Jobs at Lutheran World Federation (LWF)

Duties and responsibilities of a Primary School Teacher

•  Initiate curriculum development process, its implementation and evaluation to ensure it is relevant and achievable in schools;
•  Follow up on individual teacher's lesson delivery and support accelerated education program; catch up, remedial and bridging classes
•  Enforce inclusive education programs by providing technical support to teachers, eliminating barriers for inclusion of children with disabilities in regular schools
•  Ensure all teaching and learning materials available in schools are distributed equitably, used efficiently and recorded well
•  Teach subjects of specialization to impart knowledge, skills and attitudes to learners;
•  Evaluate learners in subjects of specialization and prepare them for national and other examinations;
•  Support child protection by identifying, referring/supporting children with protection concerns and providing psychosocial support
•  Work with protection focal teachers and teacher counsellors to improve safety and child protection in schools and community
•  Coordinate gender mainstreaming issues for teachers and learners in curricular and co-curricular activities such as sports to ensure gender equity, equitable participation and maximization of potential of teachers and learners;

Requirements for appointment

•  Have Primary Teacher Education certificate.
•  Registered with TSC and in possession of TSC Teacher certificate
•  Have at least 1 year of teaching experience
•  Experience working in an informal settlement either rural or urban is desirable

Personal Attributes for the above post

•  Ability to manage and use e-learning/digital devices for teaching and learning, prepare and upload learner content on devices, data collection and analysis
•  Experience of working in refugee schools or with refugee community in the camp or urban set up.
•  Exemplary guidance and counselling skills, and experience in provision of psychosocial support
•  Passionate for inclusive education and girl's education program
•  Ability to tolerate cultural, educational and religious diversity in the work place.

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JOB SUMMARY

The Psychosocial Counsellor will develop, implement, and coordinate psychosocial counselling services at the Education Assessment and Resource Center for learners identified or thought to have disabilities that interfere with their ability to perform and participate in daily life activities.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

•  Provide assessments through individual and group counselling sessions to learners and children with disabilities.
•  Provide comprehensive psychosocial counselling to learners who experience or are exposed to Sexual-Gender Based Violence (SGBV).
•  Assist with designing, planning, implementing, as well as facilitation of training for various target groups.
•  Facilitate client referral and linkage to further services as appropriate.
•  Prepare and submit periodic (daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annually and annual) reports of activities, evaluations, recommendations and action plans.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

•  Bachelor's degree in Counselling Psychology or a related field
•  Proven experience of minimum 2 years working with humanitarian and development programme.
•  Certification and membership to professional body
•  An impeccable professional standard of ethics as well as the willingness and ability to implement accountability activities within the LWF World Service essential.

COMPETENCIES

•  Excellent computer skills in word processing, spreadsheets, use of internet and email
•  Excellent analytical, facilitation and documentation experience with humanitarian programmes.
•  Excellent communication skills including influencing negotiation and pragmatism.
•  Excellent interpersonal skills; the ability to liaise with a variety of people successfully and effectively in a multicultural set up.
•  Ability to work independently with proven hands-on expertise in case management, gender sensitivity, child protection and safeguarding.
•  Fluent in written and spoken English.