JOB DESCRIPTION
Position: JRS Teacher Trainer
Programme: Mae Hong Son Education
Reports to: Project Director
Organization: Jesuit Refugee Service
Location: Mae Hong Son, Thailand
JRS:
The Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) is an international non-governmental organization with a mission to accompany, serve, and advocate the rights of refugees and forcibly displaced people. JRS undertakes services at national and regional levels with the support of an international office in Rome. Founded in November 1980 as a work of the Society of Jesus, JRS programs are found in over 50 countries, providing assistance to refugees in refugee camps, to people displaced within their own country, and to asylum-seekers in cities and held in detention. The main areas of work are in the fields of education, advocacy, emergency assistance, pastoral care, health and nutrition, IGA (Income Generating Activities) and social services. In total, more than 376,000 individuals are direct beneficiaries of JRS projects.
Position Purpose:
JRS has been working with the Karenni Education Department (KnED) in Mae Hong Son’s two northernmost refugee camps since 1997. JRS partners with the Karenni Education Department (KnED) to implement and deliver educational services and training in the following areas: primary, secondary, vocational, special education, teacher training and management. JRS works with KnED to provide technical support to the entire education system. JRS Mae Hong Son is currently providing assistance to over 7,000 children and 420 teachers in 11 primary schools, 5 middle schools and 2 high schools in two refugee camps. The primary goal of this support is to ensure the continuity of education while simultaneously developing the capacity of refugee educators for future self-sufficiency. Currently, refugees from these camps are being offered the chance to resettle to third countries (principally the US), resulting in a diminishing population with changing educational needs.
Due to the increasing turnover of teachers going on resettlement, JRS requires teacher trainers to be able to train teachers directly in Burmese, and to work with KnED to ensure quality education for children in the two refugee camps.
Responsibilities:
· Coordinate and implement pre-service training to new and inexperienced teachers, in conjunction with KnED
· Identify models for in-service training to existing teachers
· Identify gaps in training and help provide an institutional response
· Support monitoring of systems to ensure quality of teaching and learning
· Act as resource person to KnED for management training for head teachers
Required Qualifications/Experience:
· Relevant degree – Bachelor (minimum)
· At least five years teaching experience
· Experience of training teachers
· Previous development experience and/or experience in limited-resource, challenging environments
· Fluent written and oral Burmese and English
· Karenni language skills desirable
· Computer skills desirable
· Flexibility and the ability to operate in a complex and rapidly changing environment
· Experience of the Burmese refugee situation desirable
· Management experience preferable
Conditions: A two-year contract with an initial three-month probationary period.
Starting date: ASAP
Closing date for applications: 15 July 2009
Applications: Please apply by sending your cover letter and CV (including two references) to teachertrainer@jrs.or.th
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
Position: JRS Teacher Trainer
Programme: Mae Hong Son Education
Reports to: Project Director
Organization: Jesuit Refugee Service
Location: Mae Hong Son, Thailand
JRS:
The Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) is an international non-governmental organization with a mission to accompany, serve, and advocate the rights of refugees and forcibly displaced people. JRS undertakes services at national and regional levels with the support of an international office in Rome. Founded in November 1980 as a work of the Society of Jesus, JRS programs are found in over 50 countries, providing assistance to refugees in refugee camps, to people displaced within their own country, and to asylum-seekers in cities and held in detention. The main areas of work are in the fields of education, advocacy, emergency assistance, pastoral care, health and nutrition, IGA (Income Generating Activities) and social services. In total, more than 376,000 individuals are direct beneficiaries of JRS projects.
Position Purpose:
JRS has been working with the Karenni Education Department (KnED) in Mae Hong Son’s two northernmost refugee camps since 1997. JRS partners with the Karenni Education Department (KnED) to implement and deliver educational services and training in the following areas: primary, secondary, vocational, special education, teacher training and management. JRS works with KnED to provide technical support to the entire education system. JRS Mae Hong Son is currently providing assistance to over 7,000 children and 420 teachers in 11 primary schools, 5 middle schools and 2 high schools in two refugee camps. The primary goal of this support is to ensure the continuity of education while simultaneously developing the capacity of refugee educators for future self-sufficiency. Currently, refugees from these camps are being offered the chance to resettle to third countries (principally the US), resulting in a diminishing population with changing educational needs.
Due to the increasing turnover of teachers going on resettlement, JRS requires teacher trainers to be able to train teachers directly in Burmese, and to work with KnED to ensure quality education for children in the two refugee camps.
Responsibilities:
· Coordinate and implement pre-service training to new and inexperienced teachers, in conjunction with KnED
· Identify models for in-service training to existing teachers
· Identify gaps in training and help provide an institutional response
· Support monitoring of systems to ensure quality of teaching and learning
· Act as resource person to KnED for management training for head teachers
Required Qualifications/Experience:
· Relevant degree – Bachelor (minimum)
· At least five years teaching experience
· Experience of training teachers
· Previous development experience and/or experience in limited-resource, challenging environments
· Fluent written and oral Burmese and English
· Karenni language skills desirable
· Computer skills desirable
· Flexibility and the ability to operate in a complex and rapidly changing environment
· Experience of the Burmese refugee situation desirable
· Management experience preferable
Conditions: A two-year contract with an initial three-month probationary period.
Starting date: ASAP
Closing date for applications: 15 July 2009
Applications: Please apply by sending your cover letter and CV (including two references) to teachertrainer@jrs.or.th
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
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