Education Case Worker

  • Contractor
  • Egypt
  • TBD USD / Year
  • Catholic Relief Services profile




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Catholic Relief Services

CRS JOB DESCRIPTION

Position Title: Education Case Worker

Department: Education Program

Compensation Band: Grade 4

Reports to: EducationProject Officer, Education Program

Country/Location: CRS Maadi Office, Egypt

Background

The CRS Egypt country program began in 1956 at the invitation of the Egyptian president Nasser by providing relief assistance to the victims of the Suez War. Over the following few decades, CRS Egypt moved from large-scale food relief to long-term poverty alleviation and development programs. CRS Egypt works in a wide variety of areas within the development field.

Currently, CRS Egypt has three main programs: education assistance program and livelihoods program for refugee support, and local partnership. Projects under these programs range from the provision of technical assistance and capacity building to partners, promoting peace and tolerance, educational grants for refugees and assistance to refugee community schools, and technical support and start-up funds for refugee and vulnerable Egyptian entrepreneurs. Additional programming includes Emergency Preparedness and Response projects that arise as needed. The Operations department, supported by a regional Management Quality unit, ensures the country program develops and maintains the highest level of operational standards.

CRS Egypt currently holds a both a main office and a refugee support office in Maadi with activities in Greater Cairo, Upper Egypt and the North Coast.

Job Summary:

The Education Program supports over 50,000 refugee and asylum seeker children with access to basic and higher education opportunities through a financial grant program and improves the quality of education received by students through a variety of complementary educational programs and initiatives to improve the learning outcomes of students. These two components of the annual program require a substantial full-time staff as well as consultant volunteers who assist in project implementation periodically throughout the year.

You will provide support to the day-to-day delivery of responsive, effective, and efficient project activities in support of CRS’s mission to serve the poor and vulnerable. You will provide consistent and high-quality service and contribute to the proper stewardship of project resources that help ensure operational effectiveness in support of high-quality programming.

Specifically, the Education Case Worker will handle all meetings with project beneficiaries to provide the needed assistance (technical and financial), then keep record of beneficiary data. Additionally, you will conduct education mentorship meetings with refugee students and will provide support with project activities, such as community meetings, peer support groups and education advising.

Job Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Facilitate communication with members of the community through meetings, phone calls, and social media
  • Conduct interviews with students to qualify and provide them with grant financial support
  • Conduct education mentorship meetings with students to follow up on their academic progress, and assist them with education-related matters
  • Prepare transactional documents in support of project implementation and facilitate the coordination of transaction processing
  • Compile data, perform data entry, and data verification in relation to project implementation
  • Conduct field visits to the schools to check students’ attendance and academic performance
  • Keep records of beneficiaries’ status and progress throughout the lifetime of the project
  • Update the Education Program Database on regular basis with relevant field data
  • Support compliance with agency and donor MEAL requirements. Provide input to MEAL system design and review discussions.
  • Contribute to simple analyses and reflective discussions on ongoing monitoring data. Contribute initial findings and implementation-based insights to project discussions.
  • Other related duties, as assigned

Basic Qualifications:

Education and Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in international relations or a related field
  • One year of experience working in an office environment in a clerical or administrative role, experience with a local or international NGO a plus; additional education may substitute for some experience
  • Experience with word processing, data entry into online databases and forms, and working with various office equipment
  • Experience in MS Office package (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and information management systems; proficient in Word

Personal Skills

  • Good time management skills with ability to work on multiple tasks
  • Good relationship management skills and the ability to work closely with local partners and community members
  • Proactive, resourceful, solutions-oriented and results-oriented
  • Observation, active listening, and analytical skills with the ability to make sound judgments
  • Attention to detail, accuracy, and timeliness in executing assigned responsibilities

Required Languages: Excellent command of English and Arabic.

Travel Required: Job requires approximately 20% travel to field (defined as outside of Cairo metropolitan area, including Upper and Lower Egypt) to implement and assist partners and follow up on projects. More frequent travel required to sites within Cairo metropolitan area.

Safeguarding Policy

CRS is committed to safeguarding program participants from exploitation and abuse. The successful candidate is expected to sign and adhere to the CRS Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct.

VACCINATION REQUIREMENT

CRS is committed to the health and safety of all program participants and staff. Staff must be vaccinated against COVID-19 as of December 1, 2021 or registered in the national registry and awaiting their first appointment. Confirmation of vaccination status will be required to undertake work with CRS as of December 1, 2021.

Key Working Relationships:

Supervisory: None

Internal: All CRS Egypt country staff education; specifically, all Education Team members, Education Program Administration Team, and CRS support functions (finance, procurement, IT, HR, and Admin)

External: Community Members, Ministry of Education in Egypt, donor representatives and donor Implementing Partners

Agency-wide Competencies (for all CRS Staff):

These are rooted in the mission, values, and guiding principles of CRS and used by each staff member to fulfill his or her responsibilities and achieve the desired results.

  • Integrity
  • Continuous Improvement & Innovation
  • Builds Relationships
  • Develops Talent
  • Strategic Mindset
  • Accountability and Stewardship

Disclaimer: This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position.

CRS’s talent acquisition procedures reflect our commitment to protecting children and vulnerable adults from abuse and exploitation.

CRS is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

How to apply

https://crsegyptjobs.crs.org/


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