Yayasan Fondasi Hidup (FH)

Yayasan Fondasi Hidup (www.fh.org)

Yayasan Fondasi Hidup (FH) is an independent non-governmental organization based in Medan, North Sumatera and has program operations in North Sumatera: Deli Serdang and Langkat and West Sumatera:  Siberut Island Mentawai.  FH has been working in Indonesia since 2005 and aims to alleviate all forms of poverty through holistic programming and approach. 

Currently, FH works in multiple sectors, namely Health, Education, Livelihood and Disaster Risk Reduction. Our works includes the crosscutting issues which are Environment, and Gender Balance and Equity. Our approach is to walk with families and community leaders to bring sustainable transformation.  

We are looking for a dynamic and experienced Indonesian individual to fill the position of:

Position Title: Education Officer

Reports to: Program Manager

Location of position: Medan but will be travelling to project sites on regular basis

Purpose of the Position: Education Officer will support Program Manager in design and develop education program include learning module and material to children and parent (adult). The program should be practical, easy to understand, and applicable to partisipant. Education officer also guide and supervise education program implementation. S/he should keep contact with education stakeholder.  Under the guidance of the Program Manager, the Education Officer shall work closely and mutually with Area Coordinators in regards to technical planning, implementation as well as monitoring of designed intervention programs

Duties and responsibilities:

Ø  Design and develop education program, strategic goals and objectives;

Ø  Preparing logframe, work plan and budget of education activities;

Ø  Engaging with individuals and community groups, such as residents' associations, parents' groups and young people;

Ø  Identifying local interests and needs and ways to meet them;

Ø  Formulating service plans and priorities in cooperation with other providers;

Ø  Community capacity building through supporting the development of community or local voluntary groups;

Ø  Identifying the training needs of volunteers/cadres and facilitator also providing for them;

Ø  Formulate and revise learning/teaching curriculum and module as FH value in literacy and numeracy, life skills or practical skills and others;

Ø  Promote and organise adult or family education or training opportunities;

Ø  Working with cadre and facilitator to create creative learning plans;

Ø  Helping cadre and facilitator to overcome existing barriers to learning of children and parents;

Ø  Encouraging and influencing the development of new learning opportunities through formal and informal classes as well as individual tutoring and mentoring;

Ø  Promote, Develop and nurture a learning partnership between families, school, FH and community;

Ø  Foster a climate of trust and cooperation by regular communication, by consultation with parents, and by involving the community in the life of education;

Ø  Report activity concerns and maintenance issues to the program manager;

Ø  Documenting best practices, stories and communication pieces;

Ø  Perform other duties as required.

Competencies

Ø  In-depth knowledge and methodology in education program;

Ø  Strong analytical and conceptual skills to think and plan strategically and evaluate options

Ø  Demonstrate good practice and a thorough understanding of current approaches to effective teaching and learning across the curriculum;

Ø  Able to guide and supervise facilitator and cadres with good mentoring and training skill;

Ø  Skills and experience of providing sex and relationships education at appropriate age levels;

Ø  Knowledge and understanding of child protection and safeguarding procedures;

Ø  Ability to work in an isolated community and a challenging environmen

Ø  Create a positive, collaborative environment and establish effective working relationships with other staff and cadres providing support, encouragement and resources

Ø  Have a good self management, focuses on result, work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude, good humored even under pressure;

Ø  Excellent writing skills;

Ø  Ability to use initiative and work unsupervise;

Ø  Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;

Ø  Plans, coordinates and organises workload while remaining aware of changing priorities and competing deadlines.

Ø  Having wide networks with other organization both international and local is favorable.

Required Skills and Experience

Education: 
University Degree preferably in creative education or other related field.

Experience:

Ø  At least 5 years of experience in the design and implement education program in development projects implemented by national/international NGOs/UN bodies/ Government;

Ø  Experience in develop curriculum, module and manual with various grade/groups and adult;

Ø  Experience in organize meetings/training/workshops/conferences and in deliver training & discussion;

Ø  Experience in deliver creative learning to children and adult;

Ø  Experience of working on education, child protection, gender or other relevant development issue.

Language Requirements: 
Fluency in written and spoken English

Application deadline:

Please send your updated CV, salary expectation and a list of three latest references (max 300kb) to recruitment-ina@fh.org no later than Friday, March 6^th, 2015. 

 INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE REVIEWED.  Please put “title/position” as email subject (e.g “Livelihood Officer”), and please put your name after CV and/or cover letter title (e.g CV-John.Johnson, Cover letter-John.Johnson).