Education Officer Myanmar Maungdaw

The Education Officer coordinates education activities in Rakhine State according to strategy, proposals, budgets, and plans. The role involves supervising education technical assistants, promoting the Right to Education, ensuring monitoring and evaluation of educational activities, and collaborating with community groups and partners to strengthen education services in conflict-affected and crisis contexts.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the education activities according to strategy, proposals, budgets, and plans.
• Ensure adherence to NRC policies and donor requirements.
• Involve and inform communities, community leaders and other relevant stakeholders about the activities.
• Break down the annual operational plans into weekly, monthly, and quarterly implementation plans.
• Coordinate with relevant partners and other education stakeholders.
• Ensure that procurement, development and distribution of teaching and learning materials are timely and according to procedures.
• Supervise, train, and develop team and ensure proper filing of documents according to NRC procedures.
• Prepare periodic progress reports, statistics and other documents as required.
• Investigate and facilitate introduction of new technology, methods, and approaches to improve the quality of the activities.
• Ensure that projects target beneficiaries most in need and explore and assess new and better ways to assist, in line with NRC’s technical program.
• Supervise and manage the work of the education technical assistants/community-based workers and report on their progress to the line managers.
• Schedule and participate in training, implementation, running and follow-up of the project including monitoring and evaluation, teaching methodologies, education needs assessment, supervision, and field missions.
• Actively promote the Right to Education (including in emergencies) with an understanding of Protection, Gender, Inclusion and Child Protection principles.
• Build and maintain effective collaboration with existing education committees, community groups, youth-led organisations, and implementing partners to strengthen the quality, relevance and sustainability of education services.
• Ensure proper monitoring and evaluation of all educational activities.
• Conduct regular classroom observations and teacher follow-up to assess the application of teaching approaches and identify areas for further support.
• Ensure that all administrative and logistical tasks are promptly and correctly completed.
• Represent NRC in meetings, when requested, and promote exchange of information with relevant external actors.
• Ensure all supporting documents are archived in line with NRC standards and protocols.
• Provide accurate and detailed progress reports in line with donor guidelines and NRC guidelines.
• Promote and share ideas to Education Assistants for technical improvement.
• Act as interpreter when required and translate documents as needed.
• Undertake any other duties assigned by the line manager as and when required.
• Work closely with the Finance Officer to ensure accurate and timely financial processes related to project activities.
• Schedule and participate in training, implementation, running and follow-up of projects including monitoring and evaluation, technical methodologies, supervision and field missions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree from any recognized university
• At least 3 years’ experience working in Education in Emergencies (EiE) or education programming in conflict-affected, displacement or other crisis contexts.
• Experience from working as a Project Officer or similar position in a humanitarian/recovery context.
• Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts.
• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities.
• Fluency in local languages, English both written and verbal.
• Ability to use digital tools for communication, monitoring, data collection and programme reporting.
• Experience with managing budgets and staff.
• Flexible, creative and co-operative.
• Communication skills, adaptable and resourceful.
• Expect to abide by office rules, regulations and policies within NRC.

Skills

• Education in Emergencies
• Education Programming
• Humanitarian Programme Management
• Conflict-Affected Contexts
• Displacement Crisis Response
• Programme Monitoring and Evaluation
• Budget Management
• Staff Supervision
• Digital Communication Tools
• Data Collection
• Programme Reporting
• Community Engagement
• Right to Education Promotion

Languages

English