African Refugee Vacancy: Education Coordinator - Tel Aviv - Yaffo, Israel

The African Refugee Development Center (ARDC) is a non-profit organization founded in 2004 by refugees and Israeli citizens to assist; support and empower refugees and asylum seekers in Israel. The ARDC seeks to ensure access to basic social services, and to facilitate refugee and asylum seeker integration, self-sufficiency and ownership in matters affecting their lives. The ARDC advocates for the rights of refugees and asylum seekers and for a humane and fair Israeli asylum policy. It divides its work between individual counseling, humanitarian aid, legal support, education, community development, awareness-raising, and policy initiatives.

The Refugee Education Center (REC) supports refugee and asylum seeker adults by providing access to educational programs. Our programs are designed to help those desiring to improve language and communication skills, and pursue higher education options in order to increase self-esteem, promote self-sufficiency, and facilitate integration into Israeli society.

The Refugee Education Center is looking for an Education Coordinator to coordinate the Lanaguage Program, the Tutor Program. The Coordinator will also assist the Education Program Manager and Higher Education Coordinator when needed.

Main Responsibilities – Language Program

• Work side-by-side with the ARDC in providing assistance and access to education the refugee and asylum-seeking population in Tel Aviv
• Have the opportunity to facilitate adult learning and literacy
• Organise teacher training
• Help coordinate 20 volunteer teachers each semester
• Gain experience managing projects in a unique and dynamic environment
• Work alongside like-minded individuals committed to refugee rights, community empowerment and social development
• Filter all education queries from the front desk

Main Responsibilities – Tutoring Program

• Act as main point of contact for all tutors serving either refugee children or adult learners
• Develop and maintain a database or spreadsheet containing the contact information and schedules of all tutors and refugees seeking tutors
• Recruit new tutors to the program through advertising (both online and through the use of flyers) and contacting interested parties
• Monitor tutor performance and provide tutors with additional resources available through the REC

Qualifications/Skills

• Ability to deal with multiple daily tasks
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Punctuality, commitment and a passion for education
• English necessary
• Occasionally able to work until 8pm for class registration
• Need to bring own laptop

Start Date:
07 December 2014, 22 weeks 30 hours per week 12-6pm Sunday-Thursday
26 April 2015 22 weeks 30 hours per week 12-6pm Sunday-Thursday
Please note all ARDC internship positions are UNPAID. We do not provide accommodation, travel or health insurance

How to apply:

Please fill in the application form and send with your CV. Please save your documents as PDF and label as follows:

CV - First name, Surname CV (e.g. John Smith CV) Application Form - First name, Surname Form (e.g. John Smith Form)

Closing 7 Dec 2014

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