IR/INT/EXT/VN/055.19
December 10, 2019
Post Title: Education Officer
Duty Station: Afar Regional State, Zone 4, Awra/Ewa district
Reports to: Program Coordinator
No. Required: One
Duration: Until October 31, 2020
Introduction
Islamic Relief is an international relief and development charity founded in 1984 with its headquarters in Birmingham, UK. As well as responding to disasters and emergencies, Islamic Relief promotes sustainable economic and social development by working with local communities - regardless of race, religion or gender. The office officially started operation in Ethiopia in 2004. Islamic Relief Ethiopia (IRE) is operational in the Somali Regional State with a base office in Hargelle, Elkere, Bare, Dekasuftu, Jigjiga, Afar Regional State; Ewa & Gulina and an additional operational office in Addis Ababa. For more information please visit our website: http://www.islamic-relief.org/work-with-us.
Job Purpose
The Education Officer will be responsible for the timely and successful implementation of education sector activities in Awra woreda delivering the target deliverables of Empowering Girls through Education (EGE) Project. S/he will work in close collaboration with and active involvement of woreda education officials, teachers/facilitators, cluster supervisors, Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs), students and the communities.
The Education Officer is a senior technical position at woreda level under the EGE project, and s/he is accountable for the education sector results/outputs to be achieved in the woreda contributing to the achievements of education sector in the project.
Key Accountabilities
1. Strengthen the capacity of government education officials:
2. Strengthen communities’ capacity to be more effectively engaged in education service provision:
3. Improve the quality of Educational services with quality inputs to the local education system
4. Programme implementation and management effectiveness
5. Coordination and networking
6. Monitoring, Reporting and Documentation
Working Contacts
External: Government partners at local level and other external visitors visiting the project site. Networking with other NGOs, agencies or relevant bodies at Woreda level regarding the project work.
Internal: regular day-to-day contact with the Woreda level Programme staff, other education technical advisors, managers, the Programme manager.
Other: Consortium partners, other local and international NGOs and partners operating in the same area or sector, beneficiary communities and Woreda government officials.
Required Qualification