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:
1. Education: Minimum of undergraduate degree in Education
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.
Apply via :
jobskenya@filmaid.org
