Announced Date: 13 August, 2023 Expire Date: 21 August, 2023
Job Location: Takhar
Nationality: National
Category: Education
Employment Type: Full
Time
Salary: As per
Organization Salary Scale
Vacancy Number: VA-29-2023
No. Of Jobs: 4
City: Taloqan
Organization: ACDO
Years of Experience: 4
years’ relevant experience in implementation of education or similar projects
in a humanitarian/recovery context
Contract Duration: 6
Months
Gender: Male/Female
Education: University degree in Education
and any other relevant field
Close date: 2023-08-21
About ACDO:
Asia Community Development Organization (ACDO) is an Afghan non-governmental, non-political, and non-profit humanitarian organization established in 2014 and registered with the Government of Afghanistan under the supervision of Ministry of Economy (MoEc) with a mission to provide humanitarian and development assistance to the vulnerable, at-risk, and underserved people throughout the country.
ACDO responds to the needs of deprived and marginalized rural and urban communities by managing and utilizing the available scarce resources in a well-organized, efficient, effective, transparent, and dignified manner to enhance resilience, boost access to education, health services, and infrastructure, ensure food and livelihood security, and promote social protection and inclusion.
ACDO has an active presence in most parts of the country and intends to expand its operations to the remaining provinces, as to transform itself into a leading and developed organization that will deliver to and support large number of people who have been affected by the long-protracted and sudden on-set emergencies and regardless of the hardest circumstances that exist in Afghanistan, ACDO has managed to deliver humanitarian and development assistance in most part of country.
Job Overview:
The aim of this project is to enable vulnerable and at-risk out-of-school children (OOSC) in emergency settlements/settings and host communities to access quality basic education in a safe and protective environment in Dasht-e-Qala, Khwaja Ghar, Rostaq, Kalafgan, Taloqan, Farkhar, Warsaj, Yangi Qala districts of Takhar Province. The Master Trainer will be responsible for the capacity building of CBE teachers and SMS, education personnel, community member and field level staff. The role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.
Job Description:
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Conduct surveys and assessments
in the communities and provide feedback and suggestions for the development of
the education program.
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Using the project teacher
training package and approaches, build the professional skills of community
teachers in subject knowledge, teaching methods and techniques for successful
delivery of community-based education.
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Conduct training need
assessment, design, conduct training and post training follow-up.
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Develop training work
plans, training materials (training manuals & handouts).
·
Deliver high quality
training workshops to CBE teachers, community mobilizers, education personnel
and community members on education matters.
·
Undertake regular
supervision visits and assess the impact of trainings on the learning and
development of project beneficiaries.
·
Identify training
gaps/needs, and or areas of improvements - document best practices and lessons
learnt.
·
Generate comprehensive
training report and update the training database.
·
Monitor and evaluate
students’ learning achievements; assist in the administration of the student
learning achievement tests.
·
Provide regular
in-classroom support to teachers to support them in practicing the learning
gained from the trainings, create a friendly learning environment for students
and overall teaching quality improvement.
·
Work with community members
in identifying non-formal education needs, assuring the community cooperation
with the program and their participation in the School Shuras/ Reintegration
Committees.
·
Conduct campaigns and
trainings with close collaboration with Community Mobilizer for raising
awareness about gender, especially for improvement of female education and
their further participation in education.
·
Prepare and maintain the
teacher supervision, class monitoring and teacher in-classroom support files;
prepare the work plan in consultation with the team.
·
Distribute textbooks and
other learning and classroom documentation materials in coordination with
Community Mobilizer to the classes.
·
Establish and maintain
productive work relationship and coordinate activities with the MoE
provincial/district/hub school officials and staff of other education sector
organizations.
·
Any other related task as
assigned by Snr. Project Officer and/or Senior Management Team (SMT).
Job Requirements:
Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in Education or Social Science.
Master degree with 2 years of relevant experience, or bachelor degree
with 4 years of relevant experience.
Experience in the relevant or similar position in humanitarian projects is required
Skills:
·
Strong oral and written
communication skill in Pashto; skills in Dari will also be an asset.
·
Able to travel project side
and outside of the duty station as and when required.
·
Knowledge of the value of
education in Holy Islam, the child development and the current trends of
education in Afghanistan.
·
Sound training skills,
including for illiterate people.
·
Ability to cope well under
pressure, work irregular hours and meet tight deadlines
·
Sound organizational skills
and ability to prioritize and deliver assignments in a timely manner often
under severe time pressures
·
Experience in needs
assessment, project monitoring and evaluation, and program development
· Good knowledge and experience in Afghanistan education system/context, education in emergencies (EiE), and child protection (CP)
Language skills:
Fluent oral and written skills Pashto and English
Submission Guideline:
Qualified applicants are highly encouraged to apply for the position and submit their applications (Cover Letter and CV together) NOT Educational and Work Certificates, to the attention of the Human Resource Department at https://forms.gle/cahJeegWm512oZYa8 until 04:00 pm (Afghanistan Standard Time) on August 21, 2023.
Shortlisted candidates will be directly contacted for a written test and consequently for an interview. If you are not contacted TWO WEEKS after the closing date, please know that your application has not been successful for the post.
Female Candidates are highly encouraged to apply.
Submission Email:
https://forms.gle/cahJeegWm512oZYa8