About Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA)

Job Summary

The School Consultant (SC) is a member of the Project Office’s (PO) education project unit. In close co-operation with the colleagues s/he works on improving the primary (community based schools, CBS), secondary education and teachers training in schools supported by SCA. The SC trains school teachers and headmasters in teaching methodology, subject knowledge and school management, in long courses at the teacher-training centre, but mostly in shorter courses in the schools. As a field worker he spends most of the time in the schools. S/he is responsible for the support, control and development of 10 -15 schools. The SC monitors the schools, complies information, reports and makes suggestions for improvement
The SC supports community mobilisation efforts in communities as well as the community members to enhance involvement in school affairs and to advocate for education especially girl’s education. The SC reports to the Education Project Manager (often through one of the education project officers).

Non-monetary Benefits for Females:
Transportation close to residence and work, child nursery at workplace, safe travel facilities and companion to field trips, female association membership, trainings and capacity building

Duties & Responsibilities

• Assist in designing curriculum for teacher and headmaster courses
• Collect information in accordance with monitoring forms, compile the data, submit reports and proposals for improvement
• Compile reports from training courses
• Give advice to the education team regarding pedagogical material to the teacher training centre
• Survey and minor repair of SCA supported schools’ buildings
• Assist school administration in strengthening the Community Education Committees (CECs) and Parent Teacher Associations Wherever feasible, promote the participation of mothers in Community Education Committees (CECs) and Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs)
• Assist certain key members of the community to conduct awareness campaigns for the purpose of promoting children’s especially girls’ enrolment and retention in schools
• Liaison with other community development actors e.g. CDC’s, other NGOs etc to build on existing structures and initiatives

Job Requirements

 Graduated from relevant Faculty of University, preferably Education, Science or Literature
 Minimum Three years experience as teacher trainer and prior to that a minimum three years as teacher
 Previous experience in Wardak will be an advantage.
 Good communication skill (written and spoken) of Pashto, Dari, knowledge of English a strong advantage
 Strong interest in the development of education issues
 Very good teaching skills, adult training and community mobilisation
 Basic computer knowledge an advantage
 Ability to travel and live at education project sites within Afghanistan
 Being an Afghan citizen

Submission Guideline

 Interested and qualified candidates should submit a SCA Job Application Form along with possible introduction letter and CV to the SCA HRM Unit in either Kabul, Ghazni, Kunduz, Wardak, Taloqan, Mazar-e-Sharif, Sar-e-Pul, Samangan, Laghman and Jalalabad or. The application form can be obtained from the gate at all these SCA offices as well as from the SCA website: www.swedishcommittee.org (vacancies section) and www.acbar.org (downloads section).
 To apply electronically please send your application/ CV to vacancies@sca.org.af
 Academic job documents is not needed with application, but will be requested if called for interview.
 Only short-listed candidates will be informed for written test and interview.
Office Address:

Swedish Committee for Afghanistan, Jalalabad Main Road, Paktia Kot, after UNO Education Press Kabul
Postal address: Central P.O. Box 5017, Kabul City
Phone: 0799-316367, 070-037 711, 0799-387 628, 075-202 3568
E-mail: vacancies@sca.org.af
Web site: www.swedishcommittee.org

Functional Area

Education

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