports any breaches/concerns to the line manager and/or focal point for proper action
10. Ensure that all protection related detected cases are referred to the concerned referral focal point and to the related Protection Coordinator

Specific responsibilities

• Conduct Field visits to the IS and Collective shelters in cooperation with ETO and EC to define the needs and identify new beneficiaries
• Assist with preparation of outreach work and conduct frequent outreach information with identified communities.
• Provide outreach program in the community (life skills and recreational activities) according to the module, curricula, schedule and approach)
• Carry out Survey with children twice per cycle using NRC template and tools (Mobenzi)
• Enter on daily and weekly basis data related to beneficiaries and activities in the education data base
• Assist in developing and maintaining relations with refugee and host communities, local authorities, volunteers, and other local actors.
• Assist in conducting and preparing regular mapping of relevant services being provided.
• Assist in conducting regular assessments and producing relevant reports (including focus group discussions, interviews, questionnaires, etc.).
• Organize and provide awareness sessions for children and parents.
• Assist with planning work on weekly and monthly basis in accordance with work plan
• Contribute to preparation of relevant documents (including brochures, information notes, information board updates) for target communities.
• Coordinate with all other trainers, ETOs, and EC.
• Coordinate with other NRC core competency staff at field level.
• Assist with monitoring and following-up on the quality of services provided.
• Monitoring and supervision of transport for beneficiaries (including accompanying beneficiaries on transport).
• Assist in designing the needed forms, questionnaires and other templates.
• Assist in maintaining archiving system up to date (both in hardcopies and electronically).
• Report weekly & monthly (or more often, if required) on activities and results to the relevant NRC staff.
• Carry out any administrative tasks related to education as requested and agreed upon.
• Prepare attendance records.

Critical interfaces

• Refugees focal point
• Local authorities
• Other NRC core competencies

1. Professional Competencies

• University degree in education or related field.
• Experience from working with education projects in a humanitarian/recovery context
• Minimum of 1 year of working experience in non-governmental organization.
• Experience in psycho-social support for children’s and youth’s emotional, social, mental, and spiritual needs.
• Knowledge of NGO operations and the dynamics of the humanitarian sector is a plus.
• Experience in participatory programs.
• Proficiency in English & Arabic both written and spoken

1. Behavioral competencies

• Planning and delivering result
• Working with people
• Coping with change
• Communicating with impact and respect
• Handling insecure environments