Life skills & Psycho-social Support Educator-Bekaa

Job Overview/Summary:

The Life skills and psycho-social support educator will be responsible for facilitating the overall delivery of the PSS sessions in a safe, child-friendly environment, upholding the standards of the NRC’s Code of Conduct, while ensuring full inclusion and protection of the vulnerable children as a key responsibility of this role and following NRC’s Protection Policy The position holder will work in close connection with Education Officers (EOs) and will receive a pre­service training on topics specific to the context. This will include regular monitoring and observation visits from EOs and other NRC technical staff.

Responsibilities:

• Provide effective teaching and facilitation to refugees and vulnerable host community children by employing a variety of methodologies in teaching students, including demonstrations, discussions, and lectures

• Attend and actively participate in all training assigned by NRC
• Implement and follow standard curriculum and inform content development where needed, including the production and dissemination of teaching handouts and activities sheets.
• Maintain a child-friendly and safe teaching/learning environment in the classroom while adopting a holistic approach to teaching (physical, emotional, and intellectual well-being)
• Support in outreach and children registration as needed.
• Responsible for classroom adaptation and decoration relevant to the age/class group
• Conduct learning achievement exercises pre, post and periodic assessments during the cycle.
• Working on learners’ files, data entry, and learner evaluation.
• Plan and implement lessons as per the directions of the subject coordinator.
• Attending educator meetings, participating in Teacher Learning Circles, develop extra material during workshops and adapt them to the needs of the students.
• Teach and educate students according to their educational needs and abilities according to students’ levels per class/grade. 
• Prepare, implement, and supervise recreational activities.
• Follow up on student attendance and absence, by conducting phone calls with parents/caregivers.
• Enhance parental involvement through positive communication channels with parents and PCGs (Parents Community Group) members
• Utilize and protect the educational equipment, such as materials, books, and other learning aids provided by NRC
• Supervise the students upon arrival and departure and between sessions
• Apply/mainstream child protection guidelines following the training provided by NRC.

Critical interface

• Education Officer.
• Educator coordinator (Educator+)
• Education Technical Coordinator.
• Education PM.
• Parents.

Qualifications and Relevant Skills:

• Diploma or bachelor’s degree in psychology, social studies or related field; certification/license in teaching is a plus. 1 to 2 years working experience in education or Non-Formal teaching.
• Honesty and trustworthiness, and responsive to constructive feedback and advice.
• Ability to work systematically and organized manner
• Ability to listen actively, understand, communicate effectively, and discuss with supervisors and parents on children's learning problems and psychosocial requirements
• Ability to respect and maintain confidentiality
• Fluent in Arabic.