Access Scholarship Assistant, Education Practice

Who We Are

IREX is a global development and education organization. We strive for a more just, prosperous, and inclusive world—where individuals reach their full potential, governments serve their people, and communities thrive. With a projected annual portfolio of more than $150 million and more than 750 staff worldwide, we work with partners in more than 100 countries in four areas essential to progress: cultivating leaders, empowering youth, strengthening institutions, and increasing access to quality education and information.

The Access Scholarship Assistant will work to equip TVETs to develop and drive data-informed promotion and enrollment strategies and establish a sustainable TVET Access Scholarship Initiative.

We are doers. Our decades of on-the-ground experience help us create greater impact, practical recommendations, and lasting partnerships.

Are you the next member of our team?

Your Background & Skills

• Bachelor’s Degree.
• Minimum of 1+ years of relevant experience. Work experience may include internships or part-time job or combination of both. Skills may vary based on program, project, or practice needs.
• Experience with and interest in higher education, workforce development, youth, and/or professional training/development programming.
• Understanding of the economic, educational, and youth contexts in Palestine.
• Understanding of best practices in youth programming.
• Palestinian citizenship or residency with work authorization.
• Detail-oriented with ability to multitask, prioritize, and remain flexible while adhering to strict deadlines in a fast-paced working environment.
• Proven communication and organizational skills with demonstrated cross-cultural sensitivity.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and interpersonal skills.
• Commitment to inclusive programming that encourages full participation of individual regardless of gender, disability status, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or other marginalized status.
• Must be fluent in English and Arabic.
• Must demonstrate valid proof of residency/work authorization in Palestine.

Your Daily Tasks

• Assist with project components by supporting programmatic, administrative, and logistical planning and implementation.
• Track a wide range of information and data, maintaining accuracy and completeness
• Support day-to-day management of program activities.
• Researching or drafting written communications (e.g., summaries of project activities and results);
• Assisting with program communications (newsletters, reports, fact sheets, etc.), publicity and outreach, and social media efforts.
• Assist with outreach strategy to increase youth enrollment in TVET institutions.
• Assist with evidenced-based interventions targeted at increasing TVET institutions’ capacity to conduct outreach.
• Assist with tailored technical assistance with TVETs to develop sustainable scholarships and engage in youth-led awareness campaign competitions.
• Adaptively respond to changes in the operating environment to meet the desired objectives.
• Assist with support to TVET institutions to develop a multi-pronged strategy to establish sustainable scholarship initiative(s) and build outreach capacity.
• Applies PYD approaches and Do No (More) Harm approaches and address Gender and Disability Inclusion considerations and Environmental considerations in their work. 
• Contributes to ensuring the program adaptively responds to changes in the operating environment to meet the desired objectives.
• Researching or drafting written communications (e.g., summaries of project activities and results).
• Assisting with to program communications (newsletters, reports, fact sheets, etc.), publicity and outreach, and social media efforts.
• Work with program stakeholders, track success stories and program impact data.
• Provide input to internal/external reports, presentations, program and workshop materials, and other products as identified, including quarterly internal and donor reports.
• Assist with support to TVET institutions to develop a multi-pronged strategy to establish sustainable scholarship initiative(s) and help build TVET outreach capacity.
• Support TVET institutions to develop a innovative yet feasible strategy, incorporated into their PIAPs to establish a sustainable TVET Access Scholarship Initiative beyond Forsah TVET.
• Support work across TVET institutions to explore opportunities for a collaborative approach to funding Access Scholarships.
• Builds and maintains collaborative working relationship with colleagues, consortium partners, and network of program stakeholders.
• Cultivates durable partnerships, facilitate locally led designs, use evidence-based decision-making, and ensure sustainability of approaches in their work. 
• Build relationships and provide reliable, responsive support, as assigned, between team members and program stakeholders.
• Assist with funder reports, as requested.
• Assist with other new business development related tasks as assigned.
• Assist with to evidenced-based interventions targeted at increasing TVET institutions’ capacity to conduct outreach.
• Assist with unit data collection, analysis, reporting to USAID and on-going Collaboration, Learning, and Adaptation (CLA) approaches in their work and in coordination with MEL colleagues. 
• Assists with timely and accurate reporting and other deliverables to USAID.
• Support fiscal and performance activities to be in compliance with IREX policies and procedures and funder regulations.
• Process and track payment requests.
• Work with grants team and selected TVETs to provide full or partial scholarships to approximately 500 students.
• Work with grants team and selected TVET institutions to connect scholarship recipients with other program incentives.
• Contributes to proper budget management and financial spending for program components.
• All Forsah TVET staff will meet high standards of financial management and compliance, including contributing to accurate and timely vetting under MO21. 
• Support day-to-day management of program activities.
• Works collaboratively in a team environment, including with team members in multiple time zones across a variety of organizations.
• Responds to difficult situations with tact and diplomacy.
• Collaborate with grants team and selected TVET institutions to connect scholarship recipients with other program incentives.
• Contribute to activities that are gender sensitive/transformative, align with positive youth development, and emphasize participatory and youth-led approaches.
• Support the establishment, cultivation, and maintaining of relationships with the ecosystem of program stakeholders, including public sector entities, civil society organizations, community-based organizations, and local governments, donors and implementers, program beneficiaries, and others.
• Support the establishment, cultivation, and maintaining of relationships with the ecosystem of program stakeholders, including public sector entities, civil society organizations, community-based organizations, and local governments, donors and implementers, program beneficiaries, and others.
• Ensure activities are gender sensitive/transformative, align with positive youth development, and emphasize participatory and youth-led approaches.
• Employ creativity to adapt to learning and challenges throughout implementation.
• Work collaboratively between and with colleagues, partners, TVET institutions, and other stakeholders to ensure effective programming under IR3.
• Contribute to programmatic cross-cutting themes are applied and incorporated in all plans, activities, and reporting, including PYD, GESI, and Green approaches.
• Monitor implementation challenges, develop creative solutions, and keep others informed.
• Monitor assigned activities for security challenges; work with colleagues and partners to address or adapt to security challenges.
• Ensure activities support sustainable approaches to improve capacity of individuals and institutions to drive stable, long-term improvements.
• Other duties as assigned.

You will Get:

Committed, passionate, collaborative, and mission-driven colleagues who make IREX a good place to work. You will receive best-in-class learning, development, and growth opportunities, as well as a comprehensive benefits package designed to help you thrive. This includes a well-being and employee assistance program, health coverage, a flexible work schedule, a generous PTO policy, a technology stipend, a diverse and inclusive work environment, and many more benefits.

We conduct background checks on all successful candidates

This position is not eligible for Immigration Sponsorship.

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

EOE – Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/vets.

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