مطلوب مساعد/ة تعليم – نتفائال (BML – البقاع الغربي)

Under Amel’s crisis response program and in coordination with the education program team, the education officer will be responsible of the daily field implementation of the Nataf3al project in accordance with the project’s workplans. The Nataf3al project is implemented in consortium with three other partners and aims at ensuring students’ retention in public schools while building a “school community” approach.

The education Assistant will work under the supervision of the Education Officer and the Field
coordinator. The education Assistant will be based in either Beirut, Mount Lebanon, West Bekaa or Baalbeck / Hermel and will be in charge of the project implementation in the public school.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsibility #1: Internal coordination
• Participate in weekly team meetings;
• Liaise with Amel different programs in the assigned location;
• Monitor contextual updates and engage in relevant coordination/information-sharing meetings as required to inform the Amel’s Education Programs’ strategy;
• Share constantly the updates related to the project’s implementation with the Education Officer on a daily basis;
• Participate in other required internal meetings.

Responsibility #2: Collaboration, Networking
• Liaise on a daily basis with Schools directors, Communities, Education Officer to guarantee the smooth operation of the program;
• Develop and maintain positive relations with the communities, School Directors and other local actors;
• Involve and inform communities, school directors and community leaders about the activities;
• Coordinate with relevant partners in the assigned locations.

Responsibility #3: Projects Implementation
• Under the supervision of the Education Officer, the Education Assistant will be implementing the project’s activities in line with the relevant outputs and outcomes inside & outside the school;
• Coordinate Closely among and between the different project’s teams working in the same area identify common challenges, gaps, needs and report them to the education officer;
• Assist in planning, organizing and documenting the delivery of goods and services to the beneficiaries;
• Conduct outreach work and collect information for the identification of beneficiaries (parents’ committees, children’s committees, etc.);
• Provide awareness sessions to the communities on education-related topics and assist the social worker on the provision of other awareness sessions;
• Identify the communities’ needs and the children’s needs to be referred to the social worker;
• Advise communities and caregivers on existing education activities and other social services (info session, guidance, etc.);
• Assist in conducting and preparing mapping of relevant services being provided, to be shared with the education officer;

• Ensure beneficiaries’ attendance to the different project’s activities with a constant follow-up (phone calls, home visits, key informal interviews, etc.);

• Report to the education officer the work performance of teachers and drivers;
• Collect the children’s attendance on a daily basis to be reported to the education officer;
• Organize the occasional activities in collaboration with the education officer and other team members as per the project’s workplan (awareness session, community events, community-led initiatives, etc.);

• Conduct need assessments for the parents / caregivers to identify the need;
• Monitor transportation for children to / from school coordinating closely with the bus drivers;
• Collect from the teachers the lessons’ plans and provide guidance if needed.

Responsibility #4 Quality standards
• Monitor and follow-up on the quality of services provided with class observation and ensure consistency in the teachers’ lessons plan with the project’s methodologies;
• Support in creating a safe classroom environment conducive to learning and appropriate to the physical, social, and emotional development of children inside the schools;
• Ensure adherence to Amel policies and donor requirements;
• Ensure a strict adherence to the principles of Child Protection at all times, including respect for confidentiality and child centered approach, acts in the best interests of the child;
• Ensure that all activities abide by humanitarian principles and sector principles and standards.
Responsibility #5: Monitoring & Evaluation / Reporting
• Enter and update on a monthly basis data related to beneficiaries and activities in the education database / outreach sheet;
• Prepare quantitative reports upon request;
• Prepare and fill all documents related to activities (Work plans, Report, data collection …) ;
• Ensure that the M&E plan (indicators, timeline, etc.) are being well implemented;
• Share relevant suggestions to improve M&E methodologies throughout the project duration.

The Education Assistant may support in additional tasks and carry other responsibilities which are not mentioned above, depending on the needs of the education program.

Competencies:
• At least two years’ experience in education, preferably in an NGO environment or educational setting
• Bachelor’s degree in education, development or another social science
• An understanding of formal and non-formal education
• Understanding of government institutions, particularly the public school
• A demonstrated understanding of national development issues in particular in relation to children
• Strength in interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
• Strong documentation, research and report writing skill
• Knowledge and experience in child protection issues
• Experience in community sensitization/ mobilization
• Excellent computer skills.