Plumber Educator

Job Title:                              Plumber Educator

Location:                              South

Reporting Line:                  Superintendent, Education Assistant, Education Officer and Youth Technical Officer

Job Status:                          Consultancy Contract

Background:

All NRC consultants are expected to work in accordance with the organisation’s core values: dedication, innovation, inclusivity, and accountability. These attitudes and beliefs shall guide our actions and relationships.

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a non-governmental, humanitarian organization with 60 years of experience in helping to create a safer and more dignified life for refugees and internally displaced people. NRC advocates for the rights of displaced populations and offers assistance within the shelter, education, emergency food security, legal assistance, and water, sanitation and hygiene sectors.

Job Overview/Summary:

Youth Non-formal education Educators will be working on the provision of education to out of school children and youth aged (15-24). NRC is addressing the specific needs of those children and youth who are unable - or not ready - to access formal education by providing them with quality education and skills, thereby enhancing their livelihoods capabilities and enabling them to potentially enrol in formal education channels. 

NRC’s youth oriented non-formal education program is the Youth Education Pack, which addresses the needs of out of school youth aged (15-24).

The different programmes will follow the unified curriculum and Standard Operating Procedures developed by the Lebanese Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEHE), when applicable, enriched by NRC mainstreamed classroom based psychosocial and life skills activities.

NRC is setting up learning centres in close proximity to where refugee communities are:

• Within relevant camps or ITS (Informal Tent Settlement)
• In community based learning centres
• In public schools when approved by MEHE

The Non-Formal Education Educator will be responsible to facilitate the overall delivery of the programme in safe, child-friendly environment, upholding the standards of the NRC’s Code of Conduct, while ensuring full inclusion and protection of the vulnerable children and youth as a key responsibility of this role and following NRC’s Protection Policy The position holder will work in close connection with NRC’s Education Assistants (EAs),Education Officers (EOs), and Education Technical Officers (ETOs), and will receive a pre­service training on topics specific to the context. This will also include regular mentoring and observation visits from EOs and other NRC related staff.

Responsibilities:

• Provide effective teaching and facilitation to refugees and vulnerable host community youth by employing a variety of methodologies in teaching students, including demonstrations, discussions, and lectures
• Teach the relevant plumbing vocational curriculum using active and learning centred methodologies, enriching content where appropriate, including the production and dissemination of teaching handouts and activities sheets
• Develop, implement and follow the Plumbing vocational curriculum, comprised of 64 hours of training
• The curriculum must include both informative and practical sessions about reading blueprints and drawings to understand or plan the layout of plumbing, waste disposal and water supply systems; cutting, assembling and installing pipes and tubes with attention to existing infrastructure (e.g. electrical wiring); installing and maintaining water supply systems.
•  Develop weekly lesson plans
• Attend and actively participate in all trainings held by NRC Lebanon, which are mandatory for all educators. If any trainings are missed due to unforeseen reasons, the educator must request the direct supervisor for a make-up training.

• Maintain a child and youth-friendly and safe teaching/learning environment in the classroom while adopting a holistic approach to teaching (physical, emotional, and intellectual wellbeing)
• Use positive discipline in the classroom
• Assess children's learning achievement with pre, post and periodic assessments during the cycle
• Plan and implement lessons as per the directions of the ETOs
• Attend educator meetings as requested by NRC relevant staff, participate in Teacher Learning Circles, develop extra material during workshops and adapt them to the need of the students, etc. in direct coordination with all relevant NRC Education Team to ensure and maintain high quality delivery learning environment
• Teach and educate students according to the educational needs, abilities and attainment of potential for individual students entrusted to his/her care
• Enhance youth involvement in the greater community through positive communication channels with the youth committee groups.
• Utilize and protect the educational equipment, such as materials, books, and other learning aid provided by NRC
• Supervise the students upon arrival and departure and between sessions
• Carry out related mainstreaming of protection in programme daily implementation as per the set NRC’s Protection mainstreaming guidelines, and ensures reporting any breaches/concerns to the line manager for proper action.

Critical interface

• Education Officer
• Education Technical Officer
• Education Assistant
• Superintendent
• Youth aged (15-24)

Qualifications and Relevant Skills:

• Teaching diploma or certificate in related field or equivalent of 2 years working experience in related field.
• 1 to 2 years working experience in education or 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, Good knowledge of English