NEW Education Officer-Play Matters (3) Positions Mid level – Mid level IRC – International Rescue Committee Kasulu

Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to serious humanitarian crises around the world and helps victims to survive and rebuild their lives.

Foroverhalfacentury,Tanzaniahasbeenacountryofasylum,hostingoneofthelargestrefugeepopulationsinAfrica.Currently,thecountryhostsapproximately287,903BurundianandCongoleserefugees,manyofwhomarrivedin2015asthecrisisinBurundiincreased.Todate,refugeescontinuetoco-existwiththehostcommunitiesinKigomaregionexpressingmultiplereasonsandneeds.Withinthiscontext,IRCprovidesprotectionandbasicassistanceintheareasofSafety(comprisesofProtectionandRuleofLaw,WomenProtectionandEmpowerment,andChildProtection),Health(mentalhealthandpsychosocialsupportservicesandreproductivehealth),andEducation.

Job Overview:

PlayMatters is a consortium project, led by the IRC and includes Plan International, War Chil

Holland, Behavioral Insights Team, and Innovations for Poverty Action in partnership with the LEGO Foundation. PlayMatters promotes an active teaching method that capitalizes on a child’s natural desire to engage in play, focusing on building skills so that teachers and communities to intentionally plan to deliver contextually and age-appropriate guided play experiences to achieve specific learning objectives. PlayMatters promotes LtP experiences that promotes child-centered learning, allowing peer interactions that provides children aged 3-12+ with the platform to question, experiment, practice, and discover, developing critical skills that they need to thrive today and in future. In Tanzania PlayMatters are implementing 3 main objectives.

•Outcome 1: Integrate Learning through Play into Teaching & Learning

•Outcome 2: Increase Community Engagement in Learning through Play

•Outcome 3: Strengthen & Integrate Learning through Play in Policy & Systems

IRC is seeking a motivated and enthusiasticPlay MattersEducation Officer to carry outPlay Mattersactivities in refugee camps and host communities in Kigoma region. ThePlay MattersEducation Officer will be responsible for supporting thePlay MattersSenior Manager in ensuring that

Play Mattersconsortium and IRC staff identify, engage, and influence key education partners in

Tanzania responsible for promoting learning outcomes for refugee and local children ages 3 to 12. The PlayMatters Education Officer will work with a team of officers to ensure all project activities are carried out in a timely manner. The PlayMatters Education Officer will represent the PlayMatters in relevant camp-based stakeholder meetings and PlayMatters project coordination meetings.

MajorResponsibilities

• AssistinimplementationofLearnthroughPlay(LtP)contentpilotingactivitiestargetingeducators,communityleadersandcaregiversintherefugeeandhostcommunities,includinglogisticalarrangements,coordinationwithrelevantstakeholders,andfacilitationofallpilotactivities.
• Supportthedevelopment/adaptationofLtPcontent,suchasworkbooks,activitycards,etc.,foreducators,communityleadersandcaregiversinrefugeeandhostcommunitiesthroughparticipatoryandconsultativeprocesses,includingparticipationandengagementinconsortium-wide,multi-countrycontentdevelopmentcommittees(CDC);
• SupportthedeliveryofTrainingofTrainers(ToTs)/trainingstoeducators,communityleadersandcaregiversincollaborationwithdistrictandwardeducationofficers,communitydevelopmentofficers,schooladministration,andconsortiumstaff,usingacascademodel.
• ProvidetechnicalsupportonLtPtotargetusergroups(educators,communityleadersandcaregivers)throughregularmentoringandcoaching.
• WorkcloselywiththeM&Eteamtoimplementmechanismsandprocessesfordatacollection, data review and learning during piloting process so that user groups’ feedback canbeutilizedtocontinuouslyadaptLtPcontent
• Assistinadaptation,developmentandroll-outofLtPmonitoringtools. Engagewithfieldlevelcoordinationleads,implementingpartners,teachers,parents,andchildrenthroughstructuredco-creationprocesses.
• SupportandoverseetheimplementationofLtPactivitiesinrefugeeandhostcommunityschoolsandfacilitateexchangeoflearningandstandardmethodologies.
• Monitorprojectimplementation,trackprogressandachievementsandproducequalityreports.
• Assisttodevelopmeaningfulprocurement,activity,spendingplansandsticktothemtoavoidanyoverandunderspending.
• SupportthePlay MattersManagerasafocalpersoninallmattersrelatedtoPlaymatesprojectinthefield.
• WorkcloselywithHRandtheEducationProtectionOfficertoensureallviolationsoftheTeacherCodeofConductandPreventionofSexualExploitationandAbuseareproperlyreported.

RepresentationandPartnership

• Supportcoordinationandparticipationinmonthlycamp-basedEducationWorkingGroupmeetings,providingminutestotheregionalEducationWorkingGroup.
• RepresentIRCTanzaniainmeetingswithregionalprojectteamandmeetingswithotherconsortiummembers.
• EnsurethePlay MattersprojectisintegratedandcoordinatedwithotherIRC sectors.
• Ensure adherence by staff to IRC’s Global HR Operating Policies and Procedures and the IRCway.
• ReportanyviolationsoftheIRCSexualAbuseandExploitation,TheIRCWay,andChildSafeguardingPolicyaspertheIRCTanzaniareportingmechanism.
• Performotherdutiesasmaybeassignedbyyoursupervisor.

Key Working Relationships:

• PositionReportsto:SeniorManagerPlay MattersProject
• Positiondirectlysupervises:None
• OtherInternaland/orexternalcontacts:EducationTeam,Play Mattersregionalleadershipteam,otherconsortiumteami.e.PlanInternationalIRCoperationandfinancedepartments

Minimum Qualifications:

• Degree in Education or Psychology majoring science subjects, mathematics from a recognized institution
• Minimum two years’ work experience in program implementation.
  

Demonstrated Skills and Competencies

• A commitment to IRC’s mission and humanitarian principles
• Receptive to building and maintaining positive relationships with people from all backgrounds, genders, cultures, and viewpoints.
• Experience working with refugee communities desirable.
• Knowledge of Education in Emergencies
• Experience working with children, preferably in a teaching capacity.
• Experience in planning and delivering training.
• Experience in community mobilization and coordination.
• Highly collaborative and consultative approach.
• Good IT skills: knowledge of MS Word; Excel and Outlook required.

Language/Travel :ExcellentverbalandwrittencommunicationskillsinEnglishandSwahiliisrequired.KnowledgeofFrenchandKirundiisaplus.

Working Environment: Security level yellow – The situation in most of the country is calm. Some parts of Kigoma region experience insecurity-highway banditry.

Partnership: The IRC is committed to working with partners as our preferred operating model and adhering to our six partnership principles: equality, complementarity, mutuality, solidarity, results orientation, and humility

Commitment to Client Responsiveness: By committing to Client-Centered Programming, at the IRC Tanzania, we place the people we serve – our clients – at the center of our programming and services. The IRC Tanzania Staff have an important role to play in supporting the implementation of client-responsive programming through raising awareness to the community and clients about the existing feedback mechanisms and how to use them including the response processes, access, and eligibility to services, and contribute to building an institutional culture that prompts staff to listen to clients and to communicate and respond to their requests, feedback, and complaints.

Professional Standards: The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusivity: IRC is committed to building a diverse organization and a climate of inclusivity. We strongly encourage applications from candidates who can demonstrate that they can contribute to this goal.

IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer: IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

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