Education Assistant at United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Duties

• Assist in monitoring and supporting all existing formal and informal education programs, including implementing partner and community-based schools, and informal classes.
• Regularly collect, provide update and share information related to education, utilizing data collection to identify gaps and make recommendations as required
• Assist in the collection, analysis and reporting of core education data sets and maintenance of up to date Education Management Information System (EMIS)
• Provide regular reports on educational activities, achievements and challenges
• Perform specific administrative operational/control tasks for project/programme activities as assigned
• Undertake protection individual counselling for refugees utilising existing tools and standard operating procedures in place
• Represent UNHCR in monitoring of education projects.
• Foster inter-sectoral linkages and coordination with child protection, GBV, gender, community services, livelihoods/economic inclusion and health, among others.
• Support the training of UNHCR staff, sister UN agency staff, NGOs, and Ministry of Education officials on refugee education priorities and identified topics.
• Ensure active exchange of information and that best practices are identified, documented and disseminated.
• Prepare and support the drafting of education input in key internal and external documents and reports.
• Prepare documents and reports for clearance by the supervisor.
• Support the identification and management of risks and seek to seize opportunities impacting objectives in the area of responsibility. Ensure decision making in risk based in the functional area of work. Raise risks, issues and concerns to a supervisor or to relevant functional colleague(s).
• Perform other related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications

Years of Experience / Degree Level

• For G4 1 year relevant experience with High School Diploma; or Bachelor or equivalent or higher
• Certificates and/or Licenses;Education; Social Sciences Business Administration

Relevant Job Experience
Essential

• Demonstrated work experience in education programmes.
• Field experience in education programme implementation and coordination in humanitarian and/or development contexts.
• Experience working with Governments, Ministry of Education and other line Ministries.
• Strong inter-personal skills in collaboration and coordination.