Education Technical Assistant – Vocation SkillsÂ
Norwegian Refugee Council(NRC)
Kigoma, Tanzania
Full-Time
22nd July 2020
Overview
NRC Tanzania is looking for Education Technical Assistant – Vocation Skills base at Mtendeli
The purpose of the technical assistant position is to assist in the day-to-day
implementation of the Education project.
All NRC employees are expected to work in accordance with the organization’s core values: dedication, innovation, inclusivity, and accountability. These attitudes and beliefs shall guide our actions and relationships.
Duties and responsibilities
- Adhere to NRC policies, tools, handbooks and guidelines
- Assist with the implementation of the support function portfolio according to the plan of action
- Prepare and develop status reports as required by management
- Ensure proper filing of documents
- Promote and share ideas for improvement of the support function
- Contribute to technical implementation of the Youth Education Program through daily supervision, coordination with partners and provide support to Vocation Centre and incentive staff in line with NRC quality standards
- Responsible to secure documentation by ensuring that all distribution lists are scanned and archived in one drive
- Assist NRC Education team in daily field activity planning and implementation
- Carry out data collection to inform project design
- Assist in mobilizing the community for proper participation and contribution to activities initiated by NRC in the camps
- Responsible for provision and supervision distributed education materials
- Prepare and develop status reports as required by the supervisor
- Support the Education officer in the formulation of project work plans and provide quality and timely reports to the officer on projects progress.
- Strengthen coordination with government technical departments, camp management authorities and partners
- Support the preparation PRs and follows up for timely procurement of materials, tools and services.
- Take part in general assessments, upon request
Qualifications
- Degree/Higher Diploma in Engineering Science from a recognized technical college/university
- Proven practical experience in the planning and execution of construction/rehabilitation projects for at least 3 years. Possibly experience in humanitarian assistance.
- Innovative in technical related skills
- Ability to initiate, develop, plan, and implement an integrated programme.
- Excellent communication (spoken and written) skills, including the ability to explain and present technical information.
- Political and cultural awareness
- Ability to work independently in a result-oriented multi-tasking and multi-cultural environment and manage conflicting priorities.
- Understanding of humanitarian standards and principles
- Sensitivity to the needs and priorities of disadvantaged populations (minority groups, PSN, etc)
- Demonstrated experience of integrating gender and diversity issues into vocational skills training programming.
Personal qualities
- Planning and delivering results
- Empowering and building trust
- Communicating with impact and respect
