Educational Officer

Al Fakhoora, invites only qualified applicants to apply for an Educational Officer focusing on Al Fakhoora’s three program areas that work on the ground in Gaza to achieve its mission of facilitating Palestinian education and caring for its students; our flagship Scholarship and empowerment program, Reconstruction Projects and Healthcare.

Al Fakhoora is looking for an Educational Officer who understands collaborative leadership practices.  This includes the ability to assess an environment for collaboration by being in-tune with our beneficiaries and implementing organization to understand the context for change before he/she acts.  Al Fakhoora feels it is important that the Educational Officer has the ability to create clarity, vision by mobilizing others by defining shared values and engaging our partners in positive action while adding educational value to the programs. The EducationalOfficer must start by building trust and creating “safe places for developing shared purposes and action” to fulfill our mission.   Al Fakhoora believes the Educational Officer must develop synergies from our students, organizations and communities in order to make authentic/organic changes. The EducationalOfficer is responsible for mentoring and coaching to bring out the best in all stakeholders and realizes that his/her beneficiaries and partners are our key assets.  .  Lastly the Educational Officer needs to be aware how a positive attitude can impact the integrity of monitoring each program components.

Scope of job:
Educational Officer is responsible for:
Reviews all proposals, work plans, KPI, RBA, quarterly/ annual reports and M & E to ensure the highest educational services are offered.
Formulates and designs procedures to monitor to ensure educational program objectives are being met.
Research best practices for promoting higher education among students and developing recommendations for improving our work.
Directs research activities concerned with educational programs and services in all Al Fakhoora’s educational projects.
Works as an educational consultant with all stakeholders.
Works with implementing agencies in developing questionnaires and interviews for agencies, staff, students and administrators to measure effectiveness of educational programs and/or services.
Evaluates data obtained from study and prepares narrative and statistical reports for dissemination.
Formulates recommendations and procedures for current and proposed programs
Develops in-service training program for all stakeholders
Organizes meetings targeting implementing agencies, educationalists, policy-makers and the research community. Establishes partnerships and opportunities with education providers.
Assess and evaluate the needs for outsourcing and/or consultancy and to identify and propose appropriate solutions to the needs.
To perform other duties of a similar nature or level as required.

Skills
Note: Persons applying for this job must be extremely flexible and willing to work and develop in an organic fashion with professionalism, integrity, enthusiasm, commitment, strong commitment to Al Fakhoora’s vision, mission and values.
10 years minimum experience in the field of education (preferably higher educational environment).
Excellent English communications (spoken and written). Arabic skills are an added benefit.
Principles and practices of composing and editing informational material.
Relevant experience includes education research design, implementation, and analysis
Experience collecting and utilizing data.
Ability to develop and train educators
Ability to effectively communicated study findings to researchers, policymakers, and practitioners; and use of web-based instructional guidance.
Ability to review, proof-read, edit and verify written materials for accuracy and adherence to policies and procedures.
Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously, to take initiative (confident self-starter) and to respond effectively to new opportunities, sound organizational skills; self-motivated; creative
Beneficiary oriented: Focuses on obtaining the best possible results for Al Fakhoora’s beneficiaries.
Social Media skills: Dedicated to blogging and use of Facebook, Understands social media universe including YouTube, Flickr, Forums, Twitter, Wikis, blogs, etc.
High proficiency with computers in particular MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook, and the Internet, Share Point, Microsoft Projects, Survey Monkey, Podia, Smart Sheets and SharePoint a plus

Education
Bachelor degree in relevant educational field. Prefer Masters or PHD with a higher education focus.
Minimum five years experience as an Educational Officer.
Highly articulate written and verbal communication skills in both English and Arabic

Process and Instructions

Part one: initial application

Please send your CV and cover letter (in the same document) to [email protected]
Please save it in a Word document in the following format:Lastname_Firstname_CV
Closing date is: 12th September 2012.

Part two: Online application form

Once we receive your CV you will be emailed a link to complete our online application form.
Closing date is:17th September 2012.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

Regrettably because of the volume of applications, it will not be possible for us to respond to individual queries.