Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, February 12, 2020 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) is an international Catholic organisation with a mission to accompany, serve and advocate on behalf of refugees and other forcibly displaced persons. JRS undertakes services at national and regional levels with the support of an international office in Rome. Founded in November 1980 as a work of the Society of Jesus, JRS was officially registered on 19 March 2000 at the Vatican State as a foundation. JRS is also concerned with advocacy and human rights work. This involves ensuring that refugees are afforded their full rights while in exile and during repatriation as guaranteed by the 1951 Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and working to strengthen the protection afforded to internally displaced persons (IDPs). The Special Needs Education Coordinator's primary responsibility is to support the implementation of JRS special needs education activities for the JRS special needs/scholarship program in Kakuma Camp — Kenya in order to guarantee the quality of inclusive education services provided to forcibly displaced people. This is a position based in Kakuma Refugee Camp. In close collaboration with the Project Director, the Special Needs Education Coordinator will be actively involved in planning, monitoring, implementation and evaluation of the JRS Special Needs Education Programme as well as acting as a child safe-guarding officer while ensuring the well-being of the children with special needs while at the centres and in the community. .

Key Responsibilities
Programme Management
• Overseeing / managing a caseload of special education students and the implementation of JRS’s special needs Programmes in Kakuma refugee camp.
• Lead and motivate a team of staff under the special needs department
• Design the special needs Programmes, monitor and evaluate the efficiency and report to donors, parents and other stakeholders
• Develop training manuals for the department as needed or in consultation with an external consultant specialist. Continually contribute to the reviewing and redesigning of the program-training manual and ensure that program trainers are conversant with the manual.
• Develop/review terms of reference for all special needs trainings
• Help incentive staff to conduct assessment and develop case management plans, identify gaps and suggest interventions and will be actively involved in advocacy on behalf of beneficiaries and individuals living within the camp.
• Monitor community workers in the field, as well as help assess at-home needs of beneficiaries that are unable to come to the centres for care.
• Prepare relevant materials for training community leaders, parents, and other refugees according to need and carry out training and in-service training for the education centre support staff, parents, community leaders and clients’ caregivers.
• Actively participate in guiding lead trainers in teaching others special needs education and mainstreaming psychosocial support into the special education/ scholarship program.
• Participate in identifying children/young adults with mental health disorders/other disabilities, as well as physical/developmental/cognitive disabilities through community outreach and referrals.
• Creatively design outreach programs and sensitization campaigns to raise awareness on special needs education. Contribute in the development of mobilization and awareness strategy to educate the community on program related information..

Technical Skills
• Strong analytical, reporting, strategic thinking and planning skills.
• Strong monitoring and evaluation skills/experience
• Proactive, Creative and innovative
• Good knowledge of MS word, Excel/Office
Languages
• Excellent proficiency in written and verbal English; a professional working knowledge of a language spoken in the country is desirable. Knowledge of French and Arabic an added advantage.
Leadership Behaviours
• Excellent interpersonal, listening and communication skills.
• Great leadership skills
• Ability to positively influence others and successfully reconcile differences.
• A self-starter with a strong results orientation and with high levels of integrity, credibility and dependability.
• An energetic team player who can effectively collaborate, and who can stand alone when necessary.
• Passionate about advocacy for the rights and needs of people with special needs.
• Ability to work in international settings and with various departments to implement successful approaches to psychosocial matters.
• Demonstrated ability to work and deliver under pressure and tight deadlines..

  Qualifications and Experience:
Education
• BED (Special Needs Education) with an added advantage of any combination in child development, psychology, leadership or administration

Job Education Requirements: Not Specified

Work experience
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience implementing the special education programs in a regular education setting
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience implementing the Special Needs Program with an NGO/INGO
• Strong inter-personal skills, passion for working with children with disabilities and advocacy skills
• Experience in the project cycle.
• Experience working in emergencies will be an added advantage..

Work Hours: 8

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Job application procedure
Applications should reach the undersigned by 15th February, 2020, with reference as “Special Needs Education Coordinator” and must include full contact details of 3 referees addressed to:
Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS), Nairobi
Email: ken01.director@jrs.net  (copying ken01.hresource@jrs.net
Please note that applications will be considered on a rolling basis.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted..

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