Jordan: Field Education Supervisor

Organization

War Child UK

Job title

Field Education Supervisor

Department

Programmes

Location

Zarqa, Shobak and Irbid

Deadline

18 July 2018

Reporting to

Deputy Project Manager (DPM)

Technical Reporting Line

Technical Educational Advisor

Background

Can’t Wait to Learn (CWTL) proposes new (cost-) effective solutions to the urgent challenges facing education for children in emergencies. By utilizing innovative technological solutions with a focus on serious gaming, CWTL builds on concepts which have been successfully piloted in Sudan (e-Learning Sudan). CWTL has ambitions to increase the number of children with access to quality education in mathematics in areas affected by conflict in Africa and the Middle East, including in Jordan and Lebanon. The CWTL team, including its technical partners, will work together to digitize the Jordanian and Lebanese curriculum onto tablets, which will be used by children with guidance from a trained facilitator. In addition to mathematics, reading and psychosocial well-being-focused materials will be introduced to the CWTL portfolio during 2017. Developing fresh, interactive materials based on the national curricula and creating effective partnership structures to distribute these, creates new opportunities for making education accessible to those children who have been excluded. By facilitating their access to an effective and innovative learning tool, the CWTL programme seeks to increase children's resilience and support their educational (re)integration and progression.

In Jordan, the CWTL programme implementation will run from August 2018 – Januray2019 in 31 schools/learning spaces. This will consist of 28 MoE schools, 1 UNRWA school and 2 UNICEF learning centres. Of these schools, 26 MoE schools will be included in a Randomised Controlled Trial intervention in order to rigorously assess the impact of CWTL schools’ vs non-CWTL schools, in order to provide evidence for potential scale up in future.

Globally the programme is led by War Child Holland. War Child UK is the programme lead in Jordan. In Jordan, programme implementation will involve both local and international partner organisations, as well as self-implementation.

General objective of the role

The Field Education Supervisor role is responsible for the overall technical support for the teachers at MoE school in Zarqa governate including Azraq camp and 1 of UNRWA’s school, Shobak and Irbid.

Position in the organisation

The Field Education Supervisor is part of WCUK’s Management Department reporting to the Deputy Project Manager (DPM) and technically to the Technical Education Advisor in Amman.

Responsibilities:

1. Identify school and teachers need; provide technical assistance and training to MoE teachers whenever needed;
2. Provide daily mentoring visit to MoE school where program is implemented (Zarqa, Irbid and Shobak);
3. To effectively and actively work with Ministry of Education (Field directorates and schools teachers) to ensure best response to their questions, challenges and better implementation at school level;
4. Ensure technical buy-in and support from all stakeholders at schools in Ministry of Education;
5. Engage in any needed technical discussions with MoE field staff (teachers, principals, supervisors, …);
6. Report any technological issues directly to the IT and Logistic officer;
7. Assist teachers’ performance at class level;
8. Coordinate with the research team during data collection;
9. Attend meetings at the main office in Amman as required;
10. Collect data form schools and Field directorates and fill reports, forms, tools as required;
11. Attend the training and professional learning communities and capacity building courses;
12. Support in generating accounts for teachers via CWtL portal;
13. Generate CWTL IDs for students via CWtL portal;
14. Coordinate with the schools and IT officer to ensure best practice of data upload into the portal;
15. Support teachers in obtaining consent from the involved children in CWtL;
16. Support MEAL assistant on following up on students’ attendance sheets to ensure its filled daily;
17. Ensuring that tablets are session per session charged, and accessories are safe in the storage cabinet;
18. Providing monthly employee attendance sheet to the DPM;
19. To report in an effective time manner any issue related to the game directly to DPM;
20. Respond to any other requested tasks by the hiring manager.

Result: Effective educational technical support is provided to schools and learning centres in Jordan in such a way that issues are always resolved in a timely manner and technical activities for all projects are done on time in such a manner that WCH procedures and donor regulations are followed.

Knowledge and Experience

Bachelor’s degree of education or any relevant academic background;

Knowledge of school systems preferably in Zarqa;

8 years of teaching experience of which at least 2 years must have been in supervision of teaching and/ or administrative position at MoE schools.

Skills and Competencies

Knowledge of working experience at MoE schools in Zarqa.

Planning, analytical and organizational capabilities;

Strong planning and organizational skills to handle multiple tasks with deadlines;
Fluent in Arabic;

Good computer skills;

Excellent communication skills and problem-solving ability;

Team player.

Result focused and cost-conscious;

Ability to work independently as well as cooperatively with team members;

“Commitment to the vision and goals of War Child UK in Jordan, including adherence to the Child Safeguarding Policy, is essential”

CONTRACTUAL TERMS:

Position: 5 months short term contract

Working Hours: Full time

Travel: This position is primarily based in the field (Zarqa Governate, with occasional visits to Shobak and Irbid or as per needs basis)

Benefits: Annual leaves, social security and health insurance

Nationality: Open for national staff only

o Submit your CV through Akhtaboot or at Recruitment.jor@warchild.org.uk by 18 July 2018.

o Quote the following title “FLD EDU SUP” in the subject line. Emails with no “Title” in the subject line will not be shortlisted for the next stage.

o Due to limited resources War Child HR will contact only the shortlisted candidates.

The safety of children is essential to War Child. War Child does not tolerate or accept any form of abuse. This subject is addressed in our recruitment and selection procedures.