Education Officer

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.

Responsibilities

• Support to programme development and planning
• Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results
• Technical and operational support to programme implementation
• Networking and partnership building
• Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

Requirements

• Bachelor or equivalent (First Level University Degree) in Education, Psychology, Sociology and any other related fields.
• At least 2 years of relevant work experience in Education Programme Management, Humanitarian Assistance, Education Governance, Early Childhood Education, Access to Education, Education Information and Data Management, Non-formal Education, Learning Outcomes Improvement and any other related fields.
• Experience in education programme planning, education programme implementation, programme monitoring, partnership development, disaster risk reduction and knowledge management.
• Fluency in English and Arabic languages is required.
• Knowledge of another official UN language (Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) is an asset.
• Relevant experience with UN system agency or organization is an asset.
• Experience with education in emergencies is an asset.
• Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts is an asset.

Skills

• Education Program Management
• Humanitarian Assistance
• Education Governance
• Early Childhood Education
• Access to Education
• Education Information Management
• Data Management
• Non-Formal Education
• Learning Outcome Improvement
• Education Programme Design
• Education Programme Implementation
• Programme Monitoring
• Partnership Development
• Disaster Risk Reduction
• Knowledge Management
• Education in Emergencies

Languages

English, Arabic