Education Officer - Bangladeshi Nationals

Job Description

Title: Education Officer - Bangladeshi Nationals

Company Name: Norwegian Refugee Council, Bangladesh

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ University and/or advanced degree preferred in education or related area. Or significant experience in the field of education, youth, life skills or child protection

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Implement education activities under direction of the Education Coordinator
∎ Regularly travel to the camps to support education activities
∎ Building the capacity of facilitators and other field staff through trainings and contributing to the contextualization of training and learning material.
∎ Prepare and develop status reports as required by management
∎ Promote and share ideas for technical improvement
∎ Liaise and collaborate with relevant local authorities and other key stakeholders
∎ Make decisions on the ground with limited or remote supervision
∎ Provide support to NRC activities in line with NRC quality standards
∎ Support Coordinator with field level trainings and liaise with partner NGOs
∎ Develop, update and maintain effective work plans, mappings and indicator tracking tables per location
∎ Explain the project goals and objectives to volunteers and beneficiaries through daily contact and regular field visits and meetings adherence with NRC policies, tools, handbooks and guidelines

Additional Requirements:
∎ Minimum 2 years working experience in a humanitarian/recovery context
∎ Knowledge of verbal and written English and Bangla; Rohingya or local language an asset
∎ Understanding of the role of education in meeting the needs of HC/refugee populations
∎ Experience working with children and/or educators; government experience a plus
∎ Experience training or building the capacity of others

Application Deadline: 20 Jul 2020

Company Information:
∎ 6 Jul 2020
∎ Norwegian Refugee Council, Bangladesh
∎ Business : An estimated 905,000 Rohingya refugees currently reside in Cox`s Bazar, Bangladesh, over 700,000 of whom fled extreme violence in Myanmar in late 2017. They reside in refugee camps, which are among the most congested camps in the world, with limited access to basic services, including adequate sanitation, healthcare, livelihoods and education.
The refugees have put an immense strain on the Bangladeshi`s living in Cox`s Bazar, however, despite the challenges, the Bangladeshi communities were the first to respond when the Rohingya arrived and generously continue to host the refugees, and many of the local communities are now also in need of support.
NRC has been present in Bangladesh since 2016, working through partnerships with local NGO`s. We have since scaled up our presence in Bangladesh, obtaining legal registration in November 2018, allowing us to better respond to the Rohingya influx. Alongside our partners, we provide assistance to refugees and local communities through Education programming and Information, Counselling and Legal Assistance (ICLA) activities.

Category: NGO/Development