ย *** This Position is open to NOLY NRC Internal Staff *** ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Rights Respected, People Protected
About NRC:
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a non-governmental humanitarian organization with 75 years of experience in helping to create a safer and more dignified life for refugees and internally displaced people. NRC advocates for the rights of displaced populations and offers assistance within the shelter, education, food security, livelihoods, legal Assistance, and water, sanitation, and hygiene sectors. The Norwegian Refugee Council has approximately 6000 committed and competent employees involved in projects across four continents. NRC runs the world's largest standby roster, NORCAP, with 650 professionals ready to be deployed on 72 hours notice when a crisis occurs. ย
NRC in the Islamic Republic of Iran:
NRC started operations in Iran in 2012. We currently deliver humanitarian assistance in 10 provinces in Education, Food Security and livelihoods, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Shelter construction, as well as Information, Counseling, and Legal Assistance (ICLA). We co-lead several technical inter-agency working groups and provide capacity building to humanitarian partners in the country. Next to our programs, NRC Iran also built an advocacy unit to develop joint messages and initiatives among INGOs to improve the rights of the displaced. ย Following several recent breakthroughs, NRC Iran is scaling up substantially its activities in support of the Government of Iran's efforts towards an estimated 3,6 million Afghans residing in the country and is expanding its programme unit.
About Education
In 2015, an 'education' decree was issued through which all Afghan children are given access to education irrespective of their legal status in Iran. However, socio-economic and cultural barriers to the implementation of this decree remain. To support children in fulfilling their right to education, our team:
- provides cash assistance to Afghan families so they can continue sending their children to schools
- offers accelerated education programmes, with our partner the Literacy Movement Organization, through literacy and numeracy courses for out-of-school children to help them bridge the gap and enter school at the appropriate level
- offers school readiness programmes for children who have never been to school to support school enrolment
- provides life-skill courses for school students, parents, and teachers
- supports the formal education system by rehabilitating classrooms and expanding existing school infrastructure (including water and sanitation facilities), and providing essential education materials including school equipment and stationery
- provides certified soft skills training for youth to complement vocational training
- provides stationery and educational materials to pupils to facilitate their home-schooling when schools closed due to Covid-19
Roleย andย responsibilities
The purpose of the Education Officer is to implement the Education related projects under the supervision of Education Team Leader, with support of Area South Field office.ย He/she will also provide input and ideas to the Education Team Leader with regards to the design and development of projects related to Education Competency within NRC Iran.ย
The following is a brief description of the role.
Generic responsibilities:
- Line management of CC project field staff
- Adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedures and awareness of NRC global and regional strategies
- Contribute to Education strategy development, project proposals, and provide input on needs and gaps, considering where appropriate the possibility of expanding areas of Education response.
- Manage and implement delegated Education projects (activities, budget, and project documentation) as delegated from PM in line with proposals, strategies and donor requirements, and ensure high technical quality
- Provide regular progress reports to PM (Multi-CC Project Manager)
- Ensure that projects target beneficiaries most in need of protection, explore and assess new and better ways to assist
- Promote and share ideas for improvement and necessary changes in the activities
- Ensure capacity building of project staff and transfer key skills
- Liaise and collaborate with relevant local authorities and other key stakeholders
- Promote the rights of refugees and displaced in line with the advocacy strategy
- Ensure that key learnings are extracted from operations regarding protection and incorporate them into program strategy and staff development processes.
Specific responsibilitiesย
- Identify implementation opportunities for various NRC education responses focusing on supporting Out of school children.
- Monitor the implementation of projects (education portfolio of area south) according to work plan and keep updated work plan.
- Monitor budget expenditure and have proper spending plans of the projects.
- Support and mentor staff and partners in project implementation
- Document and share progress reports, case studies, program results and the potential for replication and scaling-up with relevant stakeholders as required.
- Provide input to colleagues for proposal writing and fundraising purposes.
- Participation in relevant coordination forums with key stakeholders.
- Communicating and liaising with provincial authorities and related interfaces in line with project objectives
- Evaluate, review, and ensure quality control of ongoing and completed Education projects.
- Encourage innovative programming activities in line with the context and to increase program efficiency proactively.
- Integrate better learning programming across all educational activities.
- Capacity building of education staff and implementing Partners
Competencies
Professional competencies
Generic professional competencies:
- Experience from working in the education sector with humanitarian organization โ holding NRC coordinating or managerial roles for minimum 18 months can compensate for above criteria
- Documented results related to the positionโs responsibilities.
- Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile
- Fluency in English, both written and verbal
Context related skills, knowledge and experience:
- Knowledge of Education system in Iran
- Knowledge of Afghan Refugeesโ status in Iran
Behavioral competencies
- Handling insecure environments
- Managing resources to optimize results
- Empowering and building trust
- Managing performance and development
- Planning and delivering results
We Can Offer
Contract: 3 month probation with possibility of extension
Salary: based on NRC grade structure- This position is grade 7 of the organizational grading and structure *This position is in mid-managerial level of NRC*
Duty Station: Iran-Kerman with field visit (some) to the provinces where NRC Area South is operating (Such as other areas/towns within Kerman Province, Hormozgan, Sistan & Balouchestan and Yazd) The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a global humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee.ย Join us in assisting millions of people in areas where others cannot, tackling some of the world's most dangerous and difficult crises. Bring your skills and dedication to an organisation recognised for providing high quality aid and for defending the rights of refugees and internally displaced people.ย At NRC, we give responsibility to employees at all levels and foster professional growth and innovative teams. You can expect a supportive culture and an open dialogue with management. We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion.ย Together, we save lives and rebuild futures. Safeguarding is central to NRCโs work. We expect all employees to:ย โข treat everyone with respect and dignityย โข contribute to building a safe environment for allย โข never engage in any form of exploitation, harassment and specifically sexual exploitation, abuse and sexual harassment (SEAH)ย โข always report. NRC has a zero-tolerance approach to inaction against exploitation, abuse and SEAH
NRC in the Islamic Republic of Iran
NRC started operations in Iran in 2012. We currently deliver humanitarian assistance in 9 provinces in the sectors of Education, Food Security and livelihoods, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Shelter construction, as well as Information, Counseling and Legal Assistance (ICLA). We co-lead several technical inter-agency working groups and provide capacity building to humanitarian partners in country. Next to our programs, NRC Iran also built an advocacy unit to develop joint messages and initiatives among INGOs to improve rights of the displaced. Following several recent breakthroughs, NRC Iran is scaling up substantially its activities in support of the Government of Iran efforts towards an estimated 3,6 million Afghans residing in country, and is expanding its programme unit.