Education Officer at World Vision International Rwanda | Kigali :Deadline: 31-07-2023

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Education Officer

World Vision is a child-focused Christian humanitarian organization implementing development programs in 30 Districts of Rwanda. Our interventions in the strategic period of 2021-2025 seek to reach 2 million of the most vulnerable children. This is done through programming in Resilience and Livelihoods, WASH and Health, Child Protection, and Education.

World Vision Rwanda seeks to hire a qualified, dedicated, and experienced Rwandan national for the role of Education Officer, joining an established and experienced team. This position will be based in Nkamira transit center-Rubavu District and reports to the Education in Emergency Manager(HO).   


Purpose of the position:

The purpose of the post is to effectively take the lead in the implementation of Education project interventions within the Nkamira transit center.  The candidate will lead in the provision of education support to ECD, primary and secondary school students, distribute scholastic materials, as well as ensuring that all issues relating to the education of school-age refugee children in the camp are timely responded to and reported to the Education in Emergency Manager(HO).He/She will also include providing accurate data relating to the numbers of children attending School, children with special needs, and school feeding as well as the numbers of children dropping out of school both in primary and secondary schools within and outside the Camp.

% of time

Activity

40%

Technical Input

  • Coordinate the implementation of the WV Rwanda Education in Emergency project, including identifying ongoing priority areas.
  • Provide weekly, monthly, semi-annual, and annual reports
  • Ensure that sector budgets are aligned with project designs and DIPs.
  • Support ECD caregivers and liaise with them to report children’s attendance daily
  • Distribute scholastic materials and uniforms to children in school
  • follow up on school dropouts and encourage them to resume school
  • Support teachers with necessary capacity building through training and provide materials e.g didactic materials
  • Conduct sensitization meetings for students and parents on the importance of education
  • Liaise with District and other local education authorities to ensure quality in the delivery of services.
  • Monitor/supervise and provide pedagogical support to teachers

20%

School feeding Facilitation

  • Provide support to school feeding of ECD, Primary and secondary school children
  • Ensure timely transfers of money for feeding students in primary and secondary school.
  • Liaise with school head teachers and ECD caregivers to ensure refugee children get food and provide reports on school feeding issues on a daily basis with suggestions on how to mitigate those issues

20%

Child protection

  • Liaise with other child protection partners in the camp to prevent, mitigate and respond to children’s risks
  • Do regular reporting on the progress of psychosocial and child protection support services
  • Participate in child protection (CP) meetings

20%

Special needs

  • Liaise with ECD caregivers, Headteachers of Primary and Secondary schools to identify children with special needs
  • Report cases of children with special needs as they arise and support them to enroll in education
  • Link children with special needs with other partners such as Handicap International and ensure they get equal education services

Perform any other activity as requested by the immediate Supervisor




Qualifications: Education/Knowledge/Technical Skills and Experience

Required Professional Experience
  • At least 3 years of Professional experience in education (of which 1 year is in Education in an emergency).
  • 1 Year of experience working with Refugee Communities
  • Demonstrated experience in Early Childhood Education,
  • Experience in working with and coordinating with Primary and Secondary schools and other stakeholders implementing child protection programs and Special needs Education
  • Strong interpersonal, intercultural, and communication skills

Required Education,

training, license,

registration, and

certification

Bachelor’s Degree in Education or other relevant subject.




Salary:

The salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience.

N.B: Women are highly encouraged to apply.

How to apply:

Should you wish to apply for this position, please go to:

https://worldvision.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/enUS/WorldVisionInternational/details/Education-Officer_R22556

If this is your first time applying online via the World Vision International careers website, you will need to register an account along with your application details. This site will provide you with additional functionality, such as saved searches and email alerts. Registration requires minimal information to create your account. Further details will be collected during the application process.


All applicants must apply using our online application system, CVs received via email or standard post will NOT be considered.

In case you face any challenges in applying, please let us know at wvrwanda-recruitment@wvi.org (no applications will be accepted through this email).

The closing date for submission of applications is 31st July 2023; no late applications will be accepted.

As a child-focused organization, World Vision is committed to the protection of children and does not employ staff whose background is not suitable for working with children. All employment is conditional upon the successful completion of all applicable background checks, including criminal record checks.

Note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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