The Roma Education Fund seeks a Country Facilitator for Slovakia
The Roma Education Fund, an international organization based in Budapest, Hungary supporting quality education for Roma children, seeks a full time country facilitator for Slovakia to provide support to organizations requesting and implementing REF financed projects and to help in the coordination of REF country program in Slovakia.
The candidate should posses the following :
- fluent Slovak and a very good command of English (both written and spoken).
- speaking Romani is a strong advantage.
- experience with education-related issues in Slovakia
- excellent organization, administration and communication skills
- experience in implementing and evaluating projects is also an advantage
The job provides challenging and diverse tasks and a great opportunity to work with a dynamic team of NGO and Government officials, working and learning at the international level, and possibilities to receive training in the country or/and in the REF head office, in Budapest.
More precisely the tasks of the REF country facilitator are as follows:
• Provide advice and information on REF and on how to prepare a proposal to organizations preparing proposals for REF financing
• Provide training and advice on participatory preparation of Project Implementation Plans
• Provide training and support to organizations implementing REF projects and on designing and implementing good monitoring programs.
• Provide assistance to the organizations implementing REF financed projects when requested, on using the reporting format, on assessing progress and on getting prepared for monitoring visits by REF.
• Support REF efforts to gather data on Roma and education in country. Collect reports, statistical data and results of surveys and assessments and provide this information to REF.
• Provide inputs for updating REF country strategies
• Facilitate in country coordination between various organizations implementing REF projects and other stakeholders through regular meetings and when requested by REF organization of seminars, training sessions or other events.
• Provide standard training to Roma NGOs on education policies and on project preparation and implementation.
• The country facilitator is based in Slovakia and will come to Budapest about every three months for training and participation in REF headquarters activities.
CV and motivation letter in English (including proposal for wage level), should be forwarded to Mr. Semsi Sainov at: sainov@romaeducationfund.org .
The deadline for submitting applications is: 15 July, 2011.
