Summary
Date Posted: Monday, August 02, 2021 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Job title: Community Education Officer
Organization: FilmAid International
Closing date: 16 Aug 2021

Background:
FilmAid Kenya is a development and humanitarian communications organization that has been working in the Kenya Refugee Operation for over 20 years. FilmAid Kenya harnesses the power and influence of media and the arts to respond to emergencies, as well as promote social change through dialogue in order to protect the well-being of displaced and vulnerable populations by building stronger, healthier, and more informed communities.

Job Function:
FilmAid Kenya will be working to ensure increased access to educational content and instructional learning through radio education. FilmAid Kenya will work with boys and girls through the digitization and broadcast of educational curriculum in their preferred language to expand access to instructional and educational content. In coordination with the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD), FilmAid Kenya will produce audio-visual formats for both radio and film of KICD’s formal education and non-formal education curriculum, as well as translate these digital formats into the 5 key languages spoken in refugee camps and the host communities. The Community Education Officer will work closely with learners, teachers and education stakeholders during the production and translation of the curriculum, which will then be broadcast with the community radio stations to achieve education outcomes.
Duties and Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Design, Development and Dissemination of Educational Content
• Ensure the development of content is contextually relevant, and awareness raising, and dialogues are designed and implemented to meet the stated objective of increasing education enrolment and retention
• Drafting and translation of Education messages for bulk SMS system distribution
• Coordinate closely with FilmAid Kenya Content and Creative teams and Community Engagement teams on the roll out of activities in target schools and communities
• Provide technical leadership in FilmAid Kenya curriculum related material dissemination, implementation, monitoring and tracking of learning outcomes
Education Coordination with Stakeholders and Communities
• Represent FilmAid Kenya in technical education coordination meetings with education partners in refugee camps and report back
• Work with the Community advisory committees to approve messages to the community as well as collect feedback on messages
• Coordinate closely with education partners in the camps to ensure implementation of FilmAid Kenya complementary education activities in target schools
• Extend technical support, where needed, to teachers – Kenyans and refugee teachers –on implementation of Competency Based Curriculum (CBC), instructional materials, methodologies and evaluation of instruction
• Co-ordinate and facilitate the organization and implementation of activities in schools in line with the Ministry of Education (MoE)
Project Support
• Ensure timely delivery of project activities according to approved work plans
• Support project planning, implementation, and monitoring to ensure achievement of education outcomes
• Participate in needs assessments
• Support project reporting, highlighting best practice and opportunities
• Ensure Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS) are at the center of implementation
• Any other duties assigned
Qualifications and Requirements:
• Education: Minimum of undergraduate degree in Education
• Prior Work Experience:
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in humanitarian education programming including 2 years in refugee context, with a preference for technical expertise in education in emergencies (EiE)
• Technical expertise in curriculum implementation.
• Proven academic or on-job training and understanding of the Project Cycle Model in managing humanitarian assistance
• Experience in report writing
• Facilitation and community engagement experience
• Sound understanding of CBC is key to the position
3. Key Skills and Competencies:
• Fluency in written and spoken English and Kiswahili is essential;
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and organizational skills;
• Creative and analytic thinker with the ability to manage multiple projects;
• Must be highly organized and able to work with other teams.
• Competent with Windows and Microsoft Office applications
4. Personal Attributes:
• High level of motivation, integrity, commitment and professional responsibility.
• Ability to tolerate cultural, educational, and religious diversity in the workplace.
• Excellent communication, time management, organization and presentation skills.
• Able to work independently while being a good team player with a high degree of flexibility, tolerance and a good sense of humor

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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Job application procedure
Interested and qualified persons with the required experience are invited to submit their applications with Cover Letter, CV, and 3 references to jobskenya@filmaid.org on or before 16th August 2021 and clearly indicate on the subject line ‘Community Education Officer.’
Note that applicants who send letters of references, testimonials, or any other documents apart from those requested will be automatically disqualified.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

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