Education Specialist
Sector: Education
& Literacy
Location: US - NY
-New York
Employee Type:
Regular
Employee Category:
Full Time
Description
The IRC Child and
Youth Protection and Development (CYPD) Unit currently has programs in conflict
and post conflict situations in over 20 countries around the globe. They
include formal and non-formal education at primary, secondary and tertiary
levels; protection, case management, care and tracing and family reunification
of separated children; as well as life skills and vocational/ entrepreneurial
training for youth. Among the various programs that all respond broadly to
psychosocial needs of conflict-affected children, education is considered the
first line of defense for all children.
SCOPE OF WORK
The Education
Specialist will take a lead role in providing curriculum development support to
improve IRC's global work in early grade reading and math, social and emotional
learning, functional literacy and numeracy in emergency contexts, and youth
21st century skill development. The Education Specialist will work under the
technical guidance of Education Technical Advisors in CYPD HQ who are leading
the global work in these technical areas; as well as directly support country
programs to adapt and tailor existing curriculum to their specific contexts.
The work in curriculum includes assisting in the production of teacher training
manuals in teaching reading and math; adapting and tailoring IRC's Healing
Classrooms multi-media teacher training resource to country level programs;
tutor training manuals for after school programs in reading and math; both in
and out of school facilitator manuals that explicitly build the social and
emotional skills of children and youth; and facilitator manuals that help
adults promote children's literacy, numeracy and social and emotional learning
in safe learning and healing spaces that are often established during acute
emergencies.
The
Education Specialist will also support the Education Team at HQ in tasks
related to business development, raising cause and profile, representing IRC at
inter-agency meetings and events, communications, and specific tasks related to
research as requested. The Education Officer will report to the Senior
Technical Advisor for Education.
RESPONSIBILITIES
1.
Curriculum Development (under guidance and oversight of lead Education
Technical Advisors)
- Further expand, finalize and adapt to county level programs and contexts IRC's Learning Math in a Healing Classroom (LMHC)
- Develop a Learning to Read in a Healing Classroom (LRHC) multi-media teacher training resource
- Adapt and contextualize as needed LRHC to country level contexts particularly in Pakistan and Tanzania
- Develop a non formal literacy and numeracy curriculum and training materials for safe learning and healing space programs in acute emergencies
- Assist in the further development and refinement of after school tutoring program materials in reading and math for both primary and secondary level students
- Adapt Healing Classrooms and safe learning environment materials to country level programs and contexts as requested
- Contribute to the further development of both teacher and student curriculum to explicitly improve social and emotional learning skills.
- Contribute to the curriculum work within CYPD of youth relevant SEL/Life/Entrepreneurial skills development
- Help further partnerships with other agencies and institutions as appropriate that have evidence based curriculum that promote students' learning and well-being
2.
Capacity building and training
- Conduct trainings in the above listed materials at the field level when requested
- Adapt existing and above mentioned materials to staff led and field driven trainings in IRC field education programs
3.
Research and learning
- Develop strategies for testing, piloting and tracking use of existing and newly developed materials.
- Refine materials based on learning from tracking and monitoring the use of IRC developed materials
- Assist with EGRA/EGMA data analysis and report writing as requested
4.
Other tasks
- Support the packaging of existing LRHC/LMHC/HC materials
- Support the creation of appropriate PR and communications materials that can raise our profile with donors, partners, and other key actors
- Contribute to technical writing on proposals as requested; as well as other key proposal documents such as capacity statements and past performance capability matrices
Requirements
- Master's degree in Education or related field.
- Proven skills in curriculum development, particular teacher training curriculum, particularly in the areas of reading and math
- Experience working in conflict or crisis affected environments
- At least 2 years of experience managing and/or advising on education programs in conflict or post-conflict contexts.
- Classroom teaching at the primary school level required
- Strong knowledge in reading, math, social and emotional learning and/or child psychology/child development preferred
- Strong written communication skills
- Proficiency in French and/or Arabic preferred
IRC
leading the way from harm to home.
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.
How to Apply
Interested
candidates are required to follow the link below to apply
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